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The document provides two sample conversations for meeting people and making small talk while traveling. It also provides a list of travel-related vocabulary including means of transportation, airport terminology, train station vocabulary, ship/boat words, bus/coach phrases, car rental language, and insurance terms.

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English For Tourists

The document provides two sample conversations for meeting people and making small talk while traveling. It also provides a list of travel-related vocabulary including means of transportation, airport terminology, train station vocabulary, ship/boat words, bus/coach phrases, car rental language, and insurance terms.

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ENGLISH FOR TOURISTS

topic: MEETING PEOPLE - Conversation 1

Choose the correct, most natural-sounding responses according to the context of the
conversation:

TOM SIKORSKI: Hi, How are you?

YOU: Good, thanks. How are you? Are you also _____________ at this hotel?
staying
traveling
sleeping

TOM SIKORSKI: Yes, my wife and I are staying here. Where are you from?

YOU: I'm from Japan. _____________ ?


What are you
What about you
Where are you

TOM SIKORSKI: I'm from Poland. How do you like Miami?

YOU: I ____________ very much. The weather is fantastic!


enjoy
am lovely
like it

TOM SIKORSKI: Yes, it is. Are you traveling alone?

YOU: No, I'm here with my wife ____________.


equal
as well
equally

TOM SIKORSKI: Well, it was nice to meet you. My name is Tom, by the way...

YOU: Nice to meet you, Tom. I'm Hiro. Enjoy ____________ of your stay!
the rest
the remains
what's left

TOM SIKORSKI: Thanks, Hiro. Take care!


ENGLISH FOR TOURISTS
topic: MEETING PEOPLE - Conversation 2

Choose the correct, most natural-sounding responses according to the context of the
conversation:

MARY ROGERS: Hi, can I help you find something?

YOU: Yes, I'm looking for the Guggenheim Museum... but I think I'm _____________.
gone
confused
lost

MARY ROGERS: Oh! I'm going to the Guggenheim Museum. I'll show you where it is.

YOU: Thank you! I really _____________ that.


thank
appreciate
approve

MARY ROGERS: My name is Mary, by the way. Where are you from?

YOU: I'm _____________. My name is Adriana.


from Italy
Italy
from Italian

MARY ROGERS: Nice to meet you, Adriana. Are you studying here?

YOU: No, I'm just here ____________.


vacation time
on vacation
with a vacation

MARY ROGERS: And how do you like New York?

YOU: I like it ____________. It's a very interesting place.


much
very
very much
topic: TALKING TO PEOPLE - Making small talk 1

Choose the correct, most natural-sounding response according to the context of the
conversation:

ALEJANDRO: Excuse me, is the City Museum around here?

YOU: I don't know. I don't _____________ here.


have a house
visit
live

ALEJANDRO: Oh! Where are you from?

YOU: I'm from South Africa... I'm here ______________ holiday.


on
with
of

ALEJANDRO: I'm not from here either. I'm from Argentina. I'm studying at the university.

YOU: Oh, yeah? What ______________?


are you learning
do you learn
are you studying

ALEJANDRO: Architecture... What about you? Are you a student?

YOU: No, I ____________ last year. I studied Nursing.


ended
graduated
diploma

ALEJANDRO: That's a really good profession. There's a lot of demand for it these days.

YOU: Yes, it's hard work, but I find it very ____________. I like helping people.
forwarding
rewarding
up
Travel vocabulary

This is a list of vocabulary items related to travel

I go by, I go on means of transport

I go by plane or I fly
car I drive
ship I sail
bicycle/bike I ride
motorcycle/motorbike
bus
I go on horse I ride
foot I walk

Useful travel expressions

General travel vocabulary

Public transportation (British public transport) is a system of vehicles such as buses


and trains which operate at regular times on fixed routes and are used by the public.

Means of transport

The road / the highway / the port / the airport

Arrival / departure time

Where's the information desk, please?

To commute is to make the same journey regularly between work and home.

It's exhausting commuting from Brighton to London every day.

A journey is traveling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle.

I love going on long journeys.

To journey (verb - usually used with adverb or preposition) = to travel somewhere.


We journeyed south.

At the airport

Show me your passport, please!

l'm here on business / vacation

l'm traveling alone / with my family

Customs is the place at a port, airport or border where travellers' bags are looked at
to find out if any goods are being carried illegally

Customs officer is a person whose job is to look inside travellers' bags to make
certain they are not taking goods into a country without paying taxes

Anything to declare?

No, there's nothing to declare / Nothing to declare

You've got a lot of baggage! Why don't you use the baggage cart

How much is a one-way ticket (British usually single) to New York?

If you make a round trip, you go on a journey and return to where you started from.

A journey in an aircraft is a flight. Flight also means an aircraft that is making a


particular journey

I'll never forget my first flight.


Flight 474 to Buenos Aires is now boarding at gate 9

First class / Business class / Economy class

What time does the plane for.... take off / land?

Check-in is the place at an airport where you show your ticket so that you can be told
where you will be sitting.

A representative from the tour company will meet you at the check-in.

At the train station

How much is a ticket to...?

Direct / transfer train


Is there a reduced fare for children / large families?

Where is the station?

Where can we buy tickets?

What time will the train to...leave?

Where is platform number ...?

By ship / boat

A ferry (boat) is a boat or ship for taking passengers and often vehicles across an
area of water, especially as a regular service.

We're going across to France by/on the ferry.

A cruise is a journey on a large ship for pleasure, during which you visit several places

By bus / coach

Where is the the bus station, please?

When does the bus leave for...?

How many stops before...?

A bus with/without air-conditioner

By car

Where is the parking lot, please?

Where can I park my car?

Can I park my car here?

Where can I rent a car?

I would like to rent a car for.... days / weeks.

The car costs 30 a day to rent, but you get unlimited mileage (= no charge for the
miles traveled)

A car breakdown
I had a breakdown (= my car stopped working) in the middle of the road

A garage is a place where cars are repaired.

The car's still at the garage getting fixed.


Where can I find a garage to repair my car?

Insurance

I'll need to take out extra car insurance for another driver.

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