Task Listening 14. Making enquiries in a department store.

Дата публикации: Nov 13, 2014 4:51:8 PM

- Excuse me, I wonder if you tell me where I can get tickets for some these concerts at the forum.

- Yes, certainly, sir. It's.. er.. upstairs on the fourth floor and you go stride through .. through the toy department.

- Uh-huh, yeah

- Very easy to find. You find the counter just there. They sell tickets for all music events in the city.

- Fine. So I go upstairs to the fourth floor

- Uh-huh

- Through the toy department

- Uh-huh

- And I'll get the tickets there

- Yes, that's right.

- Oh, thanks very much indeed.

- Hello, can I help you, madam?

- Erm, excuse me, I've got .. er.. a hair dryer and a radio which I brought with me from Japan

- Uh-huh

- But, there is some problem in England. Could you tell me where I can get someone to make them work?

- Someone to make them work?

- Yes.

- I don't understand. You mean them broken?

- They are not broken, I think, they're just for a different electric .. system.

- Oh, you need a transformer. Yes. Why don't you try the electrical department? Erm, where they sell plugs and batteries and things like that. It's very easy to find it. It's downstairs in the basement

- Uh-huh

- You go along to the escalator and stride down, okay?

- Uh-huh. Thank you very much indeed.

- Pleasure

- Could you tell me where is postcards sell, please?

- Yes, certainly, sir. There is on this floor in the st.. new department.

- Se.. department. Oh, no. Where exactly is that? Because I've been walking around but I can't see anything anywhere.

- Look, it's very easy to find. It's just down there where all these calendars .. and paper ribbons ..

- It's ..

- It's on the end of the counter.

- At the end of the counter?

- Yes, that's right.

- Thank you very much.

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- Excuse me, I wonder if you could tell me where I could get tickets for some these concerts at the Forum.

- Yes, certainly, sir. It's.. er.. upstairs on the fourth floor and you go straight through .. through the toy department.

- Uh-huh, yes

- Very easy to find. You'll find the counter just there. They sell tickets for all the musical events in the city.

- Fine. So I go up the stairs to the fourth floor

- Mm-mm

- Through the toy department

- Mm-mm

- And I'll get the tickets there

- Yes, that's right.

- Well, thanks very much indeed.

- Hello, can I help you, madam?

- Erm, excuse me, I've got .. er.. a hair-dryer and a radio which I brought with me from Japan

- Mm-mm

- But, they don't work properly in England. Could you tell me where I can get something to make them work, please?

- Something to make them work?

- Oh, yes.

- I don't understand. Do you mean they're broken?

- They are not broken, I think, it's just for a different electrical system.

- Oh, you need a transformer. Yes. Why don't you try the electrical department? Erm, where they sell plugs and batteries and things like that. It's very easy to find. It's downstairs in the basement

- Mm-mm

- You go along here to the escalator and straight down, okay?

- Uh-huh. Thank you very much indeed.

- It's a pleasure

- Could you tell me where the postcards are, please?

- Yes, certainly, sir. They are on this floor in the stationary department.

- Stationary department. Now where exactly is that? Because I've been walking around but I can't see anything anywhere.

- Look, it's very easy to find. It's just down there where all they sell calendars, wrapping paper, ribbons and such.

- Calendars?

- It's on the end of the counter.

- On the end of the counter?

- Yes, that's right.

- Thank you very much.