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Survival Phrases Season 1 , Lesson 2 - How to Say You’re Welcome in English
Hello everybody, and welcome to English Survival Phrases, brought to you by EnglishClass101.com This
course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of
your visit to the US of A. You'll be surprised at how far a little English will go. Now even if you can't
understand everything, at least try to follow the phrases when we go over them slowly. Before we jump in,
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In today's lesson, we'll continue to learn more phrases that will help you with basic etiquette. People in the
States can be hospitable to those who don't know the area well. They use phrases of gratitude and those
related quite often. Even though you may not get the chance to use "you're welcome" during your trip to the
States, there's a good chance you'll hear it. So let's have a closer look at it!
In English, an appropriate response to "thank you" is "you're welcome". Let's break it down by syllable.
You-'re wel-come. Now let's hear it once again. You're welcome. You're is made of two words, "you" and
"are". In this expression, it's usually contracted and thus said very quickly.
Since English has many casual expressions, naturally, there's also a casual version to "you're welcome". You
can also say, No problem. No prob-lem. This is a very common response to a "thank you" because it sounds
friendlier. So once again, that's "no problem".
1 You may also hear people say, my pleasure. This is also an appropriate response to a "thank you" and is used
to mean that the person felt good about helping out. Let's break it down, my plea-sure. My pleasure.
Okay, now to close out today's lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll say the phrase or
sentence, and why don't you try saying it out loud? Good luck everybody!
- You're welcome
- No problem
- My pleasure
All right, that's going to do it for today!
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