hello hello hello everybody my name is steve ford welcome to your business english lesson
today we've got a great lesson to help give you more vocabulary to sound like a native speaker
when you're receiving a visit from a business colleague
so when you receive a visit from a business colleague from another city or another country
what kind of entertainment options are available take them to a golf course
can you take them to a nice restaurant can you take them to a nice museum or theater
maybe a nice show whatever the option is we want to learn different ways to ask people if they want
to do these things and also polite ways to respond so let's get to it the first point we have here is
asking politely or being more direct it depends how high the person is up on the ladder of the
company of course how well you know the person how comfortable you feel around that person
many things are involved so if you want to ask politely let's say you want to take
this visitor you're the host to a restaurant you could say i was wondering if you would like to go
to x restaurant this is very polite it has a very nice introduction very indirect would you like to
polite would you like to go to a restaurant and if you want to be more direct you could
say something like what do you say we go to a restaurant hello hello hello everybody and
welcome to the pronunciation part of the video what do you say we go out to a restaurant what
do you say we go out to a restaurant faster what do you say we go out to a restaurant very good
what do you say we go out to a restaurant what do you say we go out to a restaurant
oh yeah now let's say you're on the other end of this and you are the visitor
and you want to accept formally you could say yes i would be more than happy to join you
yes it would be a pleasure to join you this is very polite very formal
that would be very little less polite but still sounds nice for sure that'd be great
that's normal familiar english for accepting an offer and very informal you bet
you bet i would only use that with close friends and family you bet or even less formal you betcha
but you don't want to be using that with the ceo or the cfo of the company no rejecting an offer
i'm really sorry but unfortunately i have another engagement
very polite sorry but i will be busy at that time no i can't go i'm busy that's very direct sounds
kind of rude i think even with friends pressing regret you could say oh i'm sorry to hear that oh
that's a shame that you can't go to the restaurant please note that that's a shame is american the
british would say that's a pity shame pity a little less formal oh that's too bad you can't go
and really informal i would never use this one at work only with close close
friends oh that's a bummer that's a bummer that's probably a new one for a lot of you
so let's take a listen to a dialogue to see all of the things that i've explained to you in action hi
william it's gene hi jane listen i was wondering if you'd be interested in going out for dinner
with a few of our colleagues this evening yes i sure would as you know i've just arrived and i
really don't know too much about new york not a problem so what day works best for you this week
friday works best for me great i can come by the hotel and pick you up at 6 00 pm does that
work for you i have a meeting until 5 30 so it should be okay wonderful and don't worry about
dinner tonight it's on me oh very generous of you well i'm looking forward to seeing you on friday
likewise william we'll see you at six on friday bye for now bye now and another dialogue
hey rick it's nick hey nick how are you doing can't complain i guess lots of work but overall
business as usual listen i'd like to know if you'd like to come to dinner this week with
some of the staff from work i'd definitely be up for that when exactly were you planning to meet up
we're looking to meet at 6 30 and by the way don't worry the dinner's on me we're meeting up at
larusso's restaurant that sounds nice well count me in and i'll see you there at 6 30. you bet
bye now bye okay everybody i'll keep this lesson short and sweet i hope that this lesson will help
you trying to develop ways that you can use phrases that native speakers use every day and
i know that it's very important to know if it's very polite polite informal so that you can use
these phrases and adapt them to the situation that you are in and i hope that you enjoyed this lesson
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