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7- ] Conversation & Dialogue .

At The Travel Agent’s .

Travel Agent  : There are four flights a day from Gatwick to Madrid . The flight takes one      and a half hours , and the return fare is £ 120 .

Woman : So I leave from Gatwick airport and go to Madrid , then take a connecting flight .

Travel Agent : That’s right , madam . There are four connecting flights every day .

Woman : Good . Thank you very much .

Travel Agent : I hope you enjoy your holiday , madam .

Woman : Thank you .

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Woman : Well I’d like to go to France by ship , please .

Travel Agent :All right, there are boats to France every hour , madam ,from Dover and Folkstone. It only takes an hour and a half to get to Boulogne or Calais. I’ll give you a list of the departure and arrival times and tell you about fares . Then we can make your reservation .

Woman : Thank you . I’ll tell you later .

Passenger : What happens at the airport ?

Travel Agent: At the check-in counter, the passenger is checked in. The security control       check hand luggage .Then , the passenger waits in the departure lounge .

The passenger can go through the duty-free shop . Finally , the passenger goes through the departure gate on board the plane .

Passenger : Thank you .

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Travel Agent : Good morning . Can I help you ?

Customer 1 : Good morning . We’re planning a holiday .

Customer 2 : And we want lots of sunshine .

Travel Agent: Sunshine . Certainly. What about Tunisia ?There’s lots of sunshine in Tunisia .

Customer 1 : No , we’ve been to Tunisia .

Customer 2 : And we’ve seen the Sahara .

Travel Agent : What about Morocco ? There’s lots of sunshine in Morocco .

Customer 1 : No , we’ve been to Morocco .

Customer 2 : And we’ve seen the Atlas mountains .

Travel Agent : Hmm . You’ve been to Tunisia and you’ve been to Morocco   . Have you           been to Egypt ?

Customer 1 : Egypt ?

Travel Agent : Yes , there’s lots of sunshine in Egypt .

Customer 2 : No , we haven’t been to Egypt .

Customer 1 : And we haven’t seen the Pyramids .

[ The telephone is ringing . ]

Travel Agent: Excuse me one moment , please. Hallo, Sunshine Holidays .Can I help you? ? …. Yes .So you want to go to the Sudan .Good .Thank you .Goodbye .So you want to go to         Egypt .

Customer 1 : What about the Sudan ?

Customer 2 : Yes , what about the Sudan ?

Travel Agent : There’s lots of sunshine in the Sudan . Haven’t you been to the Sudan ?

Customer 1 : No , we haven’t been to the Sudan .

Customer 2 : No , we haven’t seen the Red Sea .

Travel Agent : Here

Customer 1 : What’s this ?

Travel Agent : It’s our brochure . “Sunshine Holidays.”

Customer 2 : “Sunshine Holidays.” That’s interesting .

Customer 1 : Look ! Lebanon .

Customer 2 : We haven’t been to Lebanon .

Customer 1 : We haven’t been to Lebanon .

Travel Agent : There’s lots of sunshine in ---

Customer 1 : Look ! Libya .

Customer 2 : Cyrene ! The ruins of Cyrene !

Customer 1 : We haven’t seen the ruins of Cyrene .

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