English Listening Practice: How to Express Preferences and Write Emails Explaining Decisions

Hello again. In the last lesson, we gathered information and compared services that companies offer. In this lesson, we're going to move to the next step in an informal negotiating process, expressing your reasons for preferring one option over another. Then we'll go over important guidelines and vocabulary to write an email to a supervisor to explain your choice. Let's take a moment to review the details from the last lesson. You might remember there were three venues that Emily recommended to tray. Before we listened to tray and his team discussed their choices, I'd like you to think about a time when you had a difficult decision to make. Maybe it was making a decision at work, or maybe it was purchasing something very expensive, or choosing a university program. What did you do to help you make that decision?

Emily, one of the first things you did was compare the features of each choice. We did that in the last lesson. Check. Next, you probably thought about which features were most important to you. We call these priorities. It's important to know what your priorities are. What's most important for you? Now let's drop in on tray's meeting. We'll join tray, Sarah, and Dylan. They're informally negotiating with each other to decide which venue to choose for their launch party. As you listen, think about what's most important for each person. What is each person's top priority?