Really？
I'm surprised to hear that.
Do you？ /Did you？ /Have you？
2 Asking follow-up questions
What did you think of？
When are you going to？
How do you feel about？
3 Using the speaker's words in a follow-up question
So the meeting's been postponed1 until next March.
Next March？
4.Letting of invitation
The following phrases are useful for formal written invitations.
5 Inviting/Offering
We should like to invite you
We should be very pleased if you could
We would be delighted if you could
6 Thanking
Thank you （very much） for your （kind） invitation to
It was very kind of you to invite me to
I was delighted to receive your invitation to
7 Accepting
I would be very pleased to
I should be delighted to
8 Declining2
Unfortunately， due to I am unable to
9.Describing duties and responsibilities
The following phrases are used for talking about responsibilities.
My job is to
I'm responsible for
My job involves
In this job you have to
9.Report writing
The following phrases are useful when writing reports.
Introduction
The aim/purpose of this report is to
This report sets out to
This report aim to
10 Conclusion
It was decided/agreed/felt that
No conclusions were reached regarding
It was concluded that
11 Recommendations3
We would recommend that
It is suggested that
It is proposed that
12 Asking for information
We can ask for information using a fixed4 phrase followed by a noun.
I'd like to know about availability.
What about？
Can you tell me about？
13 Checking information
We can use the following phrases for checking information.
Sorry， I didn't get that. Could you say that again？
Sorry， did you say？
14.Suggesting
The following phrases are useful when we make suggestions.
Let's
Why don't we？
How/what about？
I think we should
Perhaps we could
Couldn't we？
If wewe could/should
15.Making presentations
The following phrases are used when making presentations.
16 Referring to visuals
If you'd like to look at the screen， you'll see
As you can see
17.Expressing hindsight
We can talk about past mistakes in the following ways.
With hindsight， we should have/could have
What we should have/could have done is
If we'd， we wouldn't have
1、Showing interest/surprise
Really？
I'm surprised to hear that.
Do you？ /Did you？ /Have you？
2 Asking follow-up questions
What did you think of？
When are you going to？
How do you feel about？
3 Using the speaker's words in a follow-up question
So the meeting's been postponed until next March.
Next March？
4.Letting of invitation
The following phrases are useful for formal written invitations.
5 Inviting/Offering
We should like to invite you
We should be very pleased if you could
We would be delighted if you could
6 Thanking
Thank you （very much） for your （kind） invitation to
It was very kind of you to invite me to
I was delighted to receive your invitation to
7 Accepting
I would be very pleased to
I should be delighted to
8 Declining
Unfortunately， due to I am unable to
9.Describing duties and responsibilities
The following phrases are used for talking about responsibilities.
My job is to
I'm responsible for
My job involves
In this job you have to
9.Report writing
The following phrases are useful when writing reports.
Introduction
The aim/purpose of this report is to
This report sets out to
This report aim to
10 Conclusion
It was decided/agreed/felt that
No conclusions were reached regarding
It was concluded that
11 Recommendations
We would recommend that
It is suggested that
It is proposed that
12 Asking for information
We can ask for information using a fixed phrase followed by a noun.
I'd like to know about availability.
What about？
Can you tell me about？
13 Checking information
We can use the following phrases for checking information.
Sorry， I didn't get that. Could you say that again？
Sorry， did you say？
14.Suggesting
The following phrases are useful when we make suggestions.
Let's
Why don't we？
How/what about？
I think we should
Perhaps we could
Couldn't we？
If wewe could/should
15.Making presentations
The following phrases are used when making presentations.
16 Referring to visuals
If you'd like to look at the screen， you'll see
As you can see
17.Expressing hindsight
We can talk about past mistakes in the following ways.
With hindsight， we should have/could have
What we should have/could have done is
If we'd， we wouldn't have
