About+last+lesson

__** Presentation **__  On the last lesson we continued to explore the theme "Presentations." The study of this topic should improve our skills in this area of ​​expertise. For a complete understanding of the topic you need to put ourselves the question "Do I need this?" and "What I want to know?".  The most important aspects of this topic to my mind are: How to resist a fear of public speaking, Planning and preparing your speech: the key points, Body language & public speaking, The best speech ever.  We passed the test to assess our skills for creating presentations. In the test it was necessary to indicate our level of skill in one or another key point. For example: I write down some main ideas first, in order to build a presentation around them.

 __**Words**__

degree [dɪ’gri:] - степень, уровень

 * 1) noun, a stage in a scale of relative amount or intensity
 * 2) noun, an academic award conferred by a university or college on successful completion of a course or as an honorary distinction (**honorary degree**)
 * 3) noun, any of three categories of seriousness of a burn. See burn
 * 4) noun, (in the US) any of the categories into which a crime is divided according to its seriousness
 * 5) noun,  genealogy a step in a line of descent, used as a measure of the closeness of a blood relationship

graduate [’grædʒu:‚eɪt] - выпускник

 * 1) noun, a) a person who has been awarded a first degree from a university or college b) (//as modifier//)
 * 2) noun, a student who has completed a course of studies at a high school and received a diploma
 * 3) noun, a container, such as a flask, marked to indicate its capacity

survey [’sɜ:r‚veɪ] - исследование, опрос

 * 1) verb, to view or consider in a comprehensive or general way
 * 2) verb, to examine carefully, as or as if to appraise value
 * 3) verb, to plot a detailed map of (an area of land) by measuring or calculating distances and height

participate [pɑ:r’tɪsə‚peɪt] - участвовать

 * 1) verb, to take part, be or become actively involved, or share (in)

conclusion [kən’klu:ʒən] - заключение

 * 1) noun, end or termination
 * 2) noun, the last main division of a speech, lecture, essay, etc
 * 3) noun, the outcome or result of an act, process, event, etc (esp in the phrase **a foregone conclusion**)

value [’vælju:] - значение

 * 1) noun, the desirability of a thing, often in respect of some property such as usefulness or exchangeability: worth, merit, or importance
 * 2) noun, an amount, esp a material or monetary one, considered to be a fair exchange in return for a thing; assigned valuation
 * 3) noun, reasonable or equivalent return; satisfaction

incorporate [ɪn’kɔ:rpərɪt] - объединять

 * 1) verb, to include or be included as a part or member of a united whole
 * 2) verb, to form or cause to form a united whole or mass; merge or blend
 * 3) verb, to form (individuals, an unincorporated enterprise, etc) into a corporation or other organization with a separate legal identity from that of its owners or members
 * 4) adjective, combined into a whole; incorporated
 * 5) adjective, formed into or constituted as a corporation

introduction [‚ɪntrə’dʌkʃən] - введение

 * 1) noun, the act of introducing or fact of being introduced
 * 2) noun, a presentation of one person to another or others
 * 3) noun, a means of presenting a person to another person, group, etc, such as a letter of introduction or reference

detract [dɪ’trækt] - принижать

 * 1) verb, to take away a part (of); diminish
 * 2) verb, to distract or divert
 * 3) verb, to belittle or disparage

speech [spi:tʃ] - речь

 * 1) noun, a) the act or faculty of speaking, esp as possessed by persons b) (//as modifier//)
 * 2) noun, that which is spoken; utterance
 * 3) noun, a talk or address delivered to an audience

participating [pɑ:r’tɪsə‚peɪtɪŋ] - участвующий

 * 1) verb, to take part, be or become actively involved, or share (in)

acquainted [ə’kweɪntɪd] - знающий

 * 1) adjective, on terms of familiarity but not intimacy
 * 2) adjective, having knowledge or experience (of); familiar (with)