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Everyday English
Be polite! 1 Respect people around you Some people are not using polite language in shops and cafes. Example: “We want two pizzas.” → “We’d like two pizzas, please” 1. “Give me those flowers.” 2. “Where are the skateboards in this shop?” 3. “I need an alarm clock” 4. “That sandwich there.” 5. “We want to try on these jeans.”
2 Find the right words I can help you
Come on Hey, great!
You know this TIP
“I’d like” → polite “ I want” → not so polite U seful phrases
I’d like/We’d like(to) please.. Can you show me/give me? Can I …please? Have you got…? Excuse me, do you sell…?
Thank you
Your friend helped you. Your friend has got a problem. Watch out! A car is coming but your friend Your friend’s team has won doesn’t see it. the game. Cheer up, it’s not Your friend is upset today. Your friend is looking at things the end of the in a shop. You don’t want to wait. world. 14
3 Let’s listen: Street Style Last Saturday Emma and Lisa were in ‘Street Style’, a clothes shop in Greenwich. a) Listen to the conversation and practice the dialogue with a partner. Look for the missing parts. Emma: Look, Lisa. These shoes are nice, aren’t they? Lisa: Hmmm, they aren’t my style. on a new top , don’t you? But shoes Emma: Well, you always like these are ’in’ just now. very polite about . Anyway, you can’t buy them, Lisa: I wear what I like, can you? You spent all your money last week. wear trainers now. Emma: I know but I can still look. Come on. I want to Lisa: OK. Let’s just look at these trousers here. – Ugh! No, thanks! Emma: Ssh! Not so loud! The assistant near the w CDs aren’t buying ne changing rooms can hear you. Lisa: Oh, yes! Look at her face. She didn’t like what I said, did she? these trousers. Oh, that’s Emma: Well, you weren’t They are terrible my mobile. Hi, Terry…In “Street Style’. Lisa is here too. In a music shop? You are you? …Wait a minute see the skirts while I ask Lisa. We’ve got time to meet Terry, haven’t we? Lisa: Sure. Here, give me the phone. – Hi, Terry! Come it’s a girls’ shop and find us here. Why not? Because ? OK. See you at the Green Village snack bar. not what’s ‘in’
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