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You ______ _______ ______ _____at
least buy you a drink.
Please, ______ ______
OK, then that's _____ ____ ____ ____
Thank you.
That was a lovely meal. Thank you
____ ____ _____ me.
Making an excuse
Dealing with a refusal
It's been a really long day and I've got
an early start tomorrow.
I've already arranged something with
some friends from work.
I think I'll walk - ______ ______
_______exercise after all that food.
OK, that's fine. Perhaps another time.
Oh, nothing. I ______ ______ _____
____ _____meeting up with some of my
colleagues. But it doesn't matter.
ROLE-PLAY MAP
(p.63)
Start in one of the squares with a star (
). Use the phrases from this lesson to role-
play the conversations. The arrows (←, ↑, → and ↓) tell you which square to move to.
There are usually several choices. When you get to the end of a conversation (•), swap
roles and start again.
5.
DIPLOMATIC AND TENTATIVE LANGUAGE
WARM-UP
1)
How would explain the phrases
‘diplomatic language’ and ‘tentative
language’?
2)
Study the example and decide if it is diplomatic/tentative:
That will be very expensive.
3) What words/techniques do you know to make the language
more tentative or diplomatic?
4)
Make this sentence more diplomatic as much as possible:
e.g. I think it might be quite expensive.
PRONUNCIATION
1)
Practise each pair of sentences. Say the sentences on the left in a strong, clear,
direct way. Say the sentences on the right in a diplomatic /tentative, careful, thoughtful
way: speak more slowly and use pauses.
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