A hotel booking website, VrBoNBo, is showing consumers a base price on the first screen, and only adds resort fees and taxes at the check-out page. It runs an A/B test and finds that an increase in base room price reduces bookings by 30% more than the same price increase displayed as “fees”. Discuss what might happen to demand in the short-run and long-run if VrBoNBo decides to add a dollar to the base price and reduce a dollar from the fees.

How can you politely say, “I’m sorry, I am actually not in the office right now.”

How would you politely say, “Sorry for calling so late?”

Describe (to a new acquaintance) the garden shown in this picture with as much detail as possible so someone hearing your descriptions could picture this garden (more or less). You should have at least 5 descriptive sentences in Japanese and be as accurate as possible in the language used.  

List 2 formal aizuchi you can use, for example, when talking with your supervisor. (Choose 2 that you learned from the Aizuchi page) Type in Hiragana.

Describe (to your teacher) the woman in this picture with rich detail so that a person can hear your description and picture this person. You should have at least 5 descriptive sentences in Japanese and be as accurate as possible in the Japanese used.  

What are the two things you need to be careful to do when you are hanging up a work phone call?

A student is emailing his teacher to ask to change an appointment. State 4 things, in English, that is wrong about this email:   件名（けんめい）: 約束（やくそく）について   アンドレアソンさんへ、 先生（せんせい）、田中（たなか）です。   先生（せんせい）との約束（やくそく）が来週（らいしゅう）の水曜日（すいようび）の十一時（じゅういちじ）にあるのですが、実(じつ)はその日（ひ）に友達（ともだち）のいとこがユタに来（き）て、ソルトレークシティーの観光（かんこう）に行（い）くことになってしまい、その日（ひ）にお会（あ）いすることが出来（でき）なくなってしまいました。   なので、面会(めんかい)の日(ひ)を金曜日（きんようび）の五時（ごじ）にかえてください。   よろしくお願(ねが)いします。   田中（たなか）

You should give your business card with the card facing you so you can check its content before it gets handed over

スミス先生の教え子（おしえご）でいらっしゃるんですね。