hello hello hello everybody my name is
Steve Ford and welcome to your English
lesson today I have a great lesson about
asking people for favors have you ever
needed a favor could have been something
like borrowing money maybe asking
someone to house it or babysit for you
take care of your kids for a while
whatever the reason is I have a great
English lesson for you so that you can
ask for a favor in a more polite way or
in a more direct way I was wondering if
I could ask you for a huge favor
shoot I'm all ears I've got a favor to
ask
run that by me again so if you want to
be more polite when you're asking that
favor a little more indirect you could
have a little intro and you could use
this speaking and you could also use
this when you're writing so you could
say I was wondering if that's your
introduction I was wondering if if you
want to be even more indirect but I
don't think this is very common it's too
indirect you could even make it longer I
was wondering if it would absolutely be
possible to not it's too long but I was
wondering if and then ask your favor you
could also say do you think there's any
chance that listen to my intonation how
polite I'm being do you think there's
any chance that I'm not demanding it I'm
not saying hey do you think there's any
chance that yeah give it to me now no
I'm trying to be more polite in my
intonation do you think there's any
chance that of course you could be more
direct and say I've got a favor to ask
can you do me a favor I need your help
so let's say that you are the person
that is being asked the favor well what
can you say if you
are receptive if you are open to doing a
favor in a more formal way you could say
by all means most definitely
what did you have in mind if you want to
be more friendly less formal you could
say something like shoot I'm all ears
fire away now maybe somebody asks you
for a favor that you don't think is
reasonable it happens some people they
have the nerve to ask for a favor for
things that are just ridiculous in a
more formal way to show disbelief to
show I can't believe you are asking that
favor you could say something like I beg
your pardon
oh yes so formal I beg your pardon
opens doors I beg your pardon I beg your
pardon less formally you could save run
that by me again come again what now if
you agree to do a favor you could say it
in a more formal way it'll be a pleasure
I'm more than happy to do that
mmm I really like that one I'm more than
happy to do that I'm more than willing
to help out and then in a less formal
way you can say no worries I can do that
for you
now if you want to refuse to do a favor
you could say I'm sorry I won't be able
to oh that's so nice
unfortunately I have a previous
commitment you could also say it in a
less formal way sorry I'm all tied up no
can do
okay so try to go back and study that
vocabulary those lines those expressions
that I taught you according to their
function asking for a favor
saying that you are receptive to a favor
etc and what we're going to do now is
I'm going to do a dialogue with you and
you want to try and remember some of the
things that I've taught you here today
so are you ready let's go hello hey Dave
how's it going same old same old
yourself actually I was wondering if I
could ask you for
a huge favor should I'm all ears well
you remember I told you I was gonna be
taking two weeks off this summer uh-huh
my wife and I are gonna be traveling to
Spain and we need someone to take care
of our parrot
oh sure I'd be more than willing to help
great
he's pretty low maintenance as far as
pets go I bet just a little bird suit I
guess oh and I almost forgot we also
have a cat
no worries I've taken care of cats
before I can do that for you guys of
course there's also the dog and the fish
but don't worry
really the only high-maintenance is my
mother-in-law run that by me again we
have a dog fish no I got that part I
didn't understand the high-maintenance
part I actually thought I heard you say
mother-in-law she's a real sweetheart
your mother-in-law
no the pit ball look you're more than
welcome to stay at our place while we're
gone I can even leave the keys to my BMW
if you'd like to take it for a spin no
can do Jason I just remembered I'm gonna
be all tied up I have to work well let
me know if your plans change if you
happen to know anybody who'd like to
house-sit while we're gone just let me
know will do see ya
okay everybody I hope that you can use
this vocabulary in different kinds of
situations the next time that you need
to ask someone for a favor or
when somebody asks you for a favor in
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