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Negotiating (3)- Be diplomatic 同人negotiate嘅時候語氣可以委婉啲，俾個落台階人哋易啲接受你嘅意見，今日就講吓兩種”be diplomatic”嘅方法啦。 // 1️⃣ Qualifier 我哋可以將啲qualifier, 例如”a little”, “a bit”, “rather”等用字同negative嘅adjectives一齊用，做成冇咁negative嘅message。 例如: “We are afraid this is a little expensive.”, “That may be a bit late.” (夾埋前日嗰招modals嚟用), “It was disappointing that the last delivery was with rather poor quality.” (夾埋琴日招Impersonal subject)。 又或者略嫌negative ajective唔禮貌，可以”not very”, “not totally”, “not completely”, “not entirely”配positive adjective。 例如: “We aren’t totally convinced by the idea of cutting discounts for loyal customers.”, “We wouldn’t be very happy with the arrangement.” (用would呢個modal), “Your team doesn’t seem completely certain about that.” - 2️⃣ Past progressive 之前講咗past tense係remote, 如果我哋想禮貌啲尋求幫助嘅時候，都可以用past tense，咁negotiation嘅時候都一樣，我地會用到past progressive。 例如: We were expecting to hear a new proposal today.” (最好就整到個new proposal出嚟啦), “I was aiming to establish a framework for further discussion.” (快啲搞掂個framework啦)同埋”We were hoping to reach agreement about this before we go.” (其實都唔係hope㗎啦，係must呀喂)。 // 最後一個教大家點樣用英文同人negotiate嘅post, 鍾意我哋啲文就擺低個like, 咁我哋出文又動力大啲、快啲啦！市民咁委婉、咁禮貌咁表達自己意見，同政府negotiate, 政府都無動於衷，點算好呢？🤨我決定出埋聽日個post, 12號停一日出post同story, 思考吓呢個問題。👌🏼 // Reference Sinclair, J. (ed.) (2017). Collins COBUILD English grammar. London: Harper Collins. #Vocabno #English #DSE #19DSE #2019DSE #20DSE #2020DSE #21DSE #2021DSE #Reading #Writing #Speaking #Wordoftheday #Vocabulary #Expression #Phrase #HKDSE #LiberalStudies #通識 #LS #Dsetips #Linguistics #語言學 #Morphology #JUPAS #Workplace

Negotiating (1)-Softening the message 當你想Propose一啲新嘢/同人唔同嘅嘢嘅時候，就算你嗰樣嘢有幾正都好，要人buy你都要俾人一個落台階嘅，今日就講吓2個喺negotiation嘅時候用嚟soften the message嘅grammar items。 - 1️⃣ Comparatives 試比較一下”We need a flexible arrangement.”同”We need a more flexible arrangement.”，前者就係依家冇flexible arrangement, 所以我依家就係嚟拯救大家，俾個正橋你哋。後者係講「更加好」，冇否定對家/現有嘅唔好，咁所以comparatives其實就係想講你嗰個方法可能好正，不過我哋可以有更加正嘅方法咁解。 仲有其他例子，例如你整班衫，但你發現好鬼貴😵，你可以話”We are looking for an offer closer to $50 per t-shirt.☺️”，如果你話”close to”, 個意思就係貴公司啲tee好貴，唔該你驟降到大約$50一件吖🤡。又例如一個設計師同個好麻煩嘅客人糾纏咗好耐🤬，忍無可忍就可以問佢”Would you be happier with the new design?”💓，即係你本身睇落都好高興，不過我感覺你依家仲高興呀。🤗 - 2️⃣ Modals would, could, may, might 之前有個post都講過past tense可以令自己同對方social distance拉遠(詳細自己追post)，從而俾人覺得有禮貌啲同令對方更易接受你嘅請求，其實有部份modals都一樣，例如would (instead of will), could (instead of can), may同might等等，could, may同might都係一啲反映喺present同future有機會發生嘅事，而would就係will嘅polite版，都係指「會發生」，就千祈唔好以為”could”/“would”係”can”/“will”嘅past tense咁簡單。Modals are something really complex. 😵😖 例子: “Could you please have a look on my composition?” —> 好多人揾我嗰時都會用”can”😂, 不過我同你哋年紀差唔多，都算平輩就算啦。😏 “Would you consider reserving some rooms for us to organize the Oral Practice?” —> 呢個我每年搞Vocabno活動都會用😂🤣 - 一連三個posts同大家分享點樣用英文同人negotiate！鍾意我哋啲文就擺低個like, 咁我哋出文又動力大啲、快啲啦！ // Reference Sinclair, J. (ed.) (2017). Collins COBUILD English grammar. London: Harper Collins. #Vocabno #English #DSE #19DSE #2019DSE #20DSE #2020DSE #21DSE #2021DSE #Reading #Writing #Speaking #Wordoftheday #Vocabulary #Expression #Phrase #HKDSE #LiberalStudies #通識 #LS #Dsetips #Linguistics #語言學 #Morphology #JUPAS #Workplace