imagine you and your family want to go someplace but you need to take a bus to
get there do you know how to buy tickets in English hi Alicia here five tickets
in English is easy in this lesson you'll learn how the stavos family has just
arrived in America and Gustavo and Jorge have met them at the airport let's watch
five tickets to Times Square please okay will that be five adults uh how young do
you have to be to get discounted tickets children under ten years old are
eligible for child tickets children ten years or older need adult tickets got it
Sophia you're eight years old right right and Lucas is over ten so four
adults and one child okay four adults and one child - Times Square
your total is seventy three dollars and 95 cents
Jorge I'll pay don't worry about it I got it everybody welcome to the United
States
now the lesson focus here's how to buy tickets ready
do you remember what George said to purchase tickets to Times Square
five tickets to Times Square please first is the phrase five tickets next is
a phrase that includes a place to Times Square last is the word please
together it's five tickets to Times Square please
structure is number plus tickets two plus please now you try
imagine you want two tickets to Atlantic City what would you say to the ticket
clerk
two tickets to Atlantic City please now imagine you want four tickets to Grand
Central Station what would you say to the ticket clerk
four tickets to Grand Central Station please do you remember how George told
how many adults and children would need tickets four adults and one child
first is the phrase for adults next is the word
and and last is the phrase one child together it's
adults and one child keep in mind that the age range for children's tickets
varies widely so you might have to ask the ticket clerk to be sure now you try
imagine you are buying tickets for yourself to adult friends and an infant
what would you say to the ticket clerk
three adults and one child now imagine you are chaperoning a group of six
elementary school students on a trip to the zoo what would you say to the ticket
clerk
one adult and six children do you remember how George told Gustavo that he
was going to pay for the tickets I got it this is a phrase that is used to tell
someone else that you will pay the total bill including their portion
now you try you are on a date and you want to pay for the meal what do you say
when the check comes
I got it now imagine you are sharing a cab with a friend and you want to offer
to pay for the ride what would you say
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