Welcome back to Business English pod today's show is the second part of a

two-part series on making rejecting an accepting suggestions. In the first

lesson you practiced making suggestions. In this episode will look at appropriate

ways to reject and accept suggestions. As you remember the listening takes place

in a sport shoe company called stratus. We'll be listening to Karen marketing

manager meet with three members of her team, Charles, Sven and Miguel. They are

choosing a celebrity spokesperson for a new product. Celebrity means the famous

person.

Here, spokesperson is someone who gets paid to be in an advertisement for a product.

Okay, as you listen pay attention to how the speakers accept or reject each other

suggestions.

okay now let's talk about who we want to use as a spokesperson for this product

let's go around the table so we use a sports star or someone else and what do

you think well one possibility would be to use the famous overweight business

executive for CEO someone who is really successful sorry can I come in here

yes go ahead McGill that's a good idea but I'm not sure it would work for one

thing our customers want to be fit not fat

well then what do you suggest perhaps we should just use a famous sports star

what we usually do if it isn't broken don't fix it you know what I mean we

could try getting really good suggestion but I can see one or two problems with

that to be honest first off target markets are in the UK and the USA we

need someone who both Americans and Britons really like secondly a target

customer is kind of special I've got a suggestion

go ahead child is just like did but how about choosing someone from the sport

was normal to be heavy american football for example heavy but agile overweight

but strong and fast you know what I mean right consumer what do others think yes

it might be worth trying

ok but what about the UK really good reviews on this side of the Atlantic let

me think about this show we try to find someone in golf that's popular in the

USA and in the UK and that way we can kill two birds with one stone to that

idea that I think this would try

here's another good idea let's tie the dialogue to learn about accepting and

rejecting suggestions

first we'll talk about rejecting suggestions when rejecting suggestions

it's important to avoid hurting people's feelings let's think back to Karen and

her team and the dialogue during the discussion what language do they used to

reject suggestions they don't like first listen to Miguel reject spends

suggestion sorry can I come in here

yes go ahead McGill that's a good idea but I'm not sure it would work

Miguel interrupts politely can I come in here then he says that's a good idea but

I'm not sure it would work

this is a good and caraway rejecting a suggestion later Karen rejects Miguel

suggestion if it isn't broken don't fix it you know what I mean we could try

getting really suggestion but I can see one or two problems with that to be

honest karen's way of rejecting the girls suggestion follows the same form

first she praises the idea

good suggestion then she politely rejects it but I can see one or two

problems with that to be honest here adding to be honest to the sentence

makes it even more polite you can add to be honest to almost any rejection you

can also use frankly speaking or to be frank the same way let's practice those

together good suggestion but frankly speaking I can see one or two problems

with that

that's a good idea but I'm not sure it would work to be frank

to reject suggestions you can also say

I'm not really sure about that

and

do you think so

so now you learn ways to make suggestions on ways to reject

suggestions

next we'll look at ways to accept suggestions

Karen and Miguel like Charles Justin don't have Charles wants to use a sports

star who is heady but advil Advil means quick and skilful was listen again it's

just like did but how about choosing someone from the sport was normal to be

happy american football for example heavy but agile overweight but strong

and fast you know what i mean consumers you may want to have a think yes it

might be worth trying right I can see what you mean and yes it might be worth

trying

are two ways to accept suggestions what else can you say ok let's do that

not a bad idea

yes

that would work really well

good idea

great idea

ok so today you've learned many ways to reject and accept suggestions now before

we finish today's show let's look at an Indian Karen uses at the end of the

listing let me think about this show we try to find someone in golf that's

popular in the USA and in the UK and that way we can kill two birds with one

stone to kill two birds with one stone is an idiom that means to do or

accomplish two things at one time you can say that way we kill two birds with

one stone or that will let us kill two birds with one stone for example

what if I find one person to do both child and McGill's jobs that will get us

killed two birds with one stone

now let's practice what we learn first let's go over rejecting suggestions

politely you'll hear a series of suggestions

each followed by a beat after each beep use a polite phrase to reject the

suggestion for example if you hear what if we cut the sales training budget you

can say well I can see one or two problems with that idea for well I don't

know are you ready let's give it a try

what if we hold the meeting next week

I think we should buy new computers

tried to hold the training in a pub

how'd you do listen to some examples to check your answers What if we hold the

meeting next week

that's a good idea but I'm not sure that we want it

I think we should buy new computers

do you really think so I'm not so sure about that

let's try to hold the training in a pub

and Sir frankly speaking I can see one or two problems with that idea

now let's practice accepting suggestions after each beep use a phrase to accept

the suggestion like okay let's do that or that's not a bad idea how about we

all go on an outing together next weekend

what if we hold a party to increase morrow

we're wasting a lot of time is there any way we can hold fewer meetings

how did you do listen to some examples to check your answers

how about we all go on an outing together next weekend

and Sir great idea

what if we hold a party to increase morrow

on so yes I think that would work really well

we're wasting a lot of time is there any way we can hold fewer meetings

answer that's not a bad idea

it's always a good idea to go back and practice again this time substitute

different language to build fluency

in this unit we've learned appropriate ways to accept and reject suggestions

we've also reviewed usefully idioms thank you for listening