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my name is alicia and today we’re going

to be talking about 20

travel phrases that you should know so

let’s go

do you have any recommendations the

first phrase is do you have any

recommendations this is great to use

when you get to a restaurant where you

don’t know what the food is you don’t

know anything about the local cuisine or

you’re just feeling a little bit

adventurous

you can ask the wait staff do you have

any recommendations

how much is this how much is this this

is useful when you’re out shopping or

when you’re in a restaurant and the

price is not clearly marked or something

is not clear to you

so you can ask how much is this usually

when you point to something i would

recommend

like pointing to the menu or pointing to

an item how much is this

i’d like this you can point to something

and say i’d like this

uh if you want to say i’d like uh one

for example

i don’t know you’re getting beer i’d

like one of these

if however you’re in a situation where

you can’t point you can say

i’d like 10 of the blah blah blah i’d

like

10 of the blue t-shirts please can i try

this on

is useful when you’re shopping for

clothes so you find something that you’d

like to try

just ask the staff can i try this on you

can just say

i want to try this on if you like do you

speak

english you might get asked this phrase

so you should say

if you’re watching this video you should

probably say yes or you can say yes a

little

if you’re not feeling very confident if

you’re watching this video and you’re

understanding this part and you say

no then uh things that’s a little

strange

i have a reservation usually the staff

will greet you and you can say

i have a reservation hello i have a

reservation it’s at

seven o’clock the name is alicia usually

we say the name is or

it’s under meaning the reservation is

under my name

or um it’s for name or

uh it’s in name water please

depending on which country you’re from

water may or may not

automatically be brought to your table

when you’re at a restaurant

if you would like more water however you

can say water please

to make it a little more polite i would

like wave at the wait staff and say

could i please have some more water do

you take credit cards do you take credit

cards

in case you’re not sure if the shop that

you’re in will

accept credit cards or debit cards you

can ask them

do you take credit cards so it doesn’t

mean do you take

meaning are you going to take my card

but this take

means do you accept credit cards this

isn’t what i ordered

so if you’re at a restaurant you order

steak and you get lobster instead you

can look at it and go ah

this isn’t what i ordered be careful

though

say this politely if you look at the

wait staff and you say

this isn’t what i ordered they’re gonna

be like

i don’t know just be a nice customer

excuse me but i don’t think this is what

i ordered or this isn’t what i ordered

can you please check could we have the

menu please if for some reason you don’t

receive a menu when you come to the

table

you can again just waive it a member of

the staff and say

could we have the menu please could you

give me a discount

could you give me a discount means uh i

would like a cheaper price

essentially it depends on which country

you’re in if haggling or

bargaining meaning talking to the seller

to try to reduce the price

my family didn’t bargain we didn’t

haggle so i don’t haggle it depends on

you and your culture but

uh just yeah just be be aware of the

culture that you’re in

and the place that you’re in before you

ask this question do you have any

vegetarian dishes ah this is useful

some people have specific eating

requirements or eating needs maybe food

allergies for example

you can replace vegetarian with the

specific dietary requirement that you

have

do you have any vegan dishes do you have

any gluten free dishes do you have any

low fat dishes do you have any low carb

dishes do you have any

fish free dishes do you have any

could you take a picture of me please if

you are in a location where you would

like to take a picture but

you don’t want to do a selfie or you

don’t have a selfie stick

or whatever you want someone else to

take a picture of you a stranger

that you don’t know you can ask them

could you take a picture of me please

or excuse me would you mind taking a

picture

of me please i’m allergic to blah blah

blah

if you have a food allergy or even an

allergy to a medicine

this is the phrase you can use to

explain that i’m allergic to

wheat or i can’t eat wheat for example

is the wi-fi free meaning can i use the

wi-fi

free of charge keep in mind some places

have a a

password that you have to ask the staff

for

so you can say is the wi-fi free if they

say yes

you can then follow that up with can i

have the password

i’d like to have a non-smoking seat

please so when you go to a restaurant

you have an

option between smoking and non-smoking

sections the staff will say smoking or

non-smoking you can say i’d like to have

a non-smoking seat

please quite honestly though the most

natural response is just to say

non-smoking could i get a map maybe it’s

a map of the subway system

for the city that you’re in or maybe

it’s a map of the

area around your hotel you could say

could i have a map

as well could i have the check you’re

finished at your cafe

you’re finished at the restaurant and

it’s time to leave it’s time to pay

so you say to the wait staff excuse me

could i have the check

another more common expression perhaps

is excuse me

check please you might also hear bill

excuse me can i have the

bill where is the bathroom very

important question

if you’re traveling in america we don’t

really use the word toilet or

washroom very much we use bathroom or

restroom to talk about

toilet facilities excuse me can you tell

me where the bathroom is

or excuse me i’m looking for the

bathroom or i’m looking for the restroom

is this the train for blah blah blah or

is this the train that goes

to blah blah blah to confirm with

someone

that i’m indeed on the correct train

line if i say is this the train

bound for san francisco you can use that

to check if you’re correct

so that’s the end those are 20 travel

phrases that you can use when you’re

traveling in an english-speaking country

give them a try i hope that they go well

for you of course there are many

different variations on these themes so

be sure to experiment a little bit

thanks very much for watching this

episode of top words and we will see you

again soon bye

the things that i do before i travel to

a country where i cannot speak the

language

i actually learned numbers okay

fein hi everybody welcome back to top

words my name is alicia and today we’re

going to be talking about the top 10

ways to prepare for travel so let’s go

choose your destination the first step

is to

choose your destination destination is

the place

you want to go so of course choose your

destination to begin your travels

in a sentence if you choose your

destination based only on price you

might be disappointed

buy a guidebook the next expression is

buy a guidebook or maybe download a

guidebook at this point buy a guidebook

so once you have chosen your destination

you can buy a guidebook for your

destination which will give you

tips about what to do there in a

sentence

i bought my guidebook on the internet

and it was great

you can buy a guidebook at a used

bookstore for less

save money phrase for travel is

save money so once you have chosen your

destination and bought a guidebook

you need to save money if you haven’t

saved money already

so travel can be expensive you need to

save money for your

actual uh transportation as well as for

the things you plan to do in your

destination

so in a sentence i’m trying to save

money for a trip to europe next year

saving money is hard but it’s worth it

when you’re on the trip

book a flight the next step is to book a

flight so you’ve saved your money you’ve

chosen your destination you’ve bought

the guidebook now you need to book your

flight

so to book means to reserve it’s the

same as in like book a restaurant

for example a book a hotel book of

flight so in a sentence

i booked my flight for my vacation last

week

research the costs research the costs

well i hope you do this before you book

your flight but

uh you research the costs of where

you’re going to go how much does it cost

to eat there how much does

transportation cost there

uh how much are sightseeing is going to

cost

there those kinds of things so you need

to research the costs for your trip

in a sentence i researched the cost for

my upcoming vacation in europe and it

seems pretty reasonable

request vacation time the next step is

to request

vacation time or to request time off or

to ask for time off

so at your job if you need to take time

away from your job to go

traveling somewhere you need to request

vacation

time in a sentence i’m going to request

vacation time next week and i feel a

little bit

nervous book accommodations the next

expression is book

accommodations or just book a hotel or

book a hostel something like that book

in airbnb

as well is fine so this means to reserve

the place you are going to stay in your

destination

uh let’s see in a sentence i booked my

hotel on the internet

obtain an international driving license

the next one

uh for some of you perhaps if you are

just you really want to do all of the

things

you can obtain an international driving

license so maybe if you really really

really want to be able to drive a car in

your destination

you can get a driver’s license

permission to drive a car

in the country of your destination so in

a sentence

i’m taking the test for my international

driver’s license next week

i hope i pass pac the next one is the

verb

pack so to pack pack means to put things

in a suitcase or to put things in a box

this motion of putting things in

something else

for the purpose of taking them elsewhere

is packing

we do it when we move to a new house or

when we travel

in a sentence i need to pack for

my trip next week get a visa the next

expression is get a visa so in some

countries you need to get a visa before

you go to the country

even if you’re just there as a tourist

you need to get a visa special

permission

to be in that country sometimes you have

to pay money for it so you need to

research this before you travel

in a sentence i got my visa when i

arrived in australia

all right so those are 10 phrases that

you can use as you prepare to travel

i hope you enjoyed and i hope that you

can use these the next time you plan to

travel somewhere

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hi everyone my name is bridget and

welcome to today’s lesson

the topic for this lesson is top 10

must-know phrases for the restaurant

let’s get started

a table for three please a table for

three

please you tell them the number of

people that you are

total so that the host can bring you to

an appropriate table

a table for two please a table for five

please could i please see a menu could i

please

see a menu usually menus are given to

you

as soon as you sit down at your table

but if that’s not the case and you need

to ask

this is a polite way to do it could i

please see a menu

i’d like to try this dish i’d like to

try this dish

when looking at a menu hopefully you’ll

find something you want to eat

i’d like to try this dish could you

leave out the onions

could you leave out the onions if

there’s an ingredient in the dish

that you’re ordering that you don’t want

you can always ask the waiter

if it could be prepared without that

ingredient so for example i might say

could i get the burger but with no

cheese could you pass the salt

could you pass the salt when you’re at a

restaurant especially if you’re at a big

table with a lot of people

you might not always be able to reach

things so

you would ask could you pass me the salt

could you

pass me the ketchup could you pass me

another napkin

waiter waiter a waiter is someone who

takes your order

and brings you food in america and in

many other western countries it’s more

polite to call a waiter to your table

by simply saying excuse me or if you see

another waiter walking by but it’s not

your waiter

you can always say excuse me if you see

our waiter could you please let them

know to come to our table

is there any dairy in this dish is there

any dairy in this dish

this is something you would say if you

have a dairy allergy

a dairy intolerance or you just don’t

like dairy

you’re asking the waiter about the

ingredients in a particular dish

i do this all the time is there any

cheese in this

no okay and if there is an ingredient

that you don’t want

for example onions you could say are

there any onions in this

and the waiter might say yes and if you

don’t want it you could always request

could you leave out the onions could you

prepare it without the onions please

can we get separate chex can we get

separate chex

this is actually something that’s very

common especially in america

if you might go out with a group of

friends or even if you’re on a date

sometimes you might want to

get separate checks pay for your own

things

that way you can all pay separately just

for what you yourself ordered and you

won’t have to worry about owing each

other money

or calculating off a big huge bill

are there any specials today are there

any specials today

a special at a restaurant is a dish that

isn’t usually on the menu

it’s something that’s special but it’s a

special that the chef

is offering that day or that week or

that month

so sometimes if you don’t see what the

specials are you’d ask your waiter

excuse me are there any specials today

could we have the bill please

could we have the bill please this is

how you request

that the check or the bill comes to your

table can we get the check please

could we get the bill please you’re

asking this to your waiter who will then

bring you the check and you can pay and

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to learn more english hi everybody

welcome back to top words my name is

alicia and today we’re going to be

talking about the top 10

must-know vocabulary for restaurants so

let’s eat waiter the first word is

waiter

waiter or waitress or wait staff these

are the people who bring you your food

and take your orders

in a sentence your waiter will be with

you in a moment

menu the next word is menu menu is the

piece of paper or the document the thing

that’s on your table

or near your table that has a

description of all the food you can eat

at that restaurant

in a sentence can i have the menu please

order the next word is order order you

can use this as a noun or as a verb

you can say to order something or where

is my

order in a sentence i would like to

order two sticks

three hamburgers four beers a large

pizza

and a piece of chocolate cake to go to

my home

water the next word is waters in

american restaurants you usually get

water for free

i noticed when i traveled in europe you

had to pay for water at restaurants that

was interesting

in a sentence american restaurants

usually give you a glass of water

without having to ask

dessert the next word is dessert dessert

is

the sweet stuff the sweet course

all the sweet foods that come after the

main part of the meal

in a sentence can we see the dessert

menu chef

chef chef is the leader of the kitchen

the person that is cooking the food

in fancy restaurants the chef is like

the the one who is running

the operation the manager of everything

there are different levels of chef

in the kitchen in a sentence you can say

please give my compliments to the chef

fast food the next word is fast food

fast food is anything that’s quick

popular examples in america or

mcdonald’s burger king

subway taco bell kentucky fried chicken

jack-in-the-box

so those are all fast food restaurants

you get in and you get out very very

quickly

they don’t have a reputation for being

very healthy in a sentence

i try to eat fast food as rarely as

possible

bill the next word is bill you might

also hear

check bill and check mean the total of

your

meal how much your dining experience

cost you is the bill or the check a bill

comes before you have paid

a receipt is the piece of paper you get

after you have paid the receipt

shows confirms you have paid money the

bill is the request

for money that’s the difference between

bill or check and receipt

in a sentence usually you say can i have

the bill please or

can i have the check please delicious

delicious delicious means something that

tastes good we have many variations on

delicious we say delicious good

yum yummy fantastic great and so on

it’s kind of strange to me to say this

is delicious i usually just say this is

good or this is really good

something like that is a bit more

natural than delicious

in a sentence my dinner today was

delicious

main course main course it’s often like

a meat dish

actually like like roast something or i

don’t know

it’s also called the entree maybe it’s a

really fancy pasta dish in some cases i

don’t know in a sentence

for the main course our specials are

chicken and zucchini

and curry uh that’s the end so those are

10 words that you can use in a

restaurant i think they’re very useful

when traveling actually so

try to keep them in mind the next time

you go out to eat if you haven’t already

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i’m bridget and welcome to today’s

lesson

today’s topic is 10 ways to say hello

in english good morning

good morning is the first thing you say

to someone when you see them in the

morning

good morning sir would you like a cup of

coffee

good morning could i please get some

orange juice

good morning i’m still tired from the

night before

hello hello is the most common greeting

you’ll hear

that and hi hello is a polite

nice way to greet someone when you see

them hello

everyone says it you cannot go wrong

saying hello

hello can be used at any time of the day

no matter whether it’s

morning or at night or at 4 am

when you see someone you can say hello

and it will still be appropriate long

time no

c long time no c

it’s not necessarily grammatically

correct but it’s a saying that we have

hey long time no c what it means is that

you haven’t

seen that person in a long time so it

literally means

long time no see long time no see

is something you say to someone when you

haven’t seen them in a while

hey john long time no see

how are the wife and kids how have you

been

hey how have you been i haven’t seen you

in a long time

how have you been is asking someone

how they’re doing and how they’ve been

for the past

however long if you haven’t seen them in

a while

you might say hey long time no see

how have you been how have you been

that’s past tense it implies that you

haven’t seen them in a while and you

want to hear about how they

are and how they’ve been for all of that

time that you haven’t seen them

hey long time no see how have you been

how are you how are you

means how are you doing how are you

feeling

how is everything it’s a standard thing

that you might say to

anyone even if you’ve seen them the day

before

you might see them today and say hey how

are you

how’s it going hey how’s it going

how is it going is a more informal way

to say how are you so how are you

and how’s it going they mean the same

thing

it’s asking how you are doing how you

are

feeling is everything okay with you

what’s up what’s up is another way of

saying

hey how’s it going but this one is even

more

informal so you might say this to

friends hey

what’s up and they’ll say nothing just

living my life you know day in and day

out

hey what’s up hey what’s up

good afternoon good afternoon

how are you would you like some lunch

good afternoon

is a polite way to greet someone in the

afternoon

so if you run into your boss you might

say good afternoon

it’s very nice it’s polite not a lot of

people say it to their friends

but it’s it’s a polite way to greet

someone

good evening good evening is a nice way

to greet someone in the evening time

you can only use this phrase in the

evening

because it’s wishing someone a good

evening it’s saying hello at a certain

time of day

good evening would you like some dinner

good evening have you eaten yet all of

my examples involve food it seems

it’s nice to meet you it’s nice to meet

you

this is something that’s very common to

say

the first time that you meet someone you

might shake their hand

and say hi it’s nice to meet you my name

is bridget

my name is it’s telling that person

that you are happy to be meeting them

it’s a pleasure

to meet them hi it’s nice to meet you

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10 ways to say

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for more english how are your english

listening skills

first you’ll see an image and hear a

question

next comes a short dialogue listen

carefully and see if you can answer

correctly

we’ll show you the answer at the end

a man is looking for an apartment

which apartment is he probably going to

choose

[Music]

hi there i’m looking for an apartment

could you show me some floor plans

sure thing will you be living alone

no i’m married and we’re looking for a

one-bedroom apartment with a study

okay how about this one there are two

rooms plus a living room

it’s near a busy street though so it

might not be very quiet

i see i usually work at home so i need a

quiet place

and i’d prefer the living room to be

square shaped

well how about this one it’s located a

bit far

from downtown but it’s in a quiet

residential area

there are two rooms and a living room

but one of the rooms is a little small

we don’t have too much stuff so this one

might work for us

we can show you another apartment with

bigger rooms but it’s located further

from downtown

no thank you let’s have a look at the

second one you showed me

which apartment is he probably going to

choose

a man is looking for an apartment

which apartment is he probably going to

choose

hi there i’m looking for an apartment

could you show me some floor

plans sure thing will you be living

alone

no i’m married and we’re looking for a

one-bedroom apartment with a study

okay how about this one there are two

rooms plus a living room

it’s near a busy street though so it

might not be very quiet

i see i usually work at home so i need a

quiet place

and i’d prefer the living room to be

square shaped

well how about this one it’s located a

bit far from downtown

but it’s in a quiet residential area

there are two

rooms and a living room but one of the

rooms is a little small

we don’t have too much stuff so this one

might work for us

we can show you another apartment with

bigger rooms but it’s located further

from downtown

no thank you let’s have a look at the

second one you showed me

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hi everybody my name is alicia and

welcome back to top words today’s topic

is 10 lines you need for introducing

yourself so let’s go

hello it’s nice to meet you hello it’s

nice to meet you

you can only use this the first time

that you meet someone if you say this to

somebody after you have met them already

you’re going to seem either a like

you’ve completely forgotten meeting them

or be like you are a very strange person

for saying it’s nice to meet you again

so

when you use this the first time you can

shake hands with someone and say hello

it’s nice to meet you my name is

the next phrase is my name is blah blah

in my case my name is

alicia you can use this again when

you’re introducing yourself

or if you need to re-introduce yourself

you can use this pattern when you meet

somebody at a party for example you can

say my name is

blah blah my name is barbara my name is

stevens you can shorten this you can say

my names

my name’s blah blah i’m from

after you’ve said your name after you’ve

shaken hands you can say i’m from

the us i’m from japan i’m from turkey

i’m from your mom’s house i’m from

i’m from a cave in southern

europe i’m from your country or i’m from

your city i’m from the future wow

wow i have to go

i live in i live in blah blah blah

you can use your city you can use your

country you can use even maybe if you

live near a certain station

you can use the name of the station

where you live so for example i live

in america it’s fine i live in los

angeles it’s fine i live in new york is

fine

so your neighborhood is fine if someone

says where do you live and you say

i live in an apartment it’s like

what uh so please use your the region or

the location where you live not the type

of place where you live

ima if you hear the question what do you

do

it’s asking about your job in english

people don’t say what is your job

that’s not the question that we ask

instead the question is what do you do

and the correct response to that is i’m

a or i’m

and blah blah blah followed by your job

title so if someone says

what do you do you can say i’m a teacher

what do you do

i’m an engineer what do you do i’m a

donut shop tester

i’m years old when someone asks how old

are you you can say

i’m blah blah years old don’t forget the

s at the end of this if you like you can

shorten this phrase to just

i’m plus your age so i’m 65

i’m 13. whatever i’m this many sometimes

children will say that how old are you

they’ll say i’m this many it’s kind of

cute first time you meet someone you

might not ask how old are you

if it’s in a friendly case like a party

after you’ve spoken to the person a

little bit

it’s okay but just try to be sensitive

to the context try to be sensitive to

the people around you and if you sense

that maybe there’s a very large

age gap between you it might be better

just not to ask the question at all

i enjoy many of my students say what is

your hobby

but that’s not something that native

speakers will say no native speakers say

what is your hobby

instead we ask what do you like to do or

what do you do in your free time this is

a much more natural question then what’s

your hobby

the answer to this then is i enjoy or i

like

plus a noun phrase so for example what

do you like to do

i like listening to music or i enjoy

listening to music

what do you do in your free time i like

watching movies

what do you do in your free time i like

baking cakes

what do you do in your free time i enjoy

tap dancing what do you do in your free

time i enjoy

making new friends oh

one of my hobbies is one of my hobbies

is blah blah blah with this one it’s

probably better to use a short

easily or easy to understand hobby

if you’re explaining a hobby people are

going to expect that it’s going to be

something that they know about

like photography or cooking or dancing

or swimming or whatever

so try to pick something that will allow

you to to continue the conversation

that’s why movies or cooking or

books or you know sports are a good

thing to share

one of my hobbies is snowboarding i’ve

been learning english for

if you are learning english if you’re

studying english you can use this

expression if someone asks you

how long have you been studying english

you can say

i’ve been studying english for amount of

time

or i’ve been learning english or i’ve

been practicing english or i’ve been

speaking english for

a certain amount of time i’ve been

studying english since

elementary school is also okay to use

i’ve been studying english since

i was in college just be careful 4 is

used for a length of time and since

is used for a specific point in time at

which you started something so

you can try and mix it up and use a few

different expressions there so

i’ve been learning english for a long

time

i’m still learning english you should do

that too

okay i’m learning english at

englishclass101.com

this probably could be used in response

to where did you learn english or where

are you studying english or

how are you studying english you can

respond with i’m learning english at

englishclass101.com

or i’m learning english at uh my school

i’m learning english at

uh my private teacher’s house for

example so

a little bit of grammar in this sentence

why do we use the progressive tense i’m

learning english

if you say i’m learning it sounds like

you’re still continuing your studies

if you say i learned english at

englishclass101.com it sounds like

you’re finished

like you’re finished studying there’s

nothing else for you to study so you’re

done

so it’s it’s much much more natural to

actually use the progressive

i’m learning or i’m studying when you’re

talking about your studies when you’re

talking about your hobbies

than it is to say i learned or i studied

end

and and so those were 10 lines that you

need to

introduce yourself and to help give the

other person a little bit of information

and carry the conversation forward so

please try them please

go crazy with them make them your own

thanks very much for joining us for this

episode of top words and we’ll see you

again soon

bye i’m from your neighbors

dog house fish club club

oh yes i’d like to go spelunking in

north africa hi everybody welcome back

to top words my name is alicia and today

we’re going to be talking about 10

different phrases that you can use to

respond to the question

how are you so let’s go i’m great

the first phrase is i’m great if someone

says how are you

you can say i’m great try to say i’m

great with a kind of an

upbeat voice um so something like how

are you

i’m great i’m feeling bad i’m

feeling bad if you say i’m feeling bad

the other person is probably

if they’re a friend of yours or a

co-worker going to ask you why

what happened so if you want to use i’m

feeling bad

make sure you have an explanation ready

anyway somebody says how are you and you

go i’m feeling bad

maybe i went out for drinks last night

with my co-workers oops

i’m okay i’m okay i feel like this is

one of those

intonation practice ones i’m okay with

that

ah i’m okay it’s like sort of upward

intonation you’re like

cool but if if someone says how are you

and you’re like i’m okay

they’re like oh no what happened

so you can use your intonation with i’m

okay to make it

a good thing or another good thing but

either way it’s not like a very

super serious response thank you for

asking

yeah i imagine this would be in a more

formal situation

like if my friend said to me how are you

and

i was like thank you for asking they’d

be like

what i would say i’m fine or i’m doing

well i’m doing great

plus thank you for asking so how are you

i’m doing very well thank you oh that’s

how i would use it

and you the next one is and you like the

least

natural response to how are you is i’m

fine thank you and you like

just get out of put it just take it out

of your head nobody says that

i always say how about you that’s a much

more natural thing

how are you how are you how are you can

be a response

again after you have given your answer

to the question

how are you i’m great how are you how

are you i’m good how are you

i’m great how are you i’m okay how are

you how have you been recently

how have you been recently this is only

useful if you haven’t seen the other

person for a while

i’m not bad i’m not bad i’m not bad how

are you i’m not bad

i’m not bad things could be worse i

would probably do this

i’m sleepy the next expression is i’m

sleepy

it’s like so specific if someone said

how are you i would probably say

i’m okay but i’m a little sleepy

i don’t know that i would just say i’m

sleepy unless it’s a really good friend

of mine

it’s a person close to you you can say

i’m so tired i’m i would say i’m super

tired or i’m really tired

and i feel like that’s a little bit more

natural than just i’m sleepy

i’m good one that i use a lot if someone

says how are you i say i’m good

that’s just probably my go-to response

yeah i’m good i’m good

maybe i’ll repeat it while smiling i’m

good i’m good yeah thanks for asking

great

how are you that is the end those are 10

phrases that you can use to respond to

the question

how are you if there’s one takeaway from

this and from other things that we’ve

done

over the last few years in this channel

just get rid of that i’m fine thank you

and you

and pick one of these that we’ve talked

about today

of course if there’s another expression

that you use for

a response to how are you

i’d be very interested to learn about

that but

in general you’re pretty safe if you

stick with these i think so thanks very

much for watching this episode of top

words and we will see you again soon bye

noise hi everyone i’m bridget and

welcome to today’s lesson

the topic for this lesson is 10 phrases

to survive at the station

let’s get started i’d like to go to

i’d like to go to

i’d like to go to this hotel when you

tell someone i’d like to go to this

town the person selling you a ticket

will be able to tell you

which train you need to take to get

there

i’d like to go to means this is the

destination i want

how do i get there is this the right

platform

for is this the right

platform for is this the right platform

for the train to greenwich

a platform is where you wait for a train

to pull up

so if you’re on a platform and you

aren’t sure if you’re on the right one

for the train you need

you might ask someone else who’s

standing there excuse me is this the

right platform for the train

to greenwich and they will tell you if

you’re in the right place

what time is the last train

what time is the last train to san

francisco

you might ask someone what time is the

last train

depending on which city you’re in the

last train of a day

might be at maybe 10 pm for example

you’re going to want to make sure you

get to the station

to get that last train where do i

change for where do i

change for where do i change for the

express

train when you’re taking a train

sometimes you might need to do

a transfer at a particular station

this means if you’re on one train you

might have to get off

at a certain train station and wait for

another train

that’ll take you all the rest of the way

to where you need to go

asking where do i change for the express

train

you’re asking at what station do i need

to get out off the train

and wait for the correct train where can

i buy

a ticket where can i buy a ticket

where can i buy a ticket in town you

should ask where to buy a ticket

so you know whether you need to purchase

your ticket on the train itself

or if you need to go up to a kiosk and

buy your ticket there

it’s always important to know ahead of

time where to buy your ticket

because you don’t want to get on a train

and find out

you were supposed to buy your ticket at

the station

how much is it to how much is it to

how much is it to the airport you might

ask this question to find out how much

it costs

to take a train or a bus or a taxi

to where you need to go if you get into

a taxi for example and you ask

how much is it to the airport the taxi

driver will tell you

thirty dollars he’ll tell you the price

you need to pay to get to the airport

if you’re taking a train you might ask

the ticket seller

how much is it to the airport and the

ticket seller will tell you

the train to the airport costs ten

dollars for example

that way you know how much it costs to

go to where you need to be

does this bus go to does this

bus go to does this bus go to the

suburbs

does this bus go to is a way of asking

whether or not the bus that you’re

looking at

has the destination that you need so you

might get on the bus

and ask the bus driver does this bus go

to

the suburbs whatever destination and the

bus driver will answer and tell you yes

get on or no you want a different bus

what time is the next bus what time is

the next bus

what time will the next bus arrive by

asking what time is the next bus

you’re asking when the bus is going to

come to the bus stop

or whatever station the bus will stop at

this way you know what time you need to

be at that bus stop

the train is running late the train is

running late

the train is running late again

this is something i say all the time in

new york city

the train is running late if the train

is running late

that means you will probably be running

late when you get off the train

where are the ticket machines where are

the ticket machines

where are the ticket machines in this

station

a ticket machine is a machine that you

go to to purchase your tickets

you might see this in any station

whether it’s a subway station

or a regular train station or sometimes

even

a bus station there will be kiosks that

you can go to

to enter the information and purchase

your ticket

that brings us to the end of today’s

lesson 10 phrases to survive

at the station how often do you need to

take public transportation

and how often do you rely on phrases

like these

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compliments are a great way to start a

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something about your conversation

partner city

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these kinds of compliments can lead to

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in this case it could be fashion or a

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this is a great way to make quick

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restaurants or shopping spots and let

the conversation go from there

people are usually happy to lend a

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