CBF 1:37 | Travelling by public transport
Coffee Break French
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🗓️ 16 September 2008
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Mark is asking the hotel receptionist for some information. Listen to the dialogue and the breakdown of the conversation in order to learn new vocabulary and constructions as well as using what you already know to work out what they are saying.
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine you, you in a nice comfy seat with your hands behind your head, taking in the views, |
| 0:09.6 | instead of taking on the road, maybe even taking a nap. That's the bliss of getting where you |
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| 0:23.0 | and we'll take you there. Avantiwascoast, feel good travel. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome back to Coffee Break French. In lesson 37, we're going to be asking for some information |
| 0:49.2 | at the hotel reception. We're going to be asking about when the supermarket opens and how to get |
| 0:54.8 | there by public transport. We hope that you find this lesson useful. |
| 1:11.3 | Today's dialogue was recorded in the hotel when I was asking the receptionist |
| 1:15.8 | for some details as to how to find a supermarket which was open on a Sunday. |
| 1:20.9 | She gave me some information and she also told me how to get there using public transport. |
| 1:26.0 | We're going to have a listen to the whole conversation and then we'll go through it just as we've |
| 1:31.2 | done in the past few weeks. |
| 1:50.6 | I asked if there was a supermarket open on Sunday. |
| 1:55.4 | Here at St. Marie there is a very small supermarket but unfortunately there is not a lot of choice. |
| 2:02.2 | On the other hand, in Pornik, there is a supermarket which is open on Sunday morning. |
| 2:06.9 | It's the one here. |
| 2:08.7 | It's at 20 minutes on foot and it's 5 minutes on the car. |
| 2:12.3 | You have a car, isn't it? |
| 2:14.3 | And no, there is a bus that goes. |
| 2:19.1 | But I'm just going to check on the internet. |
| 2:22.0 | So let's see, yes, there is a bus that passes in front of the tourist office at the right. |
| 2:27.6 | Where is the tourist office already? |
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