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Opening Remarks： Sample Opening Remarks 1) Thank you very much,

Prof. Fawcett, for your very kind introduction. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and
gentleman, Good morning! I consider it a great honor to be asked to
speak about …on this session of our symposium. 2) Ladies and
gentleman. It’s an honor to have the opportunity to address such a
distinguished audience. 3) Good morning. Let me start by saying just a
few words about my own background. 4) Mr. Chairman, thank you very
much for your kind introduction. President, Distinguished colleagues,
Ladies and gentleman, Good morning! Is my voice loud enough? 5) Good
morning, everyone. I appreciate the opportunity to be with you today. I
am here to talk to you about… 6) Good morning, everyone. I am very
happy to have this chance to give my presentation. Before I start my
speech, let me ask you a question. By a show of hands, how many of you
own a car? Expressing thanks to the Chairperson Mr. Chairman, thank
you for your introduction. First, I would like to thank Mr. Chairman for his
gracious introduction. Thank you very much, Prof. Fawcett, for your very
kind introduction. I would like to thank Dr. Huang for permitting me the
privilege to speak to this audience. Forms of Address and Greetings
Distinguished colleagues, Ladies and gentleman, Good morning! Members
of the conference! Expressing Pleasure and HonorI am very
happy/glad/pleased to be here in Hong Kong. I am honored/privileged to
be here (with you this afternoon). I am proud to be here on this special
occasion. It’s a very great pleasure for me to be able to attend this
conference. I consider it a great honor to be asked to speak about …on
this session of our symposium/ at this conference.. It is a great pleasure to
be given the honor of first speaker on this important topic. Others

Can you hear me all right? Is my voice too loud? Reference to the
Audience I can see many of you are from …department. I know many of
you are familiar with this topic. You all look as though you’ve heard this
before. I understand that you’ve all traveled a long way./ After hours of
conference, you must feel a little tired. Now I’d like you to see an
interesting topic… II. Introducing the Subject and the outline of the
Presentation Background Information I would like to start by briefly
reviewing the history of open heart surgery. Let us start with the
theoretical basis of this new technique. To begin with, we have to consider
the principle. I think it would be best to start out by looking at a few
slides. I should like to preface my remarks with a de script ion of the basic
idea. May I begin with a general outline of this project? The first thing I
would like to talk about is the definition of the terms I shall use in my
lecture. The first point I'd like to make is the historical background of the
invention. First, I shall explain to you why this new program is correct and
feasible. Topic I would like to concentrate on theproblem Of antibiotic
abuse in hospitals. I shall devote my talk to the surgical treatment of
coronary disease. I want to confine my talk to the latest developments in
civil engineering. Today, I am going to give a talk on the application of
computers in medicine. My topic today will deal with the observation of
supernova. In today's talk, I' 11 restrict myself to the etiology of 15-
epa~i;s. In my presentation this morning, I' 11 limit myself to three major
points only. I take the liberty of restricting my discussion mainly to
highway bridge construction. Now, I would like to address myself to the
most important aspect of this problem. Among the many languages, I
shall mention only BASIC. What I am going to present today is the
methodology and the data analysis. I'm not going to say much about that
except to discuss the literature on that topic. Outlining My talk today
consists of two parts. One is... and the other is... I've divided my
presentation into four parts. I shall first talk about ... and then touch on...
and finally discuss ... The subject can be looked at under the following
headings: ... (Pointing to the PowerPoint display) I would like to divide my
talk into two parts. The first part deals with…, the second part concerns ...
My presentation will be given in four parts. The first part deals with ... The
second part relates to... The third part concerns ... And the last part
discusses… Purpose/Objective The purpose of this presentation is to...
This talk is designed to…