Answering Questions ppt

Answering Questions


You may often need to delay answering a question while
you think for a moment or check on your facts. Here are
some useful techniques for delaying your answer (bí
quyết dụng quởn cầu mưu khi trả lời):

Well, let me see
Well now
Oh, let me think for a moment
I’m not sure, I’ll just have to find out
That’s a very interesting question

Or you may want to avoid answering altogether, using
expressions like these:

I’m not really sure.
I can’t tell you off-hand, I’m afraid.
I’m terribly sorry, I really don’t know.
I’ve no idea, I’m afraid.
I can’t answer that one, but I’ll tell you where you can find
out.
I’d rather not answer that, if you don’t mind.
I can’t think of the answer off the top of my head.
I’m sorry. I prefer not to answer that question.
I’m sorry. That’s a hard question for me to answer.
I’m sorry. I’d feel uncomfortable answering that question.
If you don’t mind, I’d rather not answer that.

If you want to change the topic of conversation, you

could say:

By the way, did I tell you ?
I’ve been meaning to tell you
On another subject
Speaking of [state new topic] I wanted to tell you about
(use a word or phrase that has been mentioned before in
the conversation.)

Dưới đây là chiêu né tránh câu trả lời hoặc trì hoãn thời
gian trả lời để bạn suy nghĩ kỹ hơn trước khi nói (think
twice before saying).

How soon can you start this ?

Uhm … can I get back to you on that?

Could you give me some time to think about that?

Let me get back to you about that tomorrow / this
afternoon / after the meeting / on Wednesday, etc.

Uh … we’re working on that. I’ll have to get back to you.