At The Hotel --- Checking Messages
At the Hotel --- CHECKING MESSAGES
Hotel Clerk : Good morning! How may I help you?
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- When you stay at a hotel, how do you usually receive messages — through the front desk, by phone, or on an app?
호텔에 머물 때 보통 메시지를 어떻게 받으시나요 — 프런트 데스크를 통해서, 전화로, 아니면 앱으로 받으시나요? - Have you ever missed an important message or phone call while traveling? What happened?
여행 중에 중요한 메시지나 전화를 놓친 적이 있나요? 어떤 일이 있었나요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Hotel Clerk : Good morning! How may I help you?
Christopher : Good morning! I just want to know if I have any messages. I’m Christopher Lakes.
Hotel Clerk : Mr. Christopher Lakes… Let me see… Oh, yes! There is one.
Christopher : Is it from Minnesota?
Hotel Clerk : Yes, sir. Mr. James Broadman called at 9:08 this morning.
He wants you to give him a return call any time of the day.
His office number in Minnesota is 5449636.
Christopher : Thanks, I got it. Is that all?
Hotel Clerk : Yes, sir. That’s all.
Christopher : Okay. Thank you. I’ll be in my room now.
Should there be any calls, please forward them to me.
Hotel Clerk : No problem, sir!
Christopher : Thanks.
Comprehension Check
Answer the questions about what you read.
읽은 내용에 대한 질문에 답해 보세요.
- I JUST WANT TO KNOW if I have any messages. if you are telling the truth. his real name? the truth.
- IS IT FROM Minnesota? my mom? another country? my friend?
- HE WANTS YOU to give him a return call. to finish everything until tomorrow. to go with him. to speak up.
- I’LL BE in my room now. with you in a while. talking to you. calling you tonight.
- SHOULD THERE BE ANY CALLS, please forward them to me. please tell them that I’m busy. let me know. just take down messages for me.
- Who assisted Christopher?
- Where was the message from?
- What was said in the message?
- Did Christopher go out after receiving his message?
- What favor did he ask from the clerk after knowing his message?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어에는 영어처럼 단수·복수 구분이 뚜렷하지 않아서 "message"를 그대로 쓰는 경우가 많습니다. 메시지가 있는지 없는지 모르는 상황에서는 복수형 "messages"를 써야 자연스럽습니다. "any" 뒤에는 셀 수 있는 명사의 복수형이 오는 것이 일반적이라는 점을 기억하세요.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- How would you apply what you learned today?
오늘 배운 것을 어떻게 활용하시겠어요? - What was the most useful part of this lesson?
이 수업에서 가장 유용한 부분은 무엇이었나요? - Can you think of a real situation where you would use this?
이것을 사용할 실제 상황을 생각해 볼 수 있나요? - What would you like to practice more?
더 연습하고 싶은 것은 무엇인가요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: At the Hotel --- CHECKING MESSAGES
Level: Conversation (CONV)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!