LESSON NOTES

American English Listening

Comprehension for Intermediate
Learners #2
Reserving a Room in English

CONTENTS
2 American English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences

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1. A man is making a reservation at a hotel.

2. Which room is he going to stay in?

3. Seaside Hotel, how may I help you?

4. Hi, I'd like to stay for one night on September 22nd.

5. Certainly. One night from September 22nd. How many people?

6. Two.

7. Would you like a smoking or a non-smoking room, sir?

8. Non-smoking.

9. The only non-smoking room available on that day is a mountain view room. Is that
okay?

10. Well, I was hoping for an ocean view room..

11. I'm sorry, but the only ocean view room available on that day is a smoking room.

12. I see... Is there a non-smoking, ocean view room available on September 23rd?

13. Yes, there is!

14. Okay, we'll stay on September 23rd.

VOCABULARY

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 Definition exists in another
reservation (American) noun
Listening level

to be open for use, rental, or

to be available (American) purchase phrase

an interjection expressing a
Certainly! (American) strong willingness to expression
cooperate and/or agree

a facility that offers lodging

hotel (American) and usually contains one or noun
more restaurants

non-smoking room a room where smoking is

(American) prohibited noun

serving as a vantage point

ocean view (American) from which it is possible to adjective
see an ocean

a room reserved for

smokers, usually in a larger
smoking room (American) non-smoking z one or noun
building

plural of "person," a group of

people (American) human beings noun

to stay (overnight) to lodge at, to spend time at

(American) a place exceeding a day verb

a landmass of extreme
mountain (American) height when compared to noun
the surounding landscape

SAMPLE SENTENCES

We made our reservation almost two Unfortunately, there are no more tickets
months earlier. available for next week.

Certainly! I will do as I am told. The quality of a hotel is measured in stars.

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It makes me angry when there are no non- For an ocean view room you have to pay
smoking rooms in a hotel. even more.

I really don't like the smell of a smoking How many people attended the movie
room. premiere?

When I was a child, I always had to ask What an uplifting feeling to stand on the
my mother first if I could stay at my top of a mountain.
friends' places.

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