A2 · Attractions and Travel Plans
Joining a Short Guided Tour
- CEFR level:
- A2
- Sentences:
- 10
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Joining a Short Guided Tour" is an A2-level English conversation about attractions and travel plans, 10 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
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- Line 1Tom 0:00
Hi, is there a short guided tour this afternoon?
- Line 2Emma 0:03
Yes, we run a forty-minute old town walking tour at three.
- Line 3Tom 0:08
That sounds perfect. Where does the group meet?
- Line 4Emma 0:11
Meet at the fountain in front of visitor center.
- Line 5Tom 0:14
I walk slowly because of my knee today.
- Line 6Emma 0:17
Thanks for telling me. The guide can keep an easy pace.
- Line 7Tom 0:21
Great. Do we need to pay in advance?
- Line 8Emma 0:24
You can pay now or just before the tour starts.
- Line 9Tom 0:28
I'll pay now to avoid delays later.
- Line 10Emma 0:30
Excellent, here is your tour wristband and map.
Native audio, line-by-line recording and pronunciation scoring for this dialogue are in the EngTalk app.
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.
- run /rʌn/ verb
to move fast on foot or operate something
- old /oʊld/ adjective
having lived or existed for a long time.
- group /ɡrup/ noun
a number of people or things together
- knee /ni/ noun
the joint between the thigh and the lower leg
- keep /kip/ verb
to continue to have, hold, or do something
- easy /ˈizi/ adjective
not difficult
- pace /peɪs/ noun; verb
speed of movement or progress; to control speed
- advance /ədˈvæns/ verb
to move forward or make progress
- avoid /əˈvɔɪd/ verb
to keep away from or stop oneself from doing something
- delays /dɪˈleɪz/ noun
plural of delay; periods of waiting
- later /ˈleɪtər/ adverb
at a time in the future or after the time mentioned
- map /mæp/ noun
a drawing that shows places and routes