Dialogue

Script

Alicia: Hello. Can you go to the ticket office and buy a return* to Cambridge for me? Please ask how much it is, how long it takes, what time the next train is, and which platform it leaves from. Thank you!

You: . . . . . . . . . .

At the ticket office

Ticket clerk: Next, please.

You: . . . . . . . . . .

Ticket clerk: A return? Of course. Here you are.

You: . . . . . . . . . .

Ticket clerk: That’s £18.20, please.

You: . . . . . . . . . .

Ticket clerk: About 45 minutes.

You: . . . . . . . . . .

Ticket clerk: The next train’s at 1.15.

You: . . . . . . . . . .

Ticket clerk: Platform 9. Have a good journey.

You: . . . . . . . . . .

* A return (or return ticket) is a ticket for a journey from A to B, and from B back to A. A single (or single ticket) is a ticket from A to B.

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