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15 April 2014

Listening Activity 1

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Fill in the blanks with the correct word or phrase based on the CD you have heard !
Situation :   a telephone conversation between a hotel receptionist and a person trying to make a booking. The line is bad but the receptionist has the telephone skills to deal with this problem.

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CONFIRMING A HOTEL BOOKING
Receptionist : ___1___ , Orion Hotel, how may I help you?
Customer    :        I’m ringing to confirm a booking I made a week ago. I was expecting an email but I haven’t received anything.

Receptionist : ___2___ the line is rather bad, would you mind repeating that, please?
Customer    : Yes, I made a reservation on your website under the name of Coutts. George Coutts.
Receptionist :        Could you spell your surname for me, ___3___?
Customer    :        Yes, that’s C-O-U-T-T-S
Receptionist :        And when was the reservation for?
Customer    :        July 23rd to the 29th
Receptionist :        Sorry, did you say the ___4___?
Customer    :        No, the 23rd

Receptionist :        Let me just check if we have your details on the system. Ah… yes, here we are.
Customer    :        I put down one double and one single room, but I wonder if I could change that.
Receptionist :        I’m terribly sorry I didn’t quite catch that. ___5___ speaking up a little?

Customer    :        Yes, I wanted to change the number of rooms. Is it possible to have two doubles instead of a single and a double?

Receptionist :        Let’s see…oh hold on a moment. I’ve got someone on the other line. (Speaks to other customer) yeah, yeah…would you mind if I rang you back. I’m just dealing with a reservation. ___6___.

Customer    :        Sorry?
Receptionist :        Yes, sorry about that Mr. Coutts, I’m just getting your booking details up now. Yes, we do have another double available for those nights. Was there anything else?

Customer    :        Well, I wanted to know if you did vegetarian food for the evening meal. It wasn’t clear from the website.

Receptionist :        Yes, we do, but by prior arrangement. But now you’ve requested it, I’ll put that down in the booking. ___7___ people was that for?

Customer    :        Just myself
Receptionist :        ___8___. Anything else?

Customer    :        Well, we’ve got a very early return flight on the 30th, so we’ll need an alarm call at about 5.30, I should think.

Receptionist :        No problem sir, I’ll arrange that now. Was that all?
Customer    :        ___9___.

Receptionist :        So you’d like two double rooms for the nights of 23rd to the 29th July inclusive, vegetarian provision for one and an early morning call on your departure. Is that correct?

Customer    :        That’s right
Receptionist :        If we ___10___ with anything else, just give us a ring. We look forward to seeing you in July.

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