Lesson 11: Lost & Found Property

Vocabulary

• Lost property – objetos perdidos

• Found item – objeto encontrado

• Report – informe / reporte

• Description – descripción

• Location – ubicación

• Time – hora

• Belongings – pertenencias

• Secure – asegurar

• Storage room – sala de almacenamiento

• Owner – propietario

Language Support

Situations (All phrases used below):

Inicio del reporte →
I would like to report a lost item.

Solicitud de descripción →
Can you describe the item, please?

Lugar y hora →
Where did you last see it?

Confirmación →
Let me check our records.

Objeto encontrado →
We have found an item matching your description.

Procedimiento →
Please come with me to the security office.

Cierre profesional →
We will do our best to assist you.

Questions / Answers

Click on the Audio and practise in this section with it.

(Haga clic en el botón Audio y practique en esta sección con él.)

I would like to report a lost item.
→ Of course. Can you describe the item, please?

It is a black wallet.
→ Where did you last see it?

In the lobby around 9 p.m.
→ Let me check our records.

We have found an item matching your description.
→ That’s great, thank you.

Please come with me to the security office.
→ Certainly.

We will do our best to assist you.
→ I appreciate it.

Translation (Castilian Spanish)

I would like to report a lost item.
→ Me gustaría reportar un objeto perdido.

Can you describe the item, please?
→ ¿Puede describir el objeto, por favor?

Where did you last see it?
→ ¿Dónde lo vio por última vez?

Let me check our records.
→ Déjeme revisar nuestros registros.

We have found an item matching your description.
→ Hemos encontrado un objeto que coincide con su descripción.

Please come with me to the security office.
→ Por favor, acompáñeme a la oficina de seguridad.

We will do our best to assist you.
→ Haremos todo lo posible por ayudarle.

Activation

Student must speak.
(El alumno debe hablar.)

Example:

I would like to report a lost item.
→ Can you describe the item, please?

Translation:
Me gustaría reportar un objeto perdido.
→ ¿Puede describir el objeto, por favor?

Practice

Say one sentence about…
(Di una frase sobre…)

• reporting a lost item

• asking for a description

• asking about location and time

• confirming you will check records

• informing about a found item

• directing to the security office

Personal Questions

Record yourself answering the questions.
(Graba tu respuesta a las preguntas.)

A guest reports lost belongings.
What do you say first?
¿Qué dice primero?

You need a description.
How do you ask?
¿Cómo lo pregunta?

You must know where and when it happened.
What do you ask?
¿Qué pregunta?

You find a matching item.
What do you tell the guest?
¿Qué le dice al huésped?

You want to close professionally.
What do you say?
¿Qué dice?