英文ppt演讲-回答问题技巧
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Good presentations—How to prepare for and handle
questions(做presentation时
应对问题的技巧)
How to prepare（如何做准备）:
- Anticipate questions（预设可能的问题）: When you prepare
to write a presentation, you’re also preparing for the
questions you might receive. Ask yourself: “If I were in the
audience and I heard this presentation, what question(s) might I ask?
What aspects of this presentation would I disagree with?
What parts of this presentation might not be clear to
me?”
- If possible, let past experience guide you（根据经验，猜测听众的问题）: If you’re
presenting to people you know, most likely, you have some sense of
the
ir questions or how they might react to your comments.
- Remember the heart of any good presentation is
preparing.
How to handle:
- Listen to grasp the gist of question(听问题抓住核心，不要紧张): Don’t become
rattled. If you’ve prepared a good presentation, you
can probably answer most questions.
- Question you anticipated（对于准备过的问题，简要回答，然后回到主线）:
Stating your main point, answer this person’s question
briefly and then transition back to where you left off. To do so,
you can say, “Getting back to….” If you need to acknowledge
someone’s idea or perspective before you state your own, you can
use “while” to do so.
- Unexpected question（对于没准备过的问题，多花几秒思考提问者的看法，然后给出简要回答，立即回到主线）:
No matter how carefully you prepare, you might get a
question you didn’t expect or even a question that is
unrelated to your topic. Take a breath. Spend a few seconds
thinking about this person’s perspective—Is he raising a valid
point?—and your purpose in replying to his query. Then to respond,
state your main point. After you reply, you don’t need to ask the
questioner if you answered his question. He’ll let you know
if you didn’t. In turn, you’d get back to your
presentation.
- Hostile or irrelevant question（对于恶意或不相关的问题，适时打断，回到主线）: If
the questioner is hostile or just wants to hear himself talk,
you’ll need to end this exchange and get back to your
presentation. To return to where you left off, you might
say, “Having considered differing perspectives on such and such,
let’s get back to such and such.”
So, let's throw it open to questions.
Now I' d like to answer any questions, if you have
any.
Now I am ready to answer your questions, if any.
I'd be glad to try and answer any questions.
Are there any questions?
Any questions?
I want to ask Dr. bi a question.
I have a guest ion for Dr. Anderson.
Mr. Smith, I have a question to ask you.
There is a question I'd like to ask Prof. Li.
A question for Mr. Liu.
One question, Dr. Wei.
Could I ask you a question, Prof. Li?
May I venture to ask Prof. Zhang a question?
Before asking your question, you can express your positive
attitude or make a comment on the speaker's presentation. For
example,
Dr. Johnson, I was fascinated by your description of your
study, but what will happen if...
Mr. Li, you did splendid work! Just one
question.
You mentioned very briefly that you used two experiments that
were the same.
Would you please elaborate on that point?
Would you be so kind as to give me more information about the
method of your experiment?
Would you tell me the reason why you set such a high
temperature?
Comprehensive Samples
Dr. Wang, I'd like to raise one question. First, may I say
how much I enjoyed talk. But, may I ask, do you have experience
with the new method?
Congratulations, Dr. Li. I can't help but admire your
achievement. But I want to know what's your attitude toward abuse
of antibiotics?
I'd like to congratulate Mr. Liu on a very interesting
presentation.
May I ask you a question? How does subjective evaluation
differ from objective evaluation?
First, I'd like to say your research is very interesting. May
I ask two questions? Do you see any relation between cigarette
smoking and peptic ulcers? And what advantage do you expect by
using this approach?
Pardon, I couldn't hear what you said.
I beg your pardon, I didn't catch what you said.
I'm sorry I forgot your first question. Would you be so kind
as to say it again?
I'm not quite surge what your question is.
I didn't quite get the last point of your
question.
You mean, there may be some mistake in the
calculation?
Are you referring to the significance of the
difference?
Are you suggesting that the temperature might have affected
the results?
If I understand you correctly, you are
saying/asking...
I didn't quite catch that.
Could you go over that again?
I'm not sure what you're getting at.
Welcome the question by saying 'thank you' or commenting on
it saying 'That’s a good question' or 'That's a challenging
question.'
This is a very good question.
Thank you for that question.
I'm glad this question has been brought up-
I appreciate that question.
This is a hard question.
This is an interesting question.
This is a big question.
I'd be delighted to answer your question.
I'll try to answer this question very briefly.
In answer to your question, I would say that...
I can only provide a partial answer to that
question.
Let me try to answer your questions one by one.
My answer to your first question is...
May I answer your second cjuestion first?
I have only a partial answer to your question.
Thank you for that question. This is a challenging question
and I'm afraid I can only provide a partial answer to it. Anyway,
I'll try my best to answer it.
Questioner: Have you tried it on human bodies?
Presenter: This gentleman would like to know whether we have
tried this on human bodies.
Question: So what happens if the new budget isn't
approved?
Answer (1): We've spent two months preparing the new budget.
It's a good budget and we're confident we'll get approval to put it
into practice.
Answer (2): There is too much supposition in the question for
me to give a sound answer.
The following are some other examples of answers to
challenging questions:
Perhaps in another year or so we can answer that question,
because these studies are now in progress.
We are now working on this problem and, if you agree, I'll
answer your question in a few weeks.
The only answer I can give at present is to wait a few more
years, at which time something better might ultimately come out of
all our efforts.
I think it will be possible to answer this question when more
experiments are completed.
The answer to this question needs further study.
I hope I will be able to answer your question
later.
I appreciate your interest in my research, but I just don't
want to talk about it now. Let's talk about something
else.
I'd rather not say.
Why do you want to know?
Sometimes you can relay the question back to the questioner.
For example,
Before I answer you that question, let me ask you: where do
you think we should have the project?
In this way, sometimes you encourage the questioner to answer
his or her own question, e.g. 'What do you think? Are
people prepared to pay an extra $ 2 for faster
service?'
If you don't know the answer to a particular question, simply
admit that you don't know. Say something like this:
'I'm sorry. I don't happen to know the answer to that
question, but I'll be happy to check into it for you.'
Here are some further examples:
I don't think I can answer your question.
I wish I could answer your question, but unfortunately I have
no good answer.
I'm not sure that I can answer your question. What I'm going
to say is not quite an answer to your question.
Another technique to cope with the situation is to direct the
attention to another expert who may know it or you can use the
audience. Ask if anyone could help the questioner and hence it
won't be necessary for you to admit that you do not know the
answer. See examples below.
I think that question could be better answered by Dr. Liu
than by me.
I think perhaps Dr. Chen would be better able to answer this
question.
Prof. Li would be a better person to answer your question
since he has done a lot of work in this field.
Fortunately, Prof. 'Ma, who is an authority in this area, is
'here. I think no one is more suitable than him to answer your
question.
Dr. Sawyer is perhaps in a better position to tell us
something about it.
Perhaps my colleague Dr. Emery here has some better
ideas.
I think it would be better if Prof. Wu were to make some
comments on this matter.
Avoid using the following expressions to embarrass the
questioner:
'I've already answered that but you obviously weren't
listening.' Instead say something like 'I'm sorry I didn't explain
that clearly.'
Avoid talking to one questioner. Look towards the other, side
of the conference hall or room and indicate that there is another
question. Suggest that as there are several more questioners,' yon
could discuss his or her question in more detail after your
talk.
Having finished answering questions, you should check that
the questioner is satisfied or further elaboration or explanation
is called for. The following expressions might be
helpful.
Did I answer your question?
Did I answer you satisfactorily?
Did your question get answered?
I don't know whether this answered your
question.
I don't know if this is a satisfactory answer.
I hope this may serve as an answer to Dr. Li.
I hope this answers ~0ur question.:,
Sometimes when question lime is over and ff time permits, you
can restate, your main proposition, including any good comments
from the audience and ignoring adverse questions or remarks. Thus,
you demonstrate that you are confident mid can cope calmly with
controversy.
Remember that your last words to the audience will be
retained longest and you are expected to behave in a professional
manner.
