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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 03
Section 6 - Carolina
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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
Look at the simplified diagram of part of the London underground system below. Now look at the dialogue. Sara is at Heathrow Airport tube station and she is talking to the person at the information desk. Read the dialogue and follow the instructions on the diagram.
Information officer: Can I help you?
Sara: Yes please. I have to get the train to Bristol. Which station is that?
Information officer: Trains to Bristol leave from Paddington Station.
Sara: How long does it take to get to Paddington by tube?
Information officer: About an hour. The Piccadilly line trains leave every four minutes.
Sara: And do I have to change trains?
Information officer: Yes you do. Take the Piccadilly line to Gloucester Road and then change to the Circle Line.
Sara: The Circle Line?
Information officer: That’s right. It’s the yellow one on the map. You want to get a northbound train. Paddington Station is north of Gloucester Road.
Now look at the diagram again. Imagine that you need to get a train to one of the cities, maybe Brighton or Oxford. What information would you ask for and what would the information officer tell you? Practise the dialogue with a friend, or you can write it on a piece of paper.
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Transcript
Ravi: OK. Now, it’s time to meet Carolina again. Carolina is from Venezuela and she’s visiting Britain for the first time. It’s a big adventure for her – she’s going to live, study and, she hopes, have a good time here in the UK – and we’re going with her! In the last podcast we listened to a conversation that Carolina had at Heathrow airport in London. Do you remember what happened Tess?
Tess: Yep - she lost her luggage. She was waiting at the Lost Luggage desk to see if they could find it.
Ravi: That’s right. Let’s listen to what happened next.
Lost luggage clerk: Yes, that’s right, from erm, Caracas, a blue bag.
Carolina: No, no it isn’t blue, it’s black.
Lost luggage clerk: Oh, erm, sorry, black, not blue. … He’s looking for it now. … Yeah … yeah … yeah, yeah that’s the name. Yeah that’s right. OK, thanks Ben.
Carolina: Have you found it? Is it my bag?
Lost luggage clerk: Yes - this is your lucky day. One of the baggage handlers is bringing it up now, so you can identify it.
Carolina: Oh thank you so much. ….. Erm, I have to get to King’s Cross station to get the train to Newcastle at eight o’clock. How long does it take? Have I got enough time?
Lost luggage clerk: By tube or train?
Carolina: Tube? I don’t understand.
Lost luggage clerk: The underground, you know, the metro. We call it the tube here.
Carolina: Yes, on the tube.
Lost luggage clerk: You’ve got plenty of time. The tube takes about an hour – probably less at this time of the evening. Don’t worry - it’s very easy to find the station - just follow the signs.
Baggage handler: Here you are love - one black bag from Caracas.
Carolina: Yes, that’s mine. Thank you.
Lost luggage clerk: Could you sign your name here ……
Carolina: Excuse me. Could you tell me which train goes to King’s Cross station please?
Tube worker: Piccadilly line miss - the dark blue one on the map. Just follow the signs to the platform. You want an eastbound train – you’re going east.
Carolina: And do I need to change trains?
Tube worker: No, Heathrow and Kings Cross are both on the Piccadilly line. You don’t need to change.
Carolina: Thank you
Tube worker: Miss! You need to buy a ticket first! You can’t go into the station without a ticket.
Carolina: Oh, OK.
Tube worker: The ticket machines are over there.
Carolina: Oh, thank you – but I haven’t got any English money yet – I didn’t have time to change any in the airport.
Tube worker: The machines take Visa or MasterCard.
Carolina: Oh good. I’ve got a Visa card. Thank you.
Tube worker: Then you just put your ticket into the slot to go through the turnstile over there. Put your ticket in and you’ll see a green light – then you can go through. And look after your ticket – don’t lose it – you’ll need to put it into the slot again when you leave the tube station at King’s Cross.
Carolina: OK. Thank you for your help.
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