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ESL Podcast 801 – Reading Online Reviews
ESL Podcast 801 – Reading Online Reviews
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Travel
Audio Index:
Slow dialogue: 1:19
Explanations: 3:26
Fast dialogue: 16:00
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Marisa: When we go to our favorite vacation
spot in two months, let’s stay at a
different hotel.
Oscar: I like the hotel we always stay at. It’s in
a
convenient location and we’re already
familiar with it.
Marisa: That’s just it. It’s tried and
true,
but there’s no novelty and
excitement in
staying in the same place
year after year.
Oscar: I don’t need novelty.
Marisa: Let’s just consider some of these other
hotels I’ve been reading about. They are very
highly ranked and their
ratings are very good.
Oscar: You’re putting strangers’
reviews
above our own experience?
Marisa: Of course not, but just look at this
hotel.
It received three stars out of four,
and it
has a lot of pros.
Oscar: Let me see that. It also has some
cons, such as being noisy and
pricy.
Marisa: Okay, maybe that isn’t the best
example.
I didn’t notice that they got dinged
on
those things, but let’s look at a few
others.
Oscar: I’ll keep an open mind, but
I’m
dubious about online reviews. I
take
everything I read with a grain of
salt. The only people who post reviews
are
those who love it or hate it.
Marisa: I’ll just find a hotel that everyone loves.
Oscar: And that doesn’t break the
bank?
Marisa: Right.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
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