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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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  1. Tom 0:00

    Hi, is there a short guided tour this afternoon?

    Line 1
  2. Emma 0:03

    Yes, we run a forty-minute old town walking tour at three.

    Line 2
  3. Tom 0:08

    That sounds perfect. Where does the group meet?

    Line 3
  4. Emma 0:11

    Meet at the fountain in front of visitor center.

    Line 4
  5. Tom 0:14

    I walk slowly because of my knee today.

    Line 5
  6. Emma 0:17

    Thanks for telling me. The guide can keep an easy pace.

    Line 6
  7. Tom 0:21

    Great. Do we need to pay in advance?

    Line 7
  8. Emma 0:24

    You can pay now or just before the tour starts.

    Line 8
  9. Tom 0:28

    I'll pay now to avoid delays later.

    Line 9
  10. Emma 0:30

    Excellent, here is your tour wristband and map.

    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.

  • 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