GUEST

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5 minute practice in English Language

Try using the word ‘guest’ in conversation

(guest, guests, guesthouse)

 

 

Two friends are planning a party that summer evening.  They are on a roof garden.

 

All the tenants from this block of flats are coming to your party. They love to be your guests here.

Great!

So do you really have a special guest?

Look down at the courtyard.  He’s parking his van.

In overalls?  Guests usually wear party gear.

Yes, my guest of honour is our maintenance man, our janitor.

Why?

He has great ideas.  He’ll be the guest speaker.  Here he is.  Welcome Nelson.   Glad you could come early.

Welcome Nelson.  What will you drink? 

We’re glad you are our guest speaker.  You have brilliant ideas about watering plants.

Watering?

We could recycle the water from the flats, isn’t that right?  Nelson’s idea.

Brilliant!  How?
Wait till the other guests come.  We’ll all be growing fruit and vegetables on the balconies.

When you do that, may I visit you every day?
Be my guest!  Eat all you like!

I wish I could live here as a paying guest.

I wish I had a guest room for a house guest to stay.

You could give guest demonstrations here of your vegetarian cookery. We’ll have great parties. 

Welcome, everyone!  Meet our guest of honour!  Yes, our own maintenance man, our janitor Nelson.

You all know him, but wait till you hear his ideas.

Who’s that with a smart camera?

He’s from flat No2.  He works for local TV and for the Council.

What does he do for local TV?
He arranges guests for local TV programmes.  He might even ask you to make guest appearances.

What does he do for the Council?
He looks after guest workers, immigrants.

The people in those nasty old guesthouses?
He hopes to make their lives better.  Those nasty guesthouses used to have decent gardens.

Many guest workers know about gardens.

He has come to get good ideas from you and from the guest speaker.

About gardens on balconies and this roof?

Maybe.  Anyway, before the party begins we have a present for you.

A present?  For me?  This beautiful note book?

We love coming up here for parties as your guests.  Look inside.

There are spaces for people who come here to write their names.

It’s guest book!

I shall look forward to filling it up when many friends come.  Our guest speaker today will be the first to sign.  Thanks everyone.

 

ENDS

 

The Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary has a book and a C and internet access.  There are other good dictionaries.

 

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