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A1 · Home and Daily Life

Welcoming a Guest

CEFR level:
A1
Sentences:
8
Duration:
1 min
Speakers:
Tom & Emma

"Welcoming a Guest" is an A1-level English conversation about home and daily life, 8 lines long (about 1 minute) between Tom & Emma. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.

Dialogue script

Each entry shows the English sentence first, with the translation on the line below it. To practise speaking, cover the translation and repeat after the audio.

  1. Tom 0:00

    Welcome to my apartment, Emma! Please come on in.

    Line 1
  2. Emma 0:03

    Thanks for having me, Tom! Your place is so lovely.

    Line 2
  3. Tom 0:07

    Thank you! You can leave your coat and shoes right here.

    Line 3
  4. Emma 0:11

    Here are some house slippers, right? Thank you.

    Line 4
  5. Tom 0:14

    Make yourself at home! Please take a seat on the sofa.

    Line 5
  6. Emma 0:18

    Thanks! The living room is so bright and cozy.

    Line 6
  7. Tom 0:22

    Can I get you something to drink? Tea or fruit juice?

    Line 7
  8. Emma 0:26

    A cup of green tea would be wonderful, thank you!

    Line 8

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Key vocabulary

Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.

  • apartment /əˈpɑrtmənt/ noun

    a suite of rooms forming one separate residence, typically in a larger building

  • come /kʌm/ verb

    to move toward or arrive at a place

  • place /pleɪs/ noun

    a location or position

  • leave /liv/ verb

    to go away from a place or person

  • coat /koʊt/ noun

    an outer piece of clothing worn for warmth

  • right /raɪt/ adjective/adverb/noun

    correct; on the right side; a legal claim

  • make /meɪk/ verb

    to create, produce, or cause

  • home /hoʊm/ noun

    the place where someone lives

  • take /teɪk/ verb/noun

    to get, carry, use, or require something

  • seat /sit/ noun

    a place to sit

  • living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ noun

    the way someone lives or the act of being alive

  • room /rum/ noun

    a space inside a building; space available