Реферат: Acknowledgments

Thanks to Jim Goodman, Jim Larus, and David Patterson for their useful comments. The current on-line version of this document appears at URL

www.cs.wisc.edu/~markhill/conference-talk.htm

*The paper is abridged

**Pitch v to make a speech, explanation, job etc. suitable for people who are a particular age, level of ability etc.

***Body n main body of the paper

TASK 1.Read the abridged version of the paper given above. Answer the following questions:

1. What is “Forecast”? When are you recommended to give a summary of your talk?

2. Do you agree with the statement that your research subarea might not be understandable to everyone present? Would you follow the recommendation to address the audience “in layers”?

3. Should you motivate the audience to read your paper by giving a clear gist* of the contribution and referring to the information presented in the written version of the paper?

4. How many slides is an author recommended to use when giving a twenty minute presentation? Is this advice based on the skills gained by experienced speakers?

5. What information should the title slide contain?

6. What are the likely question areas? Should you have slides ready to answer the expected questions?

*Gist суть, сущность, истинный смысл; главный пункт

TASK 2.Write down an outline of your paper to be given at an international conference and accompany it by notes. An alternative proposed is to write down a complete text of the talk. Take into account the recommendations given in the text above. Below you are also given phrases pertaining to each compositional part of the talk, which could be helpful to you. Have your slides ready to complete preparing the presentation.