国际商务礼仪Unit19AcceptingandDecliningEtiquette接受与婉谢礼仪.pptxVIP

国际商务礼仪Unit19AcceptingandDecliningEtiquette接受与婉谢礼仪第1页/共70页第2页/共70页Focal Points1. How to respond to an invitation properly 2. How to decline an invitation properly 3. How to accept or decline a job offer 第3页/共70页ContentsLead in1Reading A2Reading B34Reading CExercises5第4页/共70页Next Home BackWarming-upHow would you answer the following questions politely?Would you like some cake?Would you like to go see a movie?How about some more pie?How about going skiing this weekend?Yes, please./Sure. ThanksNo, thank you./No, but thanks for offering.Okay. Sounds good./Sure. Id love to.Im sorry, but I cant./No, but thanks for inviting me.All right. Thanks/Looks good. Thanks.No, thanks./Im really full. Thanks anyway.Great. What time?/All right. When and where?Sorry. I dont think I can./How about some other time?第5页/共70页Next Home BackReading AUnit Nineteen Accepting and Declining EtiquetteRSVP RSVP stands for the French phrase “répondez sil vous pla?t” and in colloquial English means “please reply.” It is used when someone issues you a social invitation and wants to know -- and soon -- whether you intend to come or not. Heres how to give the inviter the proper courtesy when asked to RSVP. Steps 1. Check your calendar. See if you are free on the appointed date and time. If you previously accepted another invitation for that time, you will have to decline the new one. 2. Make up your mind by the date specified on the invitation; if a “reply by” date was not listed, reply within 24 hours of receiving the invitation. What if第6页/共70页Next Home BackReading AUnit Nineteen Accepting and Declining EtiquetteRSVP something better comes up later? That doesnt matter. Maybe it will, maybe it wont, but it is rude not to reply quickly to any invitation and show up as promised. 3. Dont leave your potential hosts in suspense. If you want to hold your schedule open, the proper response to an invitation is, “Thank you for the invitation, but Im afraid I will not be able to attend” -- saying, “No thanks,”