Shadowing Practice: 1-Star Hotel in Miami⭐🇺🇸 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Ders oluşturuluyor...
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Hi, how are you?
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You good?
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Do you have any vacancies for tonight?
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Yeah.
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Perfect.
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Could I take one?
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Yes.
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Perfect.
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I need an ID.
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An ID?
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No problem.
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How are you today?
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You good?
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Good.
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Are you busy at the minute or is it quite quiet?
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No, it's quiet.
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I was going to say, I was looking at the reviews online, they weren't so good, but it looks really nice.
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How come you've had bad reviews?
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Just unhappy people?
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Do you own the hotel or just work here?
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No, I'm working here.
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Ah, you work here.
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Nice.
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Where are you from?
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Brazil.
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Brazil.
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Obrigado.
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How much is a room for tonight?
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What's the cost?
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One bed.
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For one bedroom, yes.
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It's $149 plus tax.
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$149 plus tax.
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Okay, cool.
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How many rooms do you have here?
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80. 80 rooms?
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And how many rooms are taken out of the 80 tonight?
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Nine.
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Only nine out of 80?
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Oh, wow.
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Have you been in Miami long? since 1995 1995 wow long
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time 30 years wow you enjoy it here yeah ah nice
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all right this is the total with taxes for one night 184
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and 86 cents and we also charge the 50 dollars with fundable deposit yeah top of
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that okay cool just sign here thank you thanks
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so much yes i'll pay with card
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if that's okay thank you out of the 185 dollars do i get any of
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that back or no that's the room and that's the room
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and tax okay on top of that 50 dollars
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and you take an extra 50 which is refundable
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when you check out perfect thank you number nine here on the first floor number nine on the first floor
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and do you have any like amenities like a swimming pool
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or a sauna
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or nothing just the room okay perfect breakfast in the morning
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do you do breakfast no no can get a coffee no okay no problem thank you
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so much anyway what was your name selso selso thank you
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so much thank you see you later selso was very nice
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right where am i going here room nine right here you
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go number nine are you ready for this let's see i
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have got no idea what to expect here this isn't too bad are you ready for the tour
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so we've got a lovely dining table with one chair we've got bedside cabinets here look at
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that we've even got a remote
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and a telly on the wall let's have a look at
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the bathroom we've got the shower here the bath looks fairly clean sink soap there soap there clean towels
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and the toilet the main thing
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and the most important thing though is the bed what's this gonna look like pillows they look okay
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and the sheet looks clean i think we might have just had a bargain in south beach miami

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “1-Star Hotel in Miami⭐🇺🇸”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: nine, perfect, selso, dollars, clean. This video has 67 sentences and 472 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:58. The speaker talks at a natural 159 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 19 of its 67 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
soap noun/soʊp/A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
bedside noun/ˈbɛdˌsaɪd/A position at the side of one's bed.
fundable adjectiveAble to be funded; deserving of funds.
refundable adjectiveAble to be refunded in case of customer dissatisfaction, loss, breakage etc.
amenities noun/əˈmɛn.ə.tiːz/Synonym of pleasantries.
vacancy noun/ˈveɪkənsi/An unoccupied position or job.
towel noun/ˈtaʊ̯əl/A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
bargain noun/ˈbɑːɹɡən/An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a…
pillow noun/ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈpʰɪɫ.ö̞]A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
unhappy adjective/ʌnˈhæpi/Not happy; sad.
swim verb/swɪm/To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
sink verb/ˈsɪŋk/To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
deposit noun/dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
toilet verb/ˈtɔɪ.lət/To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
check out verbTo record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Hi, how are you?
  • Do you have any vacancies for tonight?
  • How come you've had bad reviews?
  • Do you own the hotel or just work here?
  • How many rooms do you have here?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as we've, gonna, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like soap, bedside, fundable.

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