Practice English Listening A2 Exercises – Hotel problems

A

1 B   2 D   3 C   4 F   5 A   6 E

B

1   She works for a magazine. / She is the assistant editor of a magazine.

2   She went to London.

3   Rob is one of the writers for the magazine.

4   They had coffee and went sightseeing and shopping.

5   She likes him a lot. He was fun.

6   He isn’t very punctual. / He’s always late.

7   He is going to be in New York for a month.

My name’s Jenny Zielinski. I live and work in New York. I’m the assistant editor of a magazine called NewYork 24seven. A few months ago, I visited our office in London to learn more about the company. I met the manager, Daniel O’Connor. I had lots of meetings with him, of course. And a working dinner on my birthday… But I spent more time with Rob Walker. He’s one of the writers on the London magazine. We had coffees together. We went sightseeing. I even helped Rob buy a shirt! He was fun to be with. I liked him a lot. I think he liked me too. Rob isn’t the most punctual person in the world, but he is a great writer. We invited him to work for the New York magazine for a month…and he agreed! So now Rob’s coming to New York. I know he’s really excited about it. It’s going to be great to see him again

Rob calls reception because he has some problems in his room.

Re = receptionist, R = Rob

Re   Hello, reception.

R     Hello. This is room six-one-three.

Re   How can I help you?

R     There’s a problem with the air conditioning. It isn’t working, and it’s very hot in my room.

Re   I’m sorry, sir. I’ll send somebody up to look at it right now.

R     Thank you.

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Re   Good evening, reception.

R     Hello. I’m sorry to bother you again. This is room six-one-three.

Re   How can I help you?

R     I have a problem with the wi-fi. I can’t get a signal.

Re   I’m sorry, sir. I’ll put you through to IT.

R     Thanks.

A

1 F   2 F   3 T   4 F   5 F   6 T   7 F

B

1   Rob says the hotel is fine.

2   Jenny is going to show him round the office tomorrow.

4   Rob is tired.

5   It’s two in the morning for Rob.

7   Jenny thinks that Rob is going to be late

J = Jenny, R = Rob

J   So, here you are in New York at last.

R   Yeah, it’s great to be here. It’s really exciting.

J   And how’s your hotel?

R   It’s fine. My room is really…nice.

J   Do you have a good view from your room?

R   I can see lots of other buildings.

J   Tomorrow, I’m going to show you around the office and introduce you to the team. Barbara’s looking forward to meeting you…You remember Barbara, my boss?

R   Oh…yeah, sorry.

J   And then you can start thinking about your blog and the column. Have you got any ideas yet, Rob? … Rob?

R   What? Sorry, Jenny.

J   You must be really tired.

R   Yes, I am a bit. What time is it now?

J   It’s nine o’clock.

R   Nine o’clock? That’s two o’clock in the morning for me.

J   Let’s finish our drinks. You need to go to bed.

R   I guess you’re right.

J   So, I’ll see you in the office at eleven in the morning.

R   At eleven?

J   Is that OK?

R   It’s perfect. Thanks, Jenny.

J   There’s just one thing.

R   What’s that?

J   Don’t be late.

R   By the way, it’s great to see you again.

J   Yeah. It’s great to see you, too.