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A2 · Chores, Renting and Repairs

Asking About the Shared Laundry Room

CEFR level:
A2
Sentences:
10
Duration:
1 min
Speakers:
Emma & Tom

"Asking About the Shared Laundry Room" is an A2-level English conversation about chores, renting and repairs, 10 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.

Dialogue script

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  1. Emma 0:00

    Hi, where is the shared laundry room in this building?

    Line 1
  2. Tom 0:03

    It's on basement level one near the storage lockers.

    Line 2
  3. Emma 0:07

    What hours is it open for residents?

    Line 3
  4. Tom 0:10

    Open daily from six in the morning until ten at night.

    Line 4
  5. Emma 0:13

    Do machines take coins, card, or app payment?

    Line 5
  6. Tom 0:18

    You can use the laundry app or tap a bank card.

    Line 6
  7. Emma 0:21

    Great. Are detergents sold there or bring my own?

    Line 7
  8. Tom 0:25

    Bring your own, but vending machine has small emergency packs.

    Line 8
  9. Emma 0:29

    Thanks. Is Sunday evening usually very crowded?

    Line 9
  10. Tom 0:33

    Yes, try Saturday morning for shorter waiting time.

    Line 10

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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.

  • shared /ʃɛrd/ adjective

    used or owned by more than one person

  • level /ˈlɛvəl/ noun

    a height, amount, or stage

  • storage /ˈstɔrɪdʒ/ noun

    space or a method for keeping things

  • hours /ˈaʊɚz/ plural noun

    periods of sixty minutes; opening times

  • residents /ˈrɛzɪdənts/ noun

    people who live in a place

  • daily /ˈdeɪli/ adjective

    happening every day

  • app /æp/ noun

    an application, especially as downloaded by a user to a mobile device

  • emergency /ɪˈmɝdʒənsi/ noun

    a serious unexpected situation requiring immediate action

  • usually /ˈjuʒuəli/ adverb

    in most cases; normally

  • shorter /ˈʃɔrtər/ adjective

    less long, tall, or lasting

  • waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ verb

    present participle of wait

  • time /taɪm/ noun

    what clocks measure; a point or period

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