Greeting, and introducing yourself and your company (問候，介紹你自己和你的公司)

Greeting the audience - Calling for attention (問候觀眾，引他們注意你)

➤ Show the audience that you're ready to start.
➤ Use the greeting to adapt your voice to the size of the room.

* Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
* Good afternoon everyone. Shall we begin?
* Ladies and gentlemen. Good morning. It's a pleasure to be here with you today.
* Good afternoon. If everybody's ready, I think we can begin now.


Introducing yourself and your company (介紹你自己和你的公司)

➤ If the chairperson of the session hasn't done so, introduce yourself and your company.
➤ Mention the key elements of your company: its main activities, its size, its location, etc.

* Let me introduce myself first. I'm Robert Vincent.
* I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Pierre Dupont from Dazzi Engineering.
* Before I begin, let me tell you a little about myself. I'm ...
* I'm with the CNRS—the French National Center for Scientific Research—in the Department of Solid State Physics.
* I work for Schneider Electric in the xxx department. Schneider is a world leader in the development and manufacture of ...
* Dazzi Engineering is a small but fast-growing company in Grenoble, in the heart of the French Alps. Our main activities are in the field of waste management. You may be familiar with some of the techniques we've developed for plastics recycling.
* I'm a research engineer with Electricité de France or EDF. EDF is the leading company for the production and distribution of electricity in France and throughout Europe.