Sunday, April 14, 2013

What can you do in Barcelona?

Hey everyone, for today's quick lesson we will look at a simple English expression you can use when traveling. 

What can you do in (city/country/area)?


In this question, you is talking about people in general. When you visit a tourist information office you don't say:

What can I do in New York? XXX weird English XXX

The staff don't know you, they have no idea what you like to do so you have to ask about what people usually do in New York....

Tourist: What can you do in New York?
Staff: Tons of things! You can visit museums like MOMA or the MET, see a Broadway musical or take a ferry to visit Ellis Island. 
Tourist: The ferry sounds nice, do you have any pamphlets?

So today's structure is the simple:

What can you do in _______?
You can...

You can use this with friends, people you meet while traveling, basically anyone you'd like to get advice about things to do in an area.

Have a good week,

Phil


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