Compréhension de l’oral

Laura : Hi Sam, it’s Laura from Greenleaf Garden Centre. I’m calling about your work placement. We’d like you to start on Monday the twelfth, not the fifth, because the new greenhouse won’t be ready until then. Please come to the main entrance at quarter to nine and ask for me at reception. Wear sturdy boots; we’ll provide the gloves. Oh, and if you can’t make it, just send me a text on this number. Thanks, bye!

Host : Some cafés are now offering discounts to customers who leave their phones at the counter. Our reporter Mia spent a morning in one of them.

Mia : The rules are simple: you hand in your phone, you get ten percent off. The owner told me sales haven’t dropped at all. Customers stay longer, and they actually talk to each other. But not everyone’s convinced. One student said it felt a bit like detention. Still, most people I met said they’d come back.

Receptionist : Good evening, how can I help?

Guest : Hi. I booked a double room with a sea view, but the room you gave me looks onto the car park.

Receptionist : I’m terribly sorry about that. Let me check… I’m afraid we’re fully booked tonight, but I can move you tomorrow morning, and breakfast will be on us.

Guest : Well, I suppose that’s fair. As long as it’s before ten. I’ve got a meeting at eleven.