05.04.13: Secretariado: giving directions

Please find below the transcript of the roleplay we completed this morning.

TOURIST: Excuse me, can you help me? I’m lost!

ANNIE: Of course, where do you want to go?

TOURIST: I want to go to the castle, but I can’t find it. Is it too far?

ANNIE: No, not really. It’s about a 15 minute walk.

TOURIST: Maybe I should get a taxy. My rucksack’s quite heavy.

ANNIE: No, no. It’s very easy. Really. I can give you directions

TOURIST: Thanks a lot.

ANNIE: You’re welcome. Now, go along this street to the traffic lights. Can you see them?

TOURIST: Yes, I can see them.

ANNIE: Right. At the traffic lights, turn left into Museum Place

TOURIST:  Museum Place

ANNIE: Go straight on until you see the cinema and then take the third right into Museum Drive.

TOURIST: OK. Traffic lights, turn left into Museum Place, straight on and then the first into Museum Drive

ANNIE: No, it’s the third right

TOURIST: Ah, right, by the cinema.

ANNIE: Yes. Follow Museum Drive and turn right again into St. Mary’s Street you’ll see a chemist’s on the corner and an Internet café next to it.

TOURIST: OK. So, I’m on St. Mary’s Street. Where do I go then?

ANNIE: Walk along St. Mary’s StreeT. Then when you get to the zebra crossing, take the next left into Cathay Terrace and the castle is at the end of the road, just past the bank.

TOURIST: Great. I hope I can remember all that. Thanks again for your help.

ANNIE: Not at all.