流利说商务英语学习笔记Level4 Unit1 Part 1 C

Creating a PPT

制作PPT

To brainStorm: To brainstorm means to discuss ideas or ways to solve a problem. Before you create a PowerPoint, you should brainstorm your main points. You can ask yourself some questions like What are the main points that I want to present. What information will my audience be interested to know? We brainstorm some points to make our presentation more engaging. They brainstormed their ideas and wrote them on a whiteboard.

To outline: To outline something means to roughly plan out the points or parts of it. Once you brainstorm some ideas, you can outline your PowerPoint. This will help you structure your presentation. After outlining his PowerPoint, he decided to start his talk by introducing his company. According to the outline of his PowerPoint, he will analyze possible threats at the end. He outlined his PowerPoint in great detail. She outlined the five steps of business strategy in her PowerPoint.

To structure: To structure something means to organize or arrange it in a particular way. After you outline your PowerPoint, you should structure it. Structuring your PowerPoint allows you to list your main points clearly and logically. He restructured his PowerPoints and deleted some unnecessary slides. You need to structure your PowerPoint to connect your main points.

To design: To design something means to decide how it will look. After you structure your PowerPoint, you can begin to design it. When designing a PowerPoint, you should consider its layouts, visuals, and fonts. People download PowerPoint templates when they design their slides. The PowerPoint template is designed by freelance designers.

To revise: To revise something means to change something to improve it. Once you have finished your PowerPoint, you may want to revise it. You may be able to make it even better before you present it. He has almost finished his PowerPoint, but he still has a few slides to revise. He made some minor revisions to his PowerPoint.