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Ten Days in Manchester
An interactive intermediate business English course featuring Tony Marshall and May Hunter
 
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Day 5
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Imagine you are going to a British company to discuss a partnership or a new contract. They are based in Portland Street. How will you get there? You stop somebody to ask for help.

Watch the video and choose the best responses to the statements. Remember, you can pause the video if you need more time.

Audio watch the video

Transcript read the transcript of the video

Good Day
Good Day
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DialogueDialogue
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Bad Day
Bad Day

Glossary see the glossary

Questions
1. Hello, can I help you?
Photo 1 a) Where is Portland Street?
b) Yes, can you tell me the way to Portland Street please?
c) Tell me the way to Portland Street
d) I am lost here. What can I do?
 
2. Yes, you go straight ahead, then turn right at the traffic lights
a) Ah, I go straight on, then turn right into Princess Street?
b) Thank you. Goodbye
c) Turn right and then go straight?
d) Thank you. I will go back now
 
3. Yes, that's Princess Street. Then you turn left
a) I'm lost now. I'll get a taxi
b) In Princess Street I turn right?
c) So then I turn left into Portland Street?
d) So, I stop at Princess Street?
 
4. Yes, you turn left into Portland Street. Then you go straight on for five minutes. The Business Centre is on your right
Photo 2 a) So I go back to my hotel and have a whisky?
b) OK. So I turn left, then walk straight and it is on my right?
c) OK, I turn back and go to the exhibition
d) So the Business Centre is in Princess Street?
 
5. Yes, it's in Portland Street next to the Bus Station
a) Bye, I'm going to eat instead
b) Thank you. I will turn left now
c) Thanks a lot. I'm completely lost now
d) Thank you very much. I'm sure I can find it
 
How did that go? Did you understand all the directions? May and Tony need to find some places too, see how they get on by going to the Audio page.

Dialogue  Go to the Audio page



 
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