Professional English · Lesson 03 — Presenting Data — Three Phrases That Do All the Work

Data on a slide means nothing without a sentence to interpret it. Three phrases work in any presentation.

Examples

• ‘The figures show that…’
• ‘This represents a [X]% increase compared to…’
• ‘What this tells us is…’

Practice

Find a chart or statistic in any report. Write three sentences using one phrase each. Read them aloud. Do they sound professional?

Takeaway: Interpret data — don’t just display it.

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