Exercise from the BBC.com to practising giving and asking directions

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How to …
Asking for and giving directions
Listening activity
Listen to the directions and find which building on the map is the Post Office. You can find a
transcript and the answer on the next page.
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2. Transcript:
A: Hello, excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the nearest Post Office?
B: Erm, yea, sure – you go straight up this street. Take the second turn on the right. Keep
going along there, across one junction, and it’s right there on your left.
A: Thanks
B: Oh, no, hang on, wait a minute, there’s a closer one. Walk up this street, take the first left
and there’s a Post Office on your right at the next junction, sorry, I forgot about that one.
A: Thanks again
Answer:
There are two Post Offices. One is building F but the nearest is building N.
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