English at the Train Station: Wrong Train? Never Again

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• 00:00The wrong city
• 00:10It happens every day
• 00:17By the end of this video
• 00:28The one question
• 00:36Welcome to Polyglot English
• 00:40Today: English at the station
• 00:46Four moves
• 00:57Word Tour and Say It Better
• 01:13Ask before you board
• 01:24You must not understand everything
• 01:41Five things
• 01:48Staff answer it all day
• 02:00Move one: read the board
• 02:10Time, place, platform, news
• 02:19Depart, arrive, delayed
• 02:32Cancelled: the saddest word
• 02:43Time, city, platform
• 02:58Leo did not know the order
• 03:05A train at platform four
• 03:18And the train?
• 03:20Fast, quiet, completely wrong
• 03:36What did the board say
• 03:40The board was right
• 03:52He paid for a lesson
• 03:59Say the board like a local
• 04:11Now you try
• 04:22This train terminates here
• 04:36First train, last train
• 04:44The last train danger
• 04:55Move two: buy the ticket
• 05:06Single or return
• 05:19The magic frame
• 05:28When do you come back
• 05:44An open return
• 05:53Buy early, save money
• 06:06A free ticket forgives
• 06:16Money words at the window
• 06:29Is there a cheaper ticket
• 06:42The machine never sleeps
• 06:56Watch a ticket window
• 07:02Good morning, how can I help
• 07:06A return to the city centre
• 07:11For today?
• 07:14Back this evening
• 07:18The day return: card or cash
• 07:23Card, please. Which platform
• 07:27Platform four, ten twenty
• 07:33Thank you, ten minutes
• 07:37Clean and calm
• 07:47Repeat the answer back
• 08:01Move three: find your train
• 08:16The small board on the platform
• 08:30Ask the one question
• 08:45No saves your day
• 08:54One more word: change
• 09:09Do I need to change
• 09:16Listen like a traveller
• 09:33The platform change warning
• 09:47The ear trick
• 10:02Find your seat
• 10:13Not in first class
• 10:29The inspector comes
• 10:38Luggage has a place
• 10:51Watch your bag at stops
• 11:04The quiet carriage
• 11:20Problem one: delayed
• 11:32Ask at the desk
• 11:46Problem two: missed train
• 11:58Problem three: lost ticket
• 12:13Problem four: wrong train
• 12:27Problem five: cancelled
• 12:38Which train can I take
• 12:54Can you help me, please
• 13:11One more scene: a year later
• 13:20I read the board in order
• 13:32And then?
• 13:37I ask the question
• 13:47And she says?
• 13:49Yes, it is
• 14:04The difference is the day
• 14:11Quick questions: window or machine
• 14:19Window for questions, machine for speed
• 14:24What is a railcard
• 14:27A card that makes tickets cheaper
• 14:44Can I eat on the train
• 14:46Quietly, and the cafe carriage
• 14:58Say that again, slowly
• 15:01The four most useful words
• 15:16Word Tour with Nina: seven words
• 15:16Seven station words
• 15:27Platform
• 15:37Departure
• 15:45Single
• 15:52Return
• 15:59Change
• 16:07Delayed
• 16:15Inspector
• 16:22Seven words, say them again
• 16:35Use them in one story
• 16:51Say It Better: eight mistakes
• 16:58A ticket to the city
• 17:01How much is the ticket
• 17:08The train leaves at ten twenty
• 17:15I am lost
• 17:25One ticket, please
• 17:40Where does this train go
• 17:42Get off at the next station
• 17:50Twenty minutes late
• 18:04Eight upgrades
• 18:08Practice tonight
• 18:14Say it out loud
• 18:34The whole episode in one minute
• 18:36Move two, recap
• 18:44Move three, recap
• 18:57Move four, recap
• 19:05Ask before you board
• 19:08The station, replayed
• 19:24That traveller is you
• 19:33Your turn: where by train
• 19:43Practise this week
• 19:53One last drill
• 20:02Muscle memory travels with you
• 20:08This was Polyglot English
• 20:13I am Leo
• 20:15See you in the next episode

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