英语演讲教程英语演讲教程: : AskingandAnsweringQuestionsAskingandAnsweringQuestions Chapter IV Asking and Answering QuestionsI。 Inviting Questions So， lets throw it open to questions。 Now I d like to answer any questions， if you have any。 Now I am ready to answer your questions， if any。 Id be glad to try and answer any questions。 Are there any questions? Any questions? II。 Raising QuestionsSignaling Your Intention to Ask a Question I want to ask Dr。 bi a question。 I have a guest ion for Dr。 Anderson。 Mr。 Smith， I have a question to ask you。 There is a question Id like to ask Prof。 Li。 A question for Mr。 Liu。 One question， Dr。 Wei。 Could I ask you a question， Prof。 Li? May I venture to ask Prof。 Zhang a question? Expressing Your Attitude Before asking your question， you can express your positive attitude or make a comment on the speakers presentation。 For example， Dr。 Johnson， I was fascinated by your description of your study， but what will happen if。 。 。 Mr。 Li， you did splendid work! Just one question。 Asking the Specific Question You mentioned very briefly that you used two experiments that were the same。 Would you please elaborate on that point? Would you be so kind as to give me more information about the method of your experiment? Would you tell me the reason why you set such a high temperature? Comprehensive Samples Dr。 Wang， Id like to raise one question。 First， may I say how much I enjoyed talk。 But， may I ask， do you have experience with the new method? Congratulations， Dr。 Li。 I cant help but admire your achievement。 But I want to know whats your attitude toward abuse of antibiotics? Id like to congratulate Mr。 Liu on a very interesting presentation。 May I ask you a question? How does subjective evaluation differ from objective evaluation? First， Id like to say your research is very interesting。 May I ask two questions? Do you see any relation between cigarette smoking and peptic ulcers? And what advantage do you expect by using this approach? III。 Response to QuestionsAsking for Repetition Pardon， I couldnt hear what you said。 I beg your pardon， I didnt catch what you said。 Im sorry I forgot your first question。 Would you be so kind as to say it again? Im not quite surge what your question is。 I didnt quite get the last point of your question。 You mean， there may be some mistake in the calculation? Are you referring to the significance of the difference? Are you suggesting that the temperature might have affected the results? If I understand you correctly， you are saying/asking。 。 。 I didnt quite catch that。 Could you go over that again? Im not sure what youre getting at。 Welcoming the Question Welcome the question by saying “thank you“ or commenting on it saying “Thats a good question“ or “Thats a challenging question。“ This is a very good question。 Thank you for that question。 Im glad this question has been brought up- I appreciate that question。 This is a hard question。 This is an interesting question。 This is a big question。 Id be delighted to answer your question。 Ill try to answer this question very briefly。 In answer to your question， I would say that。 。 。 I can only provide a partial answer to that question。 Let me try to answer your questions one by one。 My answer to your first question is。 。 。 May I answer your second cjuestion first? I have only a partial answer to your question。 Thank you for that question。 This is a challenging question and Im afraid I can only provide a partial answer to it。 Anyway， Ill try my best to answer it。 Repeating or Paraphrasing the Question Questioner: Have you tried it on human bodies? Presenter: This gentleman would like to know whether we have tried this on human bodies。 Responding to Difficult or Challenging Question Question: So what happens if the new budget isnt approved? Answer (1): Weve spent two months preparing the new budget。 Its a good budget and were confident well get approval to put it into practice。 Answer (2): There is too much supposition in the question for me to give a sound answer。 The following are some other examples of answers to challenging questions: Perhaps in another year or so we can answer that question， because these studies are now in progress。 We are now working on this problem and， if you agree， Ill answer your question in a few weeks。 The only answer I can give at present is to wait a few more years， at which time something better might ultimately come out of all our efforts。 I think it will be possible to answer this question when more experiments are completed。 The answer to this question needs further study。 I hope I will be able to answer your question later。 Responding to Improper Question I appreciate your interest in my research， but I just dont want to talk about it now。 Lets talk about something else。 Id rather not say。 Why do you want to know? Sometimes you can relay the question back to the questioner。 For example， Before I answer you that question， let me ask you: where do you think