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 will not be assessed in the event a passenger chooses to cancel travel on            Assistant:     First or standard class?
 account of the train being delayed two hours or more at the boarding                 Paul:          _______, please. When is the ________ _______ to
 station. Passengers who downgrade accommodation or reduce number of                                 Brighton?
 their party on board the train must obtain a Refund Authorization Form               Assistant:     Two minutes past ten, from _______ _______.
 from the conductor. Most refunds can be handled at Amtrak ticket of-
 fices upon presentation of original tickets but exceptions do exist; con-      TIME FOR FUN
 sult Amtrak. Tickets purchased at a travel agency must usually be re-
 turned to the agency; however, if a refund is required because of a ser-       1. Read the jokes and retell them to your partner(s).
 vice disruption or downgrade, Amtrak will process tickets issued by                                                 1
 travel agencies. Cancellation/change of reservations does not generate a             A woman came up to a ticket window to get information. “I say,
 refund. The actual unused/partially used ticket must be submitted. Am-         young man, what time does the next train arrive and how long does it wait
 trak will refund your tickets through the mail. Please send original tick-     here?”
 ets (photocopies not acceptable) via certified mail with return receipt to :         “From two to two to two-two,” was the quick answer.
 Amtrak Customer Refunds-East, 30th Street Station, 30th & Market
 Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104 or Amtrak customer Refunds-West, 210
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 South Canal Street, Chicago, IL 60661.
                                                                                       A lady with her son and daughter came to the railway booking-
        Comments on service. We encourage you to give us the benefit of         office. She asked for two and a half tickets.
 any comments, compliments, or suggestions you may have regarding                      “For whom is the half ticket?” asked the clerk.
 Amtrak service. Send comments to Amtrak, Office of Customer Rela-                     “For my son, of course,” answered the lady.
 tions, Washington Union Station, 60 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.,                       “But he can’t travel with a half ticket because he is wearing long
 Washington, DC 20002. (Note: include your ticket receipt.)                     trousers,” the clerk said.
                                                                                       “Oh, is that how you judge?” the lady asked quietly.
                                                                                       “Yes, it is,” the clerk answered.
                                                                                       The lady decided to teach him a lesson and said:
VIDEO VIEWING                                                                          “Then I shall tell you, young man, that I can use the half ticket, and
                                                                                my daughter can travel free.
Watch the video episode and fill in the gaps with missing words and                    After this the clerk gave out the tickets.
phrases.
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      And a good way to get about is by train. Something to look for is the
BritRailPass, which you can buy in your country. Once you bought it, you               A woman travelling by train was talking with the man in the next
can get free-train ________ anywhere in Britain. But if you want to buy an      seat. In describing her holiday she said she had visited San Jose.
________ ticket at the station you do it like this.                                    “You pronounce that wrong,” said the man. “It is San Hosay. In Cali-
                                                                                fornia you should pronounce all J’s as H’s. When were you there?”
      Paul:          ____ _______ to Brighton, please.                                 The woman thought a minute, then answered. “In Hune and Huly .”
      Assistant:     Single or return?
      Paul:          _____ , please.

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