Unit 16: Going away
1. Are you going away on holiday?
| Francis | Hello. Book your XYZ holiday here. Yes. Every day people come in here ... |
| Robber | Excuse me. |
| Francis | ... and ask questions. |
| Robber | May I have some of these? |
| Francis | Certainly. Are you going away on holiday? |
| Robber | Yes, I am going away. |
| Francis | Then book an XYZ holiday. Look. A holiday in Spain, in Majorca. There are flights on weekdays at twelve o'clock. The train leaves Victoria Station at ten. It arrives at Gatwick Airport at 10:40. The flight leaves at twelve and it gets to Majorca at 14:30, half past two in the afternoon. |
| Robber | Can I go today? |
| Francis | Sorry, sir. Not today. Not on Saturday. |
| Robber | Tomorrow then? |
| Francis | No, sir. Tomorrow is Sunday. We haven't got any flights on Saturday or Sunday. Is next week all right? Monday next week? |
| Robber | Yes, that's all right. But first I'm going to the bank. |
| Francis | The banks aren't open on Saturday. |
| Customer | Can you help me? I don't understand this. What does this mean? |
| Francis | There are flights on weekdays. But there aren't flights at the weekend. Today is Saturday. There aren't any flights today. Tomorrow is Sunday. There aren't any flights tomorrow. But there are' flights next week. It means that XYZ flights leaves on weekdays, from Monday to Friday. But they don't leave at the weekend on Saturday or Sunday. |
| Customer | Thank you very much. Now I understand. |
| Francis | Now, madam. A holiday with XYZ ... |
| Customer | I'll come back next week. |
| Francis | They ask questions, but they don't book holidays. |
2. I'll be home late tonight.
| Wife | Let's go to the cinema tonight, darling. There's a good film. Look, It starts at 7 o'clock. |
| Husband | That's in 10 minutes. We'll be late. |
| Wife | Let's go tomorrow then. |
| Husband | No. Let's go next week. |
| Wife | We're going on holiday next week. |
| Husband | All right. Let's stay at home tonight. |
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| Manager | I'm sorry, darling. I'll be home late tonight. I'm in my office. I'm working. But I'll be home in two hours. It's seven o'clock now. I'll be home at nine o'clock. I'll be home in two hours. Tomorrow? No. I won't be home late tomorrow. I'll be early. I'll be back at four o'clock. Will you be at home then? Good. And the next day we'll be on holiday. |
| Robber | I'll be on holiday too. |
3. Did you arrive today?
| Young Man | Are you on an XYZ holiday? |
| Manager | Yes. I'm afraid we are. |
| Young Man | I'm on XYZ holiday too. |
| Wife | When did you arrive? |
| Young Man | I arrived this morning. The plane was late. It was delayed. |
| Girl | Yes. We arrived in Majorca twelve hours late. We arrived at half past two in the morning. |
| Manager | Our plane was late too. |
| Girl | Did you arrive today? |
| Manager | No, we didn't. We arrived yesterday. We arrived last night. |
| Wife | Our flight was late. We were seven hours late. |
| Manager | Is he on an XYZ holiday? |
| Young Man | I think so. |
| Robber | Yes. I'm on an XYZ holiday. I arrived here on Monday and I like it very much. |