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: English for Tourism: Tourist Information : Dialogues / Conversation
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Ecu Ecuse se me. me. /o yo you s sp pea0 ea0 Eng Engli lish sh1 1 3es, 3es, of cour course se.. an an $ help help you1 you1 3es, 3es, we4!e we4!e 5ust 5ust arri! arri!ed ed on on holid holiday ay here here.. Ha!e Ha!e you you got got a map map of the the town town1 1 3es. 3es. Here Here you are. are. The touris touristt office is is 5ust here. here. $4ll $4ll mar0 it it with a cross. cross. $f you you wal0 wal0 down this street here, you get to the beach. $t4s about 6 minutes. Than0 Than0 you. you. 2here 2here is the the old old part part of the the tow town1 n1 '!er here. here. 3ou can can see see lots of narrow narrow winding winding streets, streets, and and there4 there4s s the church. church. How long long would would it ta0e ta0e to wal0 wal0 the there re1 1 7bout 7bout 89 or 86 86 minutes minutes.. The easies easiestt way from from here here is to turn turn left left and go stra straigh ightt along the road until you reach the bus station, and then turn right. $s the there re a train train statio station n as well well as as a bus bus stat statio ion1 n1 3es. 3es. The train train stati station on is here here on the edge edge of the town. town. $4ll $4ll 5ust 5ust get you you some some timetable timetables s (pause and rustling). rustling). Here you ha!e a train timetable, and one for the buses. Than0s Than0s !ery !ery much. much. /o you ha!e any informatio information n abo about ut things things to do in the area1 area1 3es, 3es, of course. course. '!er '!er there there we4!e we4!e got got leaflets leaflets about about local local attra attracti ctions ons.. 7nd this this free guide here tells you what4s what4s on this month. $t has information information about concerts, concerts, festi!als, children4s e!ents etc. That That loo loo0s 0s !ery !ery useful useful,, tha than0 n0 you. you. There There are also se!eral se!eral guided guided tours tours you can ta0e from here here.. There4s a wal0ing tour of the old town. $t ta0es a couple of of hours and and is !ery interesting. interesting. 7nd then there there are coach coac h tours tours.. There4s There4s one which ta0es ta0es you you round round the castles castles in in this this area. area. $ don4 don4tt 0now if you 0now that this region is famous for its castles. "o, $ didn4 didn4t. t. 2ould 2ould we need need to boo0 boo0 in ad!an ad!ance ce1 1 3es, for for the coach tour you need to boo0 at least a day in ad!ance, and and you you can do that that from from here here.. &or the wal0in wal0ing g tour tour you you 5ust 5ust turn turn up outsi outside de this office at ten o4cloc0 in the morning on Tuesday or Thursday. (ight, (ight, well, well, than0 than0 you !ery much. much. 3ou4!e 3ou4!e been been most helpful. helpful. "ot at all. all. $ hope hope you you en5oy en5oy your your stay stay here here and if if you need need to 0now anything anything else, else, feel free to as0. +source: http://britishcouncil.org http://britishcouncil.org -
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$" SAM#LE %& E'ERCISE 7fter listening to the audio, answer the following uestions: 8.
How long would it ta0e to wal0 to the old part of the town from the tourist information office1 . 2here is the train station located1 ;. $s there any bus station in the town1 <. *ention tours that tourists can ta0e in the town= 6. 2hat tour that tourists need to boo0 at least a day in ad!ance1
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