title:Good morning, folks.

Conversation text:

Rita: Good morning, folks. I hope you enjoyed the ferry ride from Vancouver.
Welcome to Victoria, British Columbia. We have a lot to see today, so let's get this tour started!

Rita: This historic landmark is the Fairmont Empress Hotel.
Many famous guests have stayed here, from writers, kings and queens, to actors and actresses, to politicians.

Ken: Can you tell us when the hotel opened?

Rita: Yes, it opened in 1907.

Yuka: Do you know how much a room costs for one night?

Rita: Well, the Empress is a luxury hotel, so a room should run over 300 Canadian dollars.

Rita: This is the Royal British Columbia Museum.
It contains a giant woolly mammoth, and masks made by the first people who lived in this area, the Kwakwaka'wakw.

Jane: Rita, can you tell me how late the museum is open?

Rita: Yeah. It's open until 5 p.m.

Jane: Thank you, (to Ken) Maybe we'll go there later.

Rita: This is Thunderbird Park. In 1941, these totem poles were actually set up outside the museum.

Yuka: Excuse me, but can you tell us where the totem poles come from originally?

Rita: Yeah. They're from the people of the \"First Nations.\" That's the term we use in Canada for indigenous people.
The images represent animals and people, and they tell stories from history.

Rita: Craigdarroch Castle was built in the 1890s.
It has four floors and thirty-nine rooms. It's famous for its stained-glass windows.

Ted: Wha, what, what?

Rita: Oh, you're awake now.

Ted: Oh, no. I guess I fell asleep. What time is it?

Rita: It's a quarter after one.

Ted: Oh, no! My flight leaves at three. I have to get back to Vancouver.

Can you tell me how long it will take to get to the Vancouver airport from here?

Rita: Well, it's going to take a long time.
You have to get back to the harbor, and then get onto the ferry, and then get back to the airport. So,...

Ted: Ugh. Can you tell me how long until the tour ends?

Rita: About 45 minutes to an hour from now.

Ted: Oh, no. That's not enough time for me to make my flight!

Rita: This is Beacon Hill Park.
The totem pole was carved in 1956 by a Kwakwaka'wakw artist named Mungo Martin.
It's actually the fourth tallest in the whole world.

Yuka: Can you wait while we take some pictures?

Rita: Yeah, sure. No problem.

Ken: Thanks!

Ted: Too many totem poles in this place— (to Rita) Hey, can you tell me when the next ferry for Vancouver leaves?

Rita: Um, 3 o'clock.
Rita: OK, here we are, back at the ferry. And that concludes our tour of Victoria, B.C.
I hope that you guys enjoyed your tour, and we hope that you'll enjoy your stay while you are here in Victoria!

Jane: Thank you.

Ken: Thank you.

Rita: All right.

Yuka: Thank you.

Rita: No problem (to Ted) Hey, listen, sorry you missed your flight.

Ted: Oh, well. Since there's not enough time to make my flight I'll just find a room in a cheap hotel and sleep!... Oh, there's one. I'll just go there. Bye!

Rita: That's not...

Ted: Oh, no!