Bienvenue dans le module d'anglais des affaires pour la leçon d'aujourd'hui sur Idiomes anglais pour exprimer des degrés de certitude.
There’s an old saying in English that “nothing is certain except death and taxes.” The idea behind that expression is that we can’t really be sure of anything. Bien sûr, that doesn’t stop us from talking about what might happen or will probably happen or what is unlikely to happen.
This kind of discussion is all about degrees of certainty. En d'autres termes: how sure you are about something. It’s important to know, or at least to guess, how certain something is. How else can you plan? How else can you decide the right course of action? And just like other common topics of discussion, English has many idioms for expressing certainty. Dans la leçon d'aujourd'hui, we’re going to look at some of these expressions.
We’ll hear a conversation between Maria, Tom, and Gavin, who work for a company that makes mobile apps for children. The three colleagues are talking about several new ideas being considered in the company. Plus précisement, ils discutent de leur degré de certitude quant au potentiel de chaque application.
Questions d'écoute
1. Que pense Maria de l'application appelée Waffle Bunnies?
2. Quelle application Maria pense-t-elle pouvoir commercialiser et vendre avec succès?
3. Quelle expression Tom utilise-t-il pour montrer à quel point il est certain que l'application de création musicale sera un succès?
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