유닛 7: Career changes
Past perfect tense
유닛 고르세요
- 1 Pop-ups
- 2 Hidden talents
- 3 Can't buy me love
- 4 Travellers' tales
- 5 The colleague from hell
- 6 Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7 Career changes
- 8 Art
- 9 Project management
- 10 The dog ate my homework!
- 11 The diary of a double agent
- 12 Fashion forward
- 13 Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14 Extreme sports
- 15 Food fads
- 16 Me, my selfie and I
- 17 Endangered animals
- 18 A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19 I'm really sorry...
- 20 Telling stories
- 21 Fakes and phrasals
- 22 Looking to the future
- 23 Becoming familiar with things
- 24 From rags to riches
- 25 Against the odds
- 26 Our future on Mars?
- 27 Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28 Dodgy dating
- 29 Annoying advice
- 30 I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
세션 3
How do you prepare someone for disappointment? There's some apologising to do at the offices of Tip Top Trading. Find out why and learn some useful phrases.
Preparing someone for disappointment
How well do you know these expressions? In this activity you need to prepare people for bad news. What's the best way to let them know they're not going to get what they expected? Let's see if you can use the expressions from this session correctly.
문서 읽고 엑티비티를 하세요

To do
You have to decide on the best option to complete the sentences. When selecting your answer, try to:
1. Make sure your answer fits the meaning of the sentence.
2. Make sure it matches the form introduced in this session.
3. Make sure your answer is polite, if appropriate.
Choosing the right thing to say
6 Questions
Choose the correct option to make a polite and accurate English sentence, using phrases from this session.
도움
엑티비티
Choose the correct option to make a polite and accurate English sentence, using phrases from this session.
힌트
What small word means she is about to give some disappointing news?Question 1 of 6
도움
엑티비티
Choose the correct option to make a polite and accurate English sentence, using phrases from this session.
힌트
Is it good or bad news?Question 2 of 6
도움
엑티비티
Choose the correct option to make a polite and accurate English sentence, using phrases from this session.
힌트
Remember you need to apologise - that means sound sorry!Question 3 of 6
도움
엑티비티
Choose the correct option to make a polite and accurate English sentence, using phrases from this session.
힌트
Something unplanned happened.Question 4 of 6
도움
엑티비티
Choose the correct option to make a polite and accurate English sentence, using phrases from this session.
힌트
Check the order of the words.Question 5 of 6
도움
엑티비티
Choose the correct option to make a polite and accurate English sentence, using phrases from this session.
힌트
Who is most disappointed?Question 6 of 6
Excellent! Great job! 네 안타깝군요 이번 점수입니다:
End of Session 3
That's all for Session 3. We hope you enjoyed hearing from the English at Work team and learnt some useful expressions about preparing someone for disappointment.
In Session 4 the topic is changing careers. Have you ever wanted to change yours? Learn some useful language and share your thoughts with us!
이번 세션 문법
Preparing someone for a disappointment: phrases and use of 'but'
1. I'm really sorry to let you down + but... [explain the problem]
Examples:
I'm really sorry to let you down but someone obviously got their apples mixed up with their avocados.
I'm really sorry to let you down but there was a mix-up with our paperwork.
2. Sorry to disappoint you + but… [explain the problem or how you're going to solve it]:
Sorry to disappoint you but we haven't got any more Awesome Apples in stock to send you.
Sorry to disappoint you but I will do all I can to sort out the problem.
How to explain why something went wrong:
It's not how we planned it + but... [explain what has happened]
Examples:
It's not how we planned it but something has gone wrong.
It's not how we planned it but there was a problem in our warehouse which we are now sorting out.