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would you mind if I practice speaking English
with you is it okay I'm trying to be polite
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here all right look at this here I would like
to take you to visit headquarters first I would
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like to take you to visit headquarters first you
know headquarters the the main office building of
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a company this is a nice way to say we are going
to visit headquarters first you could be direct
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and say we're going to visit headquarters first
or you could be a little soft little more polite
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I would like to take you to visit headquarters
first you could even soften it up more and add
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at the very end I would like to take you to visit
headquarters first if you don't mind or would that
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be okay would that be okay all right here's
another one would you mind if would you mind
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if I gave you a tour of the museum next would you
mind if I gave you a tour of the museum next you
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try perfect good job all right if
it's no trouble I just contracted
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that didn't I if it is no trouble if it's
no trouble if it is let's not contract it
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cuz we're trying to be polite so it's
better not to if it is no trouble could
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we take a detour to the new office for
a quick look before lunch if it is no
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trouble could we take a detour to the new
office for a quick look before lunch you
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try good good it would be my honor to escort you
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to the ceremony it would be
my honor to escort you to the
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ceremony okay so we just looked at I would
like to if it's no trouble if it's no trouble
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would you mind if would you mind if we did this
or that it would be my honor to all right then
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you finish the sentence it could all be a little
bit different but the basically the same kind of
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thing being polite and telling someone what they
are going to do or what you are going to do let's
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look at a mini conversation and we will practice
with shadowing and then we'll do role play Mr
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Lawson I'm delighted to see you again how was
your trip from Tokyo say it with me Mr Lawson
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I'm delighted to see you again how was your trip
from Tokyo Mr Lawson I'm delighted to see you
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again how was your trip from Tokyo I say Tokyo
Tokyo in Japanese it's Tokyo but in in American
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English we often say Tokyo Tokyo let's like mix
those together and come with with uh Tokyo Tokyo
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it's kind of a Japanese American mix Mr Lawson I'm
delighted to see you again how was your trip from
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Tokyo Mr Sato it's very nice to see you
again too the bullet train trip was very
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comfortable and relaxing all right let's
say that together here we go Mr Sato it's
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very nice to see you again too the bullet train
trip was very comfortable and relaxing again Mr
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Sato it's very nice to see you again too the
bullet train trip was very comfortable and
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relaxing Mr Sato it's very nice to see you again
too the bullet train trip was very comfortable and
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relaxing oh that is wonderful well we would like
to take you to to your hotel first it is about 5
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minutes by taxi from here all right let's say
it together oh that is wonderful well we would
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like to take you to your hotel first it is about
5 minutes by taxi oh that is wonderful well we
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would like to take you to your hotel first it is
about 5 minutes by taxi oh oh that is wonderful
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well we would like to take you to your hotel
first it is about 5 minutes by taxi all right
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I'd like that I want to freshen up a bit I want to
freshen up what's to freshen up if you freshen up
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you like wash your face you change into some
clean clothing you get fresh you get clean
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I I'd like that I'd like to go to my hotel I'd
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like that I want to freshen up a bit
I'd like that I want to freshen up a
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bit I'd like I would I'd like
that I want to freshen up a
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bit all right good job let's role play it
I'll go first and I'm the red text you're
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the blue text Mr Lawson I'm delighted to
see you again how was your trip from Tokyo
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oh that is wonderful well we would like to take
you to your hotel first it's about 5 minutes by
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taxi yeah we thought you might
want to do that all right shall
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we shall we switch rolls you're the red text go
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Mr Sato it's very nice to see you again too
the bullet train trip was very comfortable and
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relaxing I'd like that I want to freshen up a bit
I feel so dirty all right boom good workout guys
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way to go keep moving forward one little step
at a time and I'll see you in the next step
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