Стр. 23 - Skurikhin_Communicative style

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1.
Can I go back to the point about
timing?
2.
It's very hot in here.
3.
We have a problem.
4.
There'll be a delay.
5.
Can I interrupt for a moment?
6.
That'll be very expensive
7.
That' ll be very expensive.
8.
Can we meet again next week?
9.
Our competitors are expensive.
10.
There’s a problem with that.
11.
It’ll be better use Air Express.
12.
We can’t do that.
13.
There’s a misunderstanding.
14.
That’s going to be difficult.
15.
That gives us very little time.
16.
The transport costs are expensive.
Could I just go back to the point about timing?
It's a bit hot in here, isn't it?
It seems we have a slight problem,
There might be a small delay.
Could I just interrupt for a moment?
That might be quite expensive.
Won't that be a bit expensive?
Perhaps we could meet again next week?
I’m afraid our competitors aren’t very cheap.
I think there’s a bit of a problem with that.
Wouldn’t it be better to use Air Express?
To be honest, I’m not sure we could do that.
There seems to be a slight misunderstanding.
I guess that could be a little difficult.
Actually, that doesn’t give us very much time.
The transport costs are a bit expensive, aren’t
they?
2)
Underline all the words in the second column that make the language
diplomatic/tentative. The first two have been done for you.
3)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using direct language?
In which business situations would you expect to hear diplomatic language?
GRAMMAR
1.
Complete the table below with the sentence numbers from the previous task.
The first two sentence numbers have been done for you.
a.
can > could
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b.
will > might
c.
perhaps/maybe
d.
just
e.
seems/appears
f.
negative question
g.
a small/a slight (+ noun)
h.
a bit/quite (+ adjective)
i.
could/would
j.
is → seems to be
k.
I think / I guess f a little /
a bit (+ adjective)
l.
phrase to introduce bad
news
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m.
a slight / a bit of a
(+ noun)
n.
negative question
What do you think about this example?
I’m afraid there seems to be a slight
problem.
2.
Rewrite these phrases so that they are more diplomatic. Use techniques from
section 1 and your own ideas.
Part 1
1.
I want to make a change to the agenda. _______________________
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