- Can I talk to Ellie?
- Ellie is on the phone.
-- Hello. This is Steve. May I ask you to meet my brother?
- When? I will help you if I am free.
- Wednesday, the train arrives at 5, I can’t meet him, I’m busy until 6.
-Okay, how do I recognize him?
- He is tall, well-built, pale complexion, dark hair, curly, blue eyes. He is about 25 years old but looks older.
-He's handsome, Okay, I'll meet him. Call me tomorrow
- I am very thirsty, could you bring something cold?
- Do you want juice or mineral water?
- Both juice and mineral water.
- Do you prefer carbonated or still ?, And what kind of juice would you like?
- Without gas, and put ice there, please. And pineapple juice, freshly squeezed
-Anything else?
- Seafood cocktail, olives and could you bring an ashtray?
- Yes, I will do everything as quickly as possible
- Good evening, do you have a reservation?
- No, but we would like a table for four, if possible.
- Are you in a smoker or in a non-smoking salon?
- For non-smokers, please. There's that big oval table by the orchestra.
- Unfortunately that table is booked, I can offer you
- The same table by the window. Follow me, I will lead you to your table. The waiter will come to you in 5 minutes.
1. Christopher Columbus was one of the best-known explorers, wasn't he?
2. The age of airplanes changed travel crucially, didn't it?
3. The age of airplanes made travel available to all people, didn't it?
4. The cost of air transportation didn't make travel available to everybody, did it?
5. Christopher Columbus discovered America, didn't he?
6. Amerigo Vespucci didn't discover America, did he?
7. Afanassy Nikitin was not known in the West, was he?
8. The first travellers used simple means of travelling, didn't they?
9. The first travellers didn't travel by air, did they?
10. They were not familiar with air travel, were they?
11. The trains outdid ships, didn't they?
12. The trains didn't outdo planes, did they?
