Методический материал по английскому языку на тему "Transport"

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We can say: I go to work on my bike (= bicycle), or I cycle to work.

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Get a bus, take a taxi                                                                     van                                  lorry                                6

bus train plane taxi bicycle car driver drive (L) fare get/catch/take get on/off journey bus station driver drive fare get/catch/take get on/off journey railway station pilot fly air fare get/take get on/off flight/journey airport driver drive fare get/take get in/out (of) taxi rank cyclist ride go on (my) get on/off ride driver drive go in (my) get in/out journey

Trains

These are things train passengers (z people who travel by train) often say or ask:

Single to Edinburgh, please. a ticket to Edinburgh) Return to Bath, please. (z a ticket to Bath and back) Does this train go to (z take me to) Oxford?

Do I have to change? change to another train) Is it a fast train or a stopping train?

A: Which platform for Liverpool?

B: Number three.

A: And when is the train due to arrive? (z timetabled to arrive)

Buses

Sometimes buses are punctual (z arrive at the correct time), but not always. Where I live, buses should run (2 travel/operate) every ten minutes, but sometimes I wait at the bus stop for half an hour in a queue (z line of people), and then three buses come together, and they're all full up. (z full of people) Other times the bus is early and I miss it. (z I don't catch it)            

Taxis show what you have to pay on the meter. When you want the driver to stop, you can say this: Could you drop me here? (z Could you stop here?) People often give taxi drivers a ti               = extra money as well as the fare). For example, if the fare is {8.40, you can give the driver 9.

138 English Vocabulary in Use (Pre-intermediate & intermediate)