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28 Transport

A Vehicles

Vehicle is the general word for all types of road transport. bicycle

bus
lorry (also
called truck)
coach
van motorbike
B Travelling around

bus/coach train plane taxi bicycle
bus/coach driver train driver pilot taxi driver cyclist

(£) bus fare train fare airfare fare

get / catch / get / catch / fly get/take go by bike / cycle /
go by go by ride a bike

get on/off get on/off get on/off get in / out (of) get on/off

bus stop / bus platform / train airport taxi rank
station station

journey journey flight

I go to work by bus. It’s only three stops.

We got the train to Cardiff, but the journey was terrible. Common mistakes
When the bus fares went up last month, my dad started cycling
to work. It was a good journey.
I got out of the taxi and almost walked away without paying the fare. (NOT It was a good travel.)
If there are more flights, airfares should be cheaper.
We were going to get the train to Paris, but in the end we decided to fly.

C Are you happy with public transport?*

1
Where I live buses are not very convenient ; the * buses and trains for people
nearest bus stop is half a mile away . And when 1 to use
2
I do get the bus, I often have to wait in a 2 near or easy to use
queue for about twenty minutes, and then 3 the distance from a place
3
three come along at the same time! stand in a line

4
People are always complaining about the 4 saying they are unhappy / not
bus service, but where I live it’s good. I’ve satisfied with
5
got a bus stop round the corner and buses 5 very near
run every ten minutes for most of the day, 6 you can trust them
and they’re usually reliable .
6

I get the train to work. Trains are expensive 7 a ticket for a journey to a place
– a return to London is forty pounds – but 8 and back
7
I’ve got a season ticket , and that makes it a ticket you can use many times
8
within a period of time without
cheaper. My only real complaint is that if I paying each time
miss my train, I have to wait half an hour 9 don’t catch (a train or bus)
9
for the next one.

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