When Travel Goes Wrong: 6 English Phrases for Cancelled Flights and Lost Bags

Your English is fine until something goes wrong. Then it disappears. And this is the one travel situation where you need English while you are angry. Emma and Leo talk through 6 phrases native speakers actually use, then drill them twice - once in a real conversation, once on their own. Level: A2-B2. THE 6 PHRASES 1. be cancelled - not happening at all, called off completely 2. lost luggage - bags that did not arrive with you 3. be stranded - left somewhere with no way to get away 4. be entitled to something - have the right to receive it 5. a refund - your money given back to you 6. make a claim - formally ask a company for money you are owed CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome 0:10 Today's topic 1:03 Not happening at all 1:46 The bags that did not come 2:24 Unable to leave 3:05 What you have a right to 3:43 Getting the money back 4:19 Asking for what you are owed 4:55 Word Tour: all 6 phrases 5:48 Say It Better 6:33 Recap 7:07 Your turn What is the worst thing that has gone wrong on a trip of yours? Tell us in the comments - we read every one. Subscribe for a new real-life English conversation every week. #LearnEnglish #TravelEnglish #FlightCancelled #EnglishPhrases