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Larry:   Focus on Functions:   Proposing a Toast

Larry:   Listen and Repeat.

Eliz:   I’d like to offer a toast.

(pause for repeat)

Eliz:   I’d like to propose a toast.

(pause for repeat)

Eliz:  “Here’s to all of you.”

(pause for repeat)

Eliz:  “Thank you for your hard work.”

(pause for repeat)

Eliz:   Let’s all drink “To good health and prosperity.”

(pause for repeat)

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Trong phần tới Gary mách giúp cách nói khi nâng ly mừng. The managers of a small company are addressing their employees at their annual dinner. Các vị quản lý của một công ty nhỏ đang nói với nhân viên của hãng trong buổi tiệc hàng năm. Managers = người quản lý, quản đốc, xếp. To address a meeting = to speak to a group of people = nói với cử tọa. Tap against glasses. = gõ nhẹ vào ly. Let’s all drink “To good health and prosperity for everyone in the coming year!” = nào ta cùng nâng ly uống mừng mọi người được dồi dào sức khỏe và phát tài trong năm tới! To build/built/built = gây, xây dựng. To build both a personal and business relationship = gây mối liên hệ cả về mặt cá nhân lẫn thương mại. To clink = kêu keng - keng. Sound of knives clinking on glasses = tiếng dao gõ nhẹ vào ly (cốc). Gradual = dần dần. Gradual lowering of voices. = tiếng ồn ào giảm dần. To lower = hạ xuống. Lower your voice, the baby is sleeping! Hãy nói khẽ, em bé đang ngủ. Speak up! We can’t hear you! Xin nói to lên, chúng tôi nghe không rõ! I don’t know how you all have done it, but you’ve done a great job. = tôi không biết tất cả các bạn làm cách nào, nhưng các bạn đã làm công việc hoàn hảo.

Gary’s Tips:   Proposing a Toast

Larry:   Gary’s Tips.

   Gary discusses proposing a toast.

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Eliz:   Now it’s time for Gary’s Tips with Gary Engleton!

Gary:   Hello, Elizabeth! Today I’ll be talking about how to propose a toast.

   In today’s Business Dialog, the managers of a small company are addressing the employees at their annual dinner.

   You can hear the sound of knives tapping against glasses.

   This is one way to welcome a speaker and to ask for quiet.

SFX:  loud conversations and dinner noises

Carol:   Excuse me!

SFX:  sound of knives clinking on glasses - gradual lowering of voices

Carol:   I would like to offer a toast.

Gary:   Carol uses the expression, “I’d like to offer a toast.”

   You can also say “I’d like to propose a toast,” as Carol does later.

Carol:   Our sales are up fourteen percent from last year and our costs have fallen almost ten percent.

   I don’t know how you all have done it, but you’ve done a great job!

   So I’d like to propose a toast.

  “Here’s to all of you! Thank you for your hard work.”

Gary:   In this case, the toast is a kind of thank you.

   She thanks the employees for their hard work.

   Another common toast is for good health and prosperity, as in this part of the Business Dialog.

   Notice that Harry begins his toast with the phrase “Let’s all drink....”

Harry:   Let’s all drink “To good health and prosperity for everyone in the coming year!”

Gary:   You can also toast to the success of a business relationship, as in the toast that Mr. Blake makes at this dinner with Mr. Chapman and Mr. Gomez:

Blake:   I’d like to propose a toast!

   To a long and prosperous relationship between Federal Motors and International Robotics.

Gary:   Offering a toast is a good way to help build both a personal and business relationship.

   I hope today’s tips were helpful!

Eliz:   Thank you, Gary!

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Eliz:   Well, our time is up. Tune in again next time for Functioning in Business. See you then!

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