Expressing
Satisfaction
It is with great
pleasure that...!
It gives me great
satisfaction..
I'm very pleased with it
A most delightful
example of..
What a beautiful story!
Great, love it.
I'm content with.
I'm satisfied with it.
I'm completely satisfied
with what you've done for me.
It was satisfactory.
Everything was just fine.
I'm happy enough with it.
Good enough.
Good job.
I’m satisfied with ….
Expressing Dissatisfaction
It is disappointing that.!
It is unacceptable
This is the limit I won't take any
more of...
Well, this is most unsatisfactory.
The concert is so boring.
What an awful meeting
It's not as good as I thought.
It
isn’t very nice.
It’s really not good enough.
I’m
dissatisfied by ….
It’s
dissatisfying.
Oh
no.
I am a little dissatisfied with the
service here.
I am a bit disappointed with the program.
The food was lousy.
Dialogue
About Expressing Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction
Text
1
(At lunch time, Machiko and Roberto
were hungry. They found 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 for a long time. At last the waiter comes.)
Waiter
:
Yes?
Machiko : I’d like salad fruit, please.
Waiter
: Cottage cheese, yoghurt, or sherbet?
Machiko
: Er, yoghurt, please.
Waiter : Anything else?
Machiko : Yes, I’ll have some bread and a glass of white
wine.
Waiter
: (to Roberto) and you?
Roberto
: The chef’s salad
– large, with bread and red wine, please.
(After the waiter left)
Machiko : The waiter was unfriendly, wasn’t he?
Roberto
: No, not unfriendly. 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 of yoghurt.
Roberto
: The bread is hard.
Machiko
: It’s not fresh 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 for the bread, either.
Roberto : Where’s the waiter?
Machiko : I don’t know.
He’s probably gone to lunch at another restaurant.
Text 2
Paul : Have you read today’s newspaper?
James : Not yet. Is it interesting?
Paul
: Yes, the apology
from 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 satisfied yet. The
size of the ads should have
been half of 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 of
the size, but the company
sincere
to apologize.
James : Still it’s not satisfying.
Paul : I think they have already shown their good
will. It’s more than enough.
Daftar
Pustaka
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