Hotel professions

Hey!

Here you have a card game to learn the different ocupations at the hotels and accommodations.

I hope you like it!

Video lesson#18: The Terminal (second part)

Let´s continue learning English with this movie, this time with the interesting and absurd conversation between Mr Navorsky  and Mr Dixon

This might be a little bit more difficult but with the vocabulary list below you should understand everything.

Vocabulary 

JFK: IATA code for New York´s John F. Kennedy airport.

Immigration: the act of someone coming to live in another country.

Interpreter: someone whose job is to change what someone else is saying into another language.

To suspend: to stop something from being active.

To issue: to produce or provide something official.

To revoke: to say officially that an agreement, permission, law, etc. is no longer in effect.

Visa: an official document that allows you to enter or leave a particular country.

In a nutshell: expression that means “using as few words as possible”.

Military coup: a sudden illegal, often violent, taking of government power by an army.

Casualty: a person injured or kill in a serious accident or war.

Leadership: the position or fact of being the leader.

Big Apple: common name for New York city.

To seal the borders: to close the borders of a country so no one can enter or leave it.

Asylum: protection or safety, especially that given by a government to people who have been forced to leave their own countries for their safety or because a war. 

Refugee: a person who has escaped their own country for political, religious or economic reasons or because of a war.

Unacceptable: too bad to be accepted, approved of, or allowed to continue.

Twilight zone: an area where two different ways of life or states of existence meet. It´s also a Tv show related to ghosts and mysteries.

Dilemma: a situation in which difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could do.

To detain: to force someone officially to stay in a place.

Crack: a very narrow space between parts of something.

To sort out: to deal successfully with a problem or situation.

International Transit Lounge: A waiting room at an international airport for passengers changing flights.

Free: having unlimited movement.

Uncle Sam: a popular way to name the Government of the U.S.A.

Video lesson#17: The Terminal

I´ve just remember this Steven Spielberg´s movie from 2004 that is perfect to listen to some specific airport vocabulary.

I´m quite sure you know this movie about an Easter European citizen who becomes stuck in New York´s J.F. Kennedy airport. In fact, it´s inspired in the true story of Mehram Karimi Nasseri who lived for almost 18 years (from 1988 to 2006) in Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, in France.

Anyway, it´s a great movie and I´m sure you will enjoy this short video with the first scenes of the film.

The vocabulary it´s quite easy, except from some technical airport terms that I´ve listed below.

So, welcome and enjoy your stay!

 

Vocabulary

Arrival: the act of someone or something that reaches a place, in this case the airport.

Gate: part of the airport where travelers are allowed to get on or off an aircraft.

To line up: to stand in a line

Booth: a small place like a box that a person can go into. In an airport is the place where customs officers check the travelers passports, visas and flight tickets.

I-94 form: is a form used by the U.S, Customs and Border Protection to keep track of the arrival and departure to/from the United States of people who are not United States citizens or lawful permanent residents.

What´s the purpose of your visit, business or pleasure?: polite question asked at the customs to inquire about the reason of your travel

Return ticket: flight ticket to the origin of your flight, normally the city or country you are living in.

Enjoy your stay: polite sentence used in airports and accommodations to wish the visitor a good stay.

Passport: an official document containing personal information and usually a photograph that allows the person to travel to foreign countries and to prove who they are.

Customs: the place at a port, airport or border where travelers´ bags are examined for illegal or taxable goods.

Forged document: illegally falsified documents such as passports, visas, etc.

IBIS: acronym of Interagency Border Inspection System.

To claim your luggage: to demand your luggage in an airport.

Yellow cab: a taxi from New York city, where the taxis are yellow cars.

Inn: hotel.

Keep the change: polite sentence used to tip waiters, taxi drivers, etc. while giving them the money that is left of a payment.

Video lesson#16: At the restaurant

Hello!

Today we are going to take a look at some useful English used in restaurants with this video from Learn English with Tv Series.

Watch the video, learn the important vocabulary below and then check your knowledge with a little game.

Ready?

 

Vocabulary

To eat out: to eat in a restaurant.

To book: to make a reservation.

Party: a group of people who are involved in an activity together, like going to a restaurant.

To order: to ask for something to be made, supplied or delivered, especially in a restaurant or shop.

Special: in restaurants, a dish that is available on a particular day that is not usually available.

To be out of: to don´t have more of something, like food, drinks, water, oil, etc.

To splurge: to spend a lot of money in expensive goods.

On the side: food served on another plate or literally on the side of your plate.

Check: a list showing what you have eaten and how much do you have to pay. It is also called bill in British English.

Tip: extra money given to the waiter in a restaurant to show that you have liked the service.

To tip: to give a tip.

Gratuity: synonym of tip

Play this short game to prove your knowledge: