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A2 · Hotels

Booking a Room by Phone

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

"Booking a Room by Phone" is an A2-level English conversation about hotels, 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

    Hello, I'd like to book a room for next Friday night.

    Line 1
  2. Tom 0:03

    Certainly. Is it for one guest or two guests?

    Line 2
  3. Emma 0:07

    Two guests, and we prefer one large bed.

    Line 3
  4. Tom 0:11

    We have a standard double and a deluxe double available.

    Line 4
  5. Emma 0:14

    What is the price difference between those two options?

    Line 5
  6. Tom 0:18

    Deluxe is fifteen dollars more and includes late checkout.

    Line 6
  7. Emma 0:22

    That sounds useful. Please reserve the deluxe room.

    Line 7
  8. Tom 0:26

    Of course. May I have your full name and phone number?

    Line 8
  9. Emma 0:30

    My name is Emma Chen, and my number is 555-1942.

    Line 9
  10. Tom 0:36

    Thank you. Your booking is confirmed by text message.

    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.

  • guests /ɡɛsts/ noun

    people invited to visit or stay

  • standard /ˈstændərd/ noun; adjective

    a usual level or rule; normal or accepted

  • double /ˈdʌbəl/ adjective

    twice as much or consisting of two parts

  • price /praɪs/ noun

    the amount of money needed to buy something

  • difference /ˈdɪfərəns/ noun

    a way in which things are not the same

  • options /ˈɑpʃənz/ noun

    things that can be chosen.

  • includes /ɪnˈkludz/ verb form

    has as part of a whole

  • late /leɪt/ adjective

    after the expected or usual time

  • useful /ˈjusfəl/ adjective

    helpful or practical

  • full /fʊl/ adjective

    containing as much as possible; having no space left

  • booking /ˈbʊkɪŋ/ noun

    an act of reserving something like a room or ticket

  • confirmed /kənˈfɝmd/ verb

    past tense of confirm; verified or made definite