Before you listen
Talk about it first.
- What do you want to know when you arrive at a rental apartment?
- What rules do apartment hosts usually have?
Listen for these words
You will hear
- host
- The person who owns the place and welcomes the guests.
- show you around
- Walk with you and show you all the rooms.
- cabinet
- A small cupboard with doors, often on a kitchen wall.
- Trash day
- The day a truck comes and takes the garbage away.
- Checkout
- The time when guests must leave the apartment.
A1 Beginner · Instructions · About 35 seconds
Listen
Listen once for the main idea. Then answer, and listen again for the details. Don’t read the transcript yet.
Step 1 · Main idea
What is it about?
Listen once, all the way through. Then choose the best answer.
01What is Mei doing?
Step 2 · Details
Listen again for the details
Read the questions first, then play the recording again. Pause when you need to.
01Where is the Wi-Fi password?
02When do the trash bags go outside?
03What do you do with the keys when you leave?
Show the transcript
Welcome to the apartment! I’m Mei, your host. Let me show you around. This is the living room, and the kitchen is on the left. There’s coffee in the cabinet over the sink. The bedroom is at the end of the hall.
The Wi-Fi password is on the fridge. Trash day is Tuesday, so please put the bags outside on Monday night. Checkout is at eleven. Just leave the keys on the table. Enjoy your stay!
Now play the recording and read along. Then try saying it with the speaker, at the same speed.
Speak
Your turn
Show a guest your home. Say where two things are and give one house rule.