2min English: Planning a vacation

Dec 172013

Travel English: Planning a vacation: Time to take a break from your work? Go for a vacation somewhere nice, and while you’re there improve your English too. In this lesson you will learn the phrases and words that you can use when you plan your vacation.

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At exam hall

Luna: I am too scared to sit in the exam today.

Michael: I don’t think it will be very tough.

Luna: Well, I want to give it next week.

Michael: You can tell the coordinator you are not prepared enough.

Luna: Yes, but she is very strict. I don’t think she will give me an extension.

At a restaurant

Luna: The best thing is that this restaurant is not very expensive.

Michael: Yes, I like this place. They make very good coffee.

Luna: I am not going to drink coffee today. It’s too hot to drink coffee.

Michael: You could drink cold coffee then.

Luna: That’s a very good idea. I will have cold coffee.

Michael: Excellent! I will have cold coffee too.

Inviting for a party

Michael: I am going to a party on new year’s. What’s your plan?

Luna: Oh gosh! I love to party. Can I come too?

Michael: Sure you can! It’s at a friend’s place. I will tell her I am bringing a friend too.

Luna: Thank you very much. You are too nice.

Michael: Hey! It’s alright. I will have more fun with you there.

At stationary store

Michael: Hello, I am looking to buy some pens and some notebooks too.

George : Do you want an ink-pen or a ball pen?

Michael: Ink pens are too messy. I will take the ball pen please.

George : Okay. And what about the notebook? Will a thin one do?

Michael: No, I need a very thick notebook for college. I make a lot of notes.

George : Alright. I will get you a ball pen and a very thick notebook too.

Michael: Thank you very much.

At the office

Michael: George, did you complete the presentation I assigned you yesterday?

George : Yes I did, but I had to work very hard. I had to stay up till 12.

Michael: Really? That’s too bad. I didn’t know it would take that long.

George : No problems. I like to meet the deadlines if I can.

Michael: Yes, you’re a great worker, but I think you work too hard.

George : Maybe, but I guess somebody has to get the job done.

Michael: Thank you very much George. I appreciate it.

Phrases

I am too scared to sit in the exam today.

Do you want an ink-pen or a ball pen?

Oh gosh! I love to party. Can I come too?

The best thing is that this restaurant is not very expensive.

Did you complete the presentation I assigned you yesterday?

Vocabulary

Scared : Scared means to be frightened.
Exam : A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
Tough : Something that is tough means something very hard.
Coordinator : A coordinator is a person whose task is to see that work goes on harmoniously.
Prepared : To make something ready for use or consideration.
Strict : A person who is strict demands total obedience or observance.
Extension : Extension is a part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it, a continuation.
Restaurant : Restaurant is a place where people pay to eat meals.
Expensive : Something that is very expensive means it costs a lot of money.
Invite : To invite means to make a formal, polite or friendly request to someone to go somewhere or to do something.
Plan : A plan is a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.
Stationery Store : A stationery shop is a place where stationery is sold, such as pens, papers, notebooks, etc.
Presentation : Presentation is the giving of something to someone, especially as a part of a formal ceremony.
Assigned : Assigned means to appoint someone to a particular job or task.
Deadline : Deadline is the latest time or date by which something should be completed.
Worker : A worker is a person who does a specified kind of a work.
Job : A job is a paid position of regular employment.
Appreciate : To appreciate means to be grateful for something.