imagine you've just landed after a long
flight to America and you're almost free
but first you need to go through
passport control what will they ask you
how should you respond hi Alicia here
navigating passport control isn't as
hard as you might think in this lesson
you'll learn how GU stavo has just
arrived in New York he's in line at
passport control let's watch next
passport please
hello here you are how long will you be
staying for six weeks and where will you
be staying at the Four Seasons Hotel
what's the purpose of your visit I'm
here on business okay thank you
welcome to the United States
now the lesson focus here's what you say
to navigate passport control ready
do you remember the first question the
immigration officer asked after Gustavo
gave him his passport
how long will you be staying immigration
officers asked this question to find out
about the length of a visitor's stay
they want to know if a visitor plans to
stay for two weeks for example or one
month first is the phrase how long next
is the word will after this is the word
you and last is the phrase be staying
Gustavo responds with a length of time
for six weeks
first is the word for next is the number
six and last is the word weeks together
it's for six weeks the sentence
structure to answer the question how
long will you be staying is four plus
number of days or weeks imagine you're
going to stay for two weeks answer the
question how long will you be staying
for two weeks do you remember the second
question the immigration officer asked
Gustavo in the scene
and where will you be staying this
question is identical to the first
question except instead of saying how
long the immigration officer asked where
the immigration officer is asking to
find out which hotel or address a
visitor will be staying at again it's
where will you be staying in response
Gustavo gives the name of his hotel at
the Four Seasons Hotel first is the word
at and after this is the name of the
hotel the Four Seasons Hotel together
it's at the Four Seasons Hotel the
sentence structure to answer the
question where will you be staying is at
plus your hotel name imagine you'll be
staying at the Plaza Hotel answer the
question where will you be staying
at the Plaza Hotel do you remember the
third question the immigration officer
asked in the scene what's the purpose of
your visit the immigration officer asks
this to understand why Gustavo is
visiting first is a contraction of what
and is what's next is the word the after
this is the word purpose next is the
word of following this is the word your
and last is the word visit together
it's what's the purpose of your visit in
response
Gustavo answers I'm here on business
this starts with the core phrase I'm
here on following this core phrase is
the word business altogether it's I'm
here on business
this means that Gustavo is in the
country to do business and not just to
sightsee alternatively he could have
said I'm here for pleasure this is the
same pattern as the first response the
only difference is that on business has
been taken out and for pleasure is used
instead again that's I'm here for
pleasure now you try
imagine your trip is for sightseeing
answer the question what's the purpose
of your visit
I'm here for pleasure now imagine you
are visiting the US on business answer
the question what's the purpose of your
visit
I'm here on business
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