Presentatie met vragen

Presentation and Q&A

B2 · Upper intermediate · ≈ 22 min · setting: Rotterdam, Delft

The second half of this recording is harder than the first: the speaker delivers a prepared text, then answers questions on the fly. Listen to how speech changes when someone stops reading from a script: pauses, slips of the tongue, and eerlijk gezegd appear.

Question 1: What problem does the speaker identify and what figures does he use to support it?
Question 2: What does he suggest doing first?
Question 3: Which question from the audience does he honestly answer with “I don't know”?
Question 4: What does he promise to send after the meeting?

Presentatie — Minder papier op de afdeling

A twenty-minute presentation at a departmental meeting, followed by questions.

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Question and answer

Do they match?

Question	Answer	Assessment
How was “three-quarters” measured?	sample of 200 cases over two months	direct answer with method
What will happen to the archive staff?	“honestly, I don't know”	honest admission, question redirected
Rent or buy?	rent for pilot, buy later	direct answer with condition
How much time from us?	around four hours per person	a specific number, it's in the appendix

Question	Answer	Assessment
How was “three-quarters” measured?	sample of 200 cases over two months	direct answer with method
What will happen to the archive staff?	“honestly, I don't know”	honest admission, question redirected
Rent or buy?	rent for pilot, buy later	direct answer with condition
How much time from us?	around four hours per person	a specific number, it's in the appendix

Eerlijk gezegd weet ik dat nog niet sounds better than a vague answer. In a Dutch meeting, admitting you don't know something doesn't diminish the speaker if it's followed by “I'll add it to the list of open items.”

Presentation vocabulary

de aanleiding
reason, what prompted it
het velpl. vellen
sheet of paper
inkijken
to look at, to consult
de zoektijd
search time
de naamgeving
naming conventions
de steekproef
sample
consistent
consistent
eerlijk gezegd
honestly, frankly
het open punt
open item
de pilot
pilot project
aanhouden
to keep (a process) going
de sheets
slides

de aanleiding	reason, what prompted it
het velpl. vellen	sheet of paper
inkijken	to look at, to consult
de zoektijd	search time
de naamgeving	naming conventions
de steekproef	sample
consistent	consistent
eerlijk gezegd	honestly, frankly
het open punt	open item
de pilot	pilot project
aanhouden	to keep (a process) going
de sheets	slides

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Question and answer

Presentation vocabulary

1. What was said