Learn how to :
1. give good and bad news
2. respond to good news
3. respond to bad news
Giving news
There are different ways to give news:
GIVING GOOD AND BAD NEWS
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I'm really pleased to tell you...
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I've got a bit of good news to tell you..
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I've got some good / brilliant / great /
wonderful / splendid news for you...
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You know what! I've got a bit of great news for you...
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Great
news for you...
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I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you...
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I'm sorry I've got a bit of bad news to tell you..
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I really don’t know how to say it, but …
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I’m sorry to have to say this, but …
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I really feel bad to have to say this, but …
Responding to news
RESPONDING
TO GOOD NEWS
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Wow, that
sounds exciting !
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That’s
great !
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How fantastic
!
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What fantasticgood / brilliant / great / wonderful /
splendid news!
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That's good / brilliant / great / wonderful / splendid
news!
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That sounds like great news!
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Congratulations!
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That’s
wonderful / fantastic!
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I’m glad to hear that!
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Great
news!
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Incredible!
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Superb!
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Sounds
great!
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Lucky
you!
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Oh, how
wonderful!
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I can’t
believe that!
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Wow! That
sounds exciting!
RESPONDING TO BAD NEWS
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I’m
awfully sorry that…
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I’m sorry to hear that..
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I’m sorry to hear such terrible news
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My goodness!
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I can’t
believe it!
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Poor you!
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I do sympathize with you.
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Please, accept my deepest sympathy.
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I know how you must be feeling.
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That must
be awful
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Oh, dear
!
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Too bad !
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That’s awful / a pity / unfortunate.
GRAMMAR
1. REVIEW
Linking words are cohesive
or transitional devices which are
used to express and join ideas.
1.
Expressing addition
To add information, use:
in addition, - as well as - moreover - what is
more - not only...but also... - furthermore - besides - also - too - and...
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If
the project fails this will have terrible consequences not only on our department, but also on the whole organization
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John's
grades are terrible because he has been so lazy these days. In addition to this, his relationship
to his parents got worse.
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The
report is badly written. Moreover, it's inaccurate.
2.
Expressing contrast and concession
To
express contrast, use:
although - even though - in spite of / despite -
however - yet - nevertheless - nonetheless - on the contrary -
whereas - on the one hand ...but on the other hand...
- conversely - but...
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Brain
drain has terrible consequences on the developing countries. Nevertheless, nothing has been done to
solve the problem or at least to reduce its negative effects.
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In spite of / despite Fred's old age, he goes
jogging every morning.
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Although she's
very nice, her classmates hate her.
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They
have got two children, a boy and girl. The boy looks after his father whereas the girl looks after the
mother.
Note:
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Although /even though
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subject + verb
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Although he is rich, he never helps the poor.
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In spite of / despite
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1. In spite of all his money, he never helps the
poor
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Expressing
cause and effect
To express cause and effect, use:
consequently - as a consequence - as a result -
therefore - because of this - for this reason - because - since - as- for - due to - owing to
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She remained silent, for she was so depressed to talk.
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We
can't go to Sue's party because
we'll be busy working on our project.
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The plane was delayed because of the foggy weather.
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He
had spent most of his time hanging around instead of revising his lessons. Consequently, he had a lot of trouble
answering the exam questions.
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4. Expressing purpose
To express purpose, use:
in order to - in order not to - sa as to - so as not
to - to - not to – so that
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She
wakes up early in order to be on time to work.
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They
visited him so as to offer their condolences for the death of his wife
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He
helped the new policewoman so as not to fail in her first
mission.
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She
helped him so that he could pass the exam.
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5. Summarizing
To summarize, use:
in conclusion - to conclude - to sum up - in a
nutshell - in brief - in short - all in all - everything considered...
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