Dealing with Misunderstandings Intermediate Lesson 4 Today you

Dealing with Misunderstandings Intermediate Lesson 4

Today you are going to learn: • How to deal with common misunderstandings • How to read big numbers and dates • How to clarify information

Things that cause misunderstanding: 1. Words with difficult spelling (names, surnames). 2. Numbers and dates. 3. Abbreviations. 4. Email addresses. 5. Prices.

- Hi Sasha, how are you doing? - I'm great. Yourself? - Oh good, you know, I'm looking for a hotel to stay in New York, and I remember once you mentioned a great place you stayed in last year. - Oh, yeah. Charlton hotel. - Charlton? How do you spell that? - C-h-a-r-l-t-o-n. - That's weird. I thought you spell it with K not Ch. - The same with chemistry and character. - Oh, I see. I'm glad we've cleared that up.

- What's the address? - 455 Cartwell Boulevard. - Sorry, could you repeat that, please? - 455 Cartwell Boulevard. - Ok, could I also ask for the phone number? - Sure. It's 675 342 8480. - Sorry, could you speak up, please? - Ok, 675 342 8480. And FYI, you need to book it two weeks in advance as it's usually fully booked. - Alright, thanks a million.

Names A lot of names are spelt and pronounced in different ways. In case you are not sure, ask for spelling. e. g. Maria, what's your colleague's name? How do you spell it?

Gwynfor Harding Johnes

Numbers 18 80 eighteen eighty 13 30 thirteen thirty 325 (three hundred and twenty-five) 678 348 (six hundred and seventy-eight thousand three hundred and fourty-eight) 12 567 321 (twelve million five hundred and sixty-seven three hundred and twenty-one)

Dates 12 July 1987 (the twelfth of July nineteen eighty-seven) 31 December 2001 (the thirty-first of December two thousand one)

Abbreviation s There are some common abbreviations in English: FYI – for your information ASAP – as soon as possible e. g. – for example Etc. – and other things Vs – versus R. I. P – rest in peace

Email addresses G upper case g lower case. dot @ at _ underscore / slash backslash - hyphen Gwynfor. harding 1956@gmail. com

Prices $12 twelve dollars £ 324 three hundred and twenty-four pounds $34. 90 thirty-four dollars ninety 90 p ninety pence £ 1. 34 one pound thirty-four

Read this information 10, 171, 601 13 September 1935 22 October 1983 martin_smith@yahoo. com $578. 65 12 October 2006

To deal with misunderstandings: How do you spell it? Could you repeat that, please? Could you speak up, please? I am glad we have cleared that up.

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