Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Tuesday's Assignment

What are some synonyms of negotiation? Have you ever bargained about the price of something, e.g.
 your rent? How hard and how long have you ever haggled over any item? Are you a low-baller?

Here are your tasks:

1. Listening: Prices
2. For your role play: 
1. Compare the following:
1. Negotiating the Price
2. Negotiating the Price (2)
2. Practise them with Tutor Mike.
3. Find a partner, compose and record your shared conversation on price negotiations, an then post your recording onChirbit.

new words
go any higher than/ go any lower than/ afford/ sound to you/ reconsider/ take it or leave it/ call about
look for/ work out/ housing situation/ utility/ budget/ a furnished apartment/ a few vacancies
an apartment complex/ drop by

get somebody off your back

   (informal)

to stop someone trying to force you to do something, or to stop someone criticizing you I had to sell my house to get the creditors off my back. (informal)

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