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all right here we go decisions and goals core
spoken English this is the basic stuff that you
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got to master this is part one of eight let's jump
into it now before making a decision you will need
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the input of others you will need to take into
consideration the opinions of family friends or
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co-workers take into consideration that means you
take it in you listen you think about the input of
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others that's a common word group that's why I'm
pointing it out to you take into consideration
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okay let's look at some opening sentences to ask
what are we going to do what are we going to do
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what are we going to do what are we going to
do we need to make a decision about the problem
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what are our
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options what are our options let's go ahead
and contract this what are what are our
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options what are our choices or
we can contract it what are our
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choices sometimes when you have r r it's
better to contract these and say what our
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choices what are the
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Alternatives what are what are
what what what what are the
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Alternatives what are the
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possibilities we need to do something about
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the situation we need to do
something about the situation
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what choice do we have what options do
we have what alternatives do we have
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what solution do we have what can we do about this
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situation what can we do about this
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issue what can we do about this
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problem how does this sound to you
I have an idea how we can solve this
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problem how does this sound to you
okay you say this right before you
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give your idea right how does this
sound to you how does this appeal to
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you the situation calls for a decision
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all right now here's the situation Maria
and Pablo need a second car they have one
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car but they need a second car although
they' they would they'd like to buy a
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brand new one a new car they can't afford
to they can't afford to buy a new car they
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can't afford to and they don't really want
to go into debt go into debt that means to
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take a loan borrow money that you
don't have go into debt what are our
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options one choice would be to buy a used car
one choice would be and then you give your
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choice right we could always buy a used car we
could always one option would be to buy a used
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car one possibility would be to buy a used
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car perhaps we should consider a used
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car maybe we should look at buying a used
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car wouldn't it be smarter to buy a used car
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we could keep a used car in
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mind keep in
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mind rather than buying a
used car we could lease a new
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one instead of buying a a
used car we could lease a new
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one as an alternative we could lease a new car
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alternatively we could lease a new
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car another option would be to lease a new
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car another choice would be to lease a new
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car we have no choice but to wait and save our
money have no choice but to no choice but to
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blank we have no alternative
but to wait and save our
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money we have no option but to wait and save our
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money our options are limit are
limited to waiting and saving our money
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we can't do anything except wait and save our
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money our only option is to wait and save our
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money our only choice is to wait and save our
money our only possibility is to wait and save our
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money the best we can do at this
point is wait and save our money
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money yeah that's the best we can do at this point
that's the best we can do at this point don't you
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think so yeah I think so let's just wait and save
our money that's the best we can do at this point
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boom that's the end of part one join me in the
next step part two of this miniseries we're going
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to have eight videos for it keep moving forward
one step at a time I'll see you in the next step
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