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A cold meal

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Understand a polite complaint and an apology.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

soup
A liquid food, often hot.
charge
Money that you must pay.
right away
Immediately.

Answer key

  1. Excuse me, my soup is cold.“Excuse me” is a polite way to get attention.
  2. I'm so sorry, I'll take it back to the kitchen.“I’ll” is “I will”.
  3. Thank you, and could we have some more water?“Could we” — “could” is weak.
  4. Of course, I'll bring it right away.“Right away” means immediately.
  5. There will be no charge for the soup.“No charge” means you do not pay.