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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 02
Section 6 - Carolina
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This section begins when the counter on your audio player is on (approximately) 13.45
Section 6 follows Carolina – a girl who has come to the United Kingdom (UK) to live, study, and to have fun exploring a different country and culture. Listening to this can help you if you find yourself in a similar situation. You will see that there is often more than one way of saying the same thing in English.
Suggestion: listen to Carolina on the podcast, and do the first exercise as you listen. Then try the rest of the exercises.
Practice materials - Exercise 1
Put the phrases in the correct order
Practice materials - Exercise 2
Put the phrases in the correct places in the conversation
Practice materials - Exercise 3
Choosing phrases that are NOT correct
Practice materials - Exercise 4
Now complete the conversation giving your own answers. Imagine you are in Heathrow Airport in London and you’ve lost your bag. Give answers that are true for you. You can practise the conversation with a friend.
A: _________________________________ ?
B: The lost luggage office? It’s over there, near the exit.
A: ________________________
……
A: Hello. My bag hasn’t arrived. ________________________?
C: OK. Where have you arrived from?
A: ____________________________
C: And you’re sure your bag isn’t on the carousel?
A: _________________________________
C: OK. We’ll need to fill in a report. Can I have your name please?
A: ___________________________
C: OK. Can you tell me what the bag looks like?
A: ____________________________
C: Anything else?
A: ____________________________
C: OK. Don’t worry. I’m sure we’ll find it.
A: _______________________
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Carolina: Oh. Excuse me. Can you tell me where the Lost Luggage Office is please?
Airport worker: It’s over there. That desk over there, near the exit.
Carolina: Thank you.
Carolina: Hello. Erm.. My bag hasn’t arrived. What do I have to do?
Lost luggage clerk: OK. Where have you arrived from?
Carolina: From Venezuela. Caracas.
Lost luggage clerk: And you’re sure that your bag isn’t on the carousel?
Carolina: I’m sure. I’ve waited for an hour. All the other people on my flight have gone. There are no more bags coming out.
Lost luggage clerk: Hmm. OK. We’ll need to fill in a report. Can I have your name please?
Carolina: It’s Carolina. And my surname is….
Lost luggage clerk: OK. Now we need a description of the bag. Can you tell me what it looks like?
Carolina: Erm, it’s a black suitcase. Quite big.
Lost luggage clerk: Look at these pictures. Which one looks most like your suitcase?
Carolina: Erm, this one, I think.
Lost luggage clerk: The biggest one?
Carolina: Yes, I think so.
Lost luggage clerk: And is it all black? The handle as well?
Carolina: Yes, everything. A black suitcase and a black handle.
Lost luggage clerk: OK. Anything else?
Carolina: Yes. There was a label on it. With my name. And there’s a little white star on the top, next to the handle. So I can see that it’s mine.
Lost luggage clerk: Little ..white …star. OK. Anything else?
Carolina: No. I think that’s everything.
Lost luggage clerk: OK. Don’t worry. I’m sure we’ll find it. Can you wait a few minutes while I make some calls?
Carolina: OK. Thank you.
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Continue to: Practice materials: Section 7: Joke
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