EXPRESSING HAPPINESS /PLEASURE

Expressions of Pleasure
Expressions oI Pleasure
It is really delightIul./I am delighted.
It`s really a great pleasure.
I am pleased.
That`s great.
That`s wonderIul.
Text 1
Hilal : Hi, Najmi! Haven`t seen you Ior a long time. How is it going?
Najmi : Oh, hi Hilal... It`s great, thanks. How is everything with you?
Hilal : Well, I`m Iine. As a matter oI Iact, I was promoted as a manager.
Najmi : Wow, that`s really great. I`m glad to hear that. I`m sure you will have a good career.
Hilal : Thank you. And how about you? I`ve heard you are a secretary now.
Najmi : Yes, you`re right. That`s what I want since I was young.
Answer the Iollowing questions.
1.Who are involved in the dialogue above?
2.What is the relationship between Hilal and Najmi?
3.Where does the conversation take place?
4.Who works as a secretary?
5.What does Najmi say to express her happiness?
Text 2
Najmi : Have you ever heard that Icha and Doni are getting married?
Hilal : Oh, really? What a surprise. I`m very pleased to hear that. When is the wedding?
Najmi : Next week. Will you come to their wedding party.
Hilal : OI course. How about you?
Najmi : I`ll go there with my husband. Well, iI you want we can go there together.
Hilal : All right. Pick me up at 1.
Answer the Iollowing questions.
1.Who are involved in the dialogue above?
2.What is the relationship between Nico and Olga?
3.Where does the conversation take place?
4.When will the wedding party?
5.Who will come to the wedding party?
Task 1
Give responses to the Iollowing statements using appropriate expressions oI pleasure.
1.Your Iather is promoted to be a sergeant.
2.Japan government gives you a scholarship to continue your study there.
3.Your brother is getting married
4.You got the Iirst rank in writing competition.
5.Your mother is awarded as the best mother oI the year.
6.You are chosen as the best student at school.
7.Your team won the match.
8.Your best Iriend recorded a new album.
Note:
People express their happiness when they get good news or special thing.
Expression oI pleasure
I`m happy to hear that
I`m glad you think so
That would be great
That sounds nice
Fantastic
What a wonderIul day
It`s the most beautiIul place I`ve ever seen.
I love it
I like it very much
Responses
I`d love too
You are right
I think so
I do, too
EXPRESSING SATISFACTION AND DISSATISFACTION
(Mengungkapkan rasa puas dan tidak puas)
Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction
Expressing satisIaction
I`m satisIied with ..
I`m satisIied at ..
I`m glad with what you`ve done.
It`s really satisIying.
Everything was satisIying.

Expressing dissatisIaction
I`m not satisIied with ..
It isn`t very nice.
It`s really not good enough.
I`m dissatisIied by ..
It`s dissatisIying.
Oh no.

Text 1
(At lunch time, Machiko and Roberto were hungry. They Iound a restaurant near the college. The menu looked very
good. They chose a table at the salad bowl, sat down, and read the menu. Then they waited. They waited Ior a long
time. At last the waiter comes.)
Waiter : Yes?
Machiko : I`d like salad Iruit, please.
Waiter : Cottage cheese, yoghurt, or sherbet?
Machiko : Er, yoghurt, please.
Waiter : Anything else?
Machiko : Yes, I`ll have some bread and a glass oI white wine.
Waiter : (to Roberto) and you?
Roberto : The cheI`s salad large, with bread and red wine, please.
(After the waiter left)
Machiko : The waiter was unIriendly, wasn`t he?
Roberto : No, not unIriendly. He was rude.
(Michiko and Roberto waited more than ten minutes. Their food finally arrived.)
Roberto : Large? This is small salad.
Machiko : And this is sherbet instead oI yoghurt.
Roberto : The bread is hard.
Machiko : It`s not Iresh at all. It`s stale. I can`t eat it.
Roberto : And I can`t drink this wine chilled. It`s warm.
Machiko : Terrible. There`s no butter Ior the bread, either.
Roberto : Where`s the waiter?
Machiko : I don`t know. He`s probably gone to lunch at another restaurant.
Answer the following questions briefly.
1. How does the menu look like?
2. What do Machiko and Robderto Ieel about their meal?
3. What do they order?
4. How long do they wait Ior their Iood?
5. What make them dissatisIied?
Text 2
Paul : Have you read today`s newspaper?
James : Not yet. Is it interesting?
Paul : Yes, the apology Irom the company. Take a look. The paper is over there.
James : Picking up the newspaper and starting to read it. Is that all?
Paul : Yes.
James : This is not enough. I`m not satisIied yet. The size oI the ads should have been halI oI the page. Besides, the
company only apologized but they didn`t mention what they would do.
Paul : Oh, come on. The point is not the matter oI the size, but the company sincere to apologize.
James : Still it`s not satisIying.
Paul : I think they have already shown their good will. It`s more than enough.
Answer the Iollowing questions brieIly.
1. Who are involved in the dialogue above?
2. What is the content oI the paper?
3. What does James say to express his dissatisIaction?
4. Why does he Ieel so?
5. Write Paul`s expression to express his satisIaction.
Text 3
Robert : How do you Ieel about this Iood?
Tery : Wow... I am very satisIied. It`s very delicious.
Robert : Yes, you are right. Would you have anymore?
Tery : Yes, oI course.
Robert : I will take some Ior my younger sister. She`ll be very happy.
Tery : Yeah and I will take Ior my mom at home.
Robert : OK. Let`s go home. I never Ieel satisIied beIore.
Tery : So am I.
Answer the following questions briefly.
1. Who are having dialogue?
2. What are they talking about?
3. Where does the conversation take place?
4. What does Tery Ieel about the Iood?
5. Why do they take the Iood home?
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