★Dan's class ~part 5~★

【Phrase bank: Telephoning】
1.(b)C (c)C (d)R (e)C (f)R (g)C (h)R (i)R (j)B (k)B (l)B (m)B (n)C (o)C
2. all of things below are just my opinion, my guess.

"Can you~"this word means "Is it possible for you?". it has a nuance like "is it possible, or not?" it is used when people wanna know that someone has ability to do sth, or not.
on the other hand, "Could you~" involve "If you are ok for~". for example, i pick up this sentence "Could you open the window?". in this case, we can also say "i'm wondering if you could open the window." so we can say in other words. this expression has regarding for other people's condition & situation. therefore, "Could you" is more polite than "Can you".

【Go~4 QUESTIONs】
Q1. what did you do in class today?
A1. at the beginning of class, we made many telephone expressions with a partner. Next, we found question sentence from answer sentence on the phone. finally, we guess the situation from six voicemail messages.

Q2. did you enjoy doing these activities in class today? why? or why not?
A2. yes, of course. i had a chance to reconfirm(re-check) the structure of sentence like... auxiliary verb, subject, verb, object...etc. especially about verb, it's not easy for me to use the collocation like "speak up" "get back to". But now, i gradually make it clear than before. everything we did in class is good for me.

Q3. did you think these activities were easy or difficult? why? or why not?
A3. all activities were completely fine!! ... ... unfortunatelly, i can't say it yet. But even if these activities are so far from our life because of business situation, i'll get used to using these expressions naturally in my life. i think we can use them not only in business but also in our daily life.

Q4. what did you learn?
A4. we could know that even small key words, they can make a lot of useful phrases by changing combination. i learned application of these key words in my convesation. i had a chance to go phone expressions over again, and i could review that meanings.

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