Public & Private Transportmotorcycle or motorbike motocicleta bicycle bike, cycle bicicleta bus local journeys autobús coach long journeys autobús Where to take/catch/board different for
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motorcycle (or motorbike) motocicleta bicycle (bike, cycle) bicicleta
bus (local journeys) autobús coach (long journeys) autobús
Where to take/catch/board different forms of public transport:
A I have missed my bus to work I need to take a taxi Where can I find a taxi?
B At the taxi rank
A Where can I catch the bus to Leicester?
B From the bus station, bay 8.
A I need to catch a bus to town, where is the bus stop?
B There’s a bus stop over there in front of the café.
A I’m going to Nottingham for the weekend Is there a tram to the Robin Hood
Museum?
B Yes, it runs every 15 minutes from the tramway.
A I’m taking the coach to Gatwick airport on Friday It leaves from the coach bays at the bus station at half past three in the morning I have to be at bay 2 at twenty past
three!
B How long does it take?
A About two and a half hours
B Perhaps you can sleep on the coach.
A I work in the City of London I catch a train from Northampton rail (railway) station to
London Euston at 7.30 every weekday morning
B Do you work near Euston?
A No, I then have to take the tube (underground) from Euston to Moorgate.
A Let’s take the ferry over to Calais this weekend It is only £69 for a car and 4
passengers We can catch it from the ferry port at Dover
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Trang 2B No, let’s take the Eurostar (train) It leave from London Paddington (railway station) and will take us all the way to Paris
A My brother is flying over from Ireland this weekend His plane lands at midnight on
Friday
B Which airport is he flying into?
C Stansted
A Excuse me, I need to go to gate C to board my plane, could you tell me where it is
please?
B Yes, it’s down there, opposite the VIP lounge.
A We are going for a luxury cruise to Caribbean next week
B What time do you board?
A Boarding starts at 10.30 am Our ship leaves from Berth 46, Ocean Dock at the Eastern Docks, Southampton.
B Isn’t that where the Titanic sailed from? Bon Voyage!!
NB In 1912 the Titanic left from the White Star Dock (near today's Ocean dock) on *her maiden voyage
En el año 1912 el Titanic partió de la White Star Dock (cerca de donde el Ocean Dock es hoy) en su viaje
inaugural
*Ship is one of the few nouns in the English language that is given a gender, though this practice is declining.
And now, private transport
A There are too many cars on the road these days I hate driving in rush hour traffic I wish I was a millionaire – I’d have a helicopter and a private island with a helicopter pad!
B You’ll need to buy a ticket for the Euro Millions first! If you win, you can buy me a
private jet and a private airfield to keep it on!
A Hmm, perhaps a realistic thing to do is buy a bike and then I could get through the
traffic quicker
B Yes! We could get a tandem!
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