Grammar: Indirect
questions
Topic: Asking the
way
'
i
Communication:
Directions. Arresting
someone's
attention.
Gratitude
Part A
I. Read the tixt and
speak abbut the English
trdlfic.
Text:
Traffic in London
There is a lot of
haffic in the streets
of
London.
Most
of London buses are the
famous red double-deckers
that have
two.platforms
for
passengers.
There
are
also
green
one-storey
buses, they run
from
London
to the
countryside. Brown
buses belong to
British railways.
Be careful when
you
cross the street in London,
because in Britain the traffrc
keeps to
the left, and not to
the right as in European
countries.
When
you
want to cross the
sfteet, look first to the right and
then to the left.
The
traffic
lights
in Britain are
not
like
those
in
Europe.
The red light says
'Stop', the
green
light says 'Wait' and the
yellow
light says 'Cross'.
'Keep
lef is the
general
rule in Great Britain.
People cross the
street
at the
black-
and-white crossing, but if ttrey
are
in a hurry they
just
run across at
any
place
.
Sometimes a
policeman
stops
them. They call him
'Bobby'.
He stands at
street corners regulating the traffic.
IIow?
Ways of travelling
2. Ted is
talking about u holiday which he
had once
in
the
United
States
ll/rite
prepositions
from
the table above in
lhese
blonks, adding other words
if necessary
@.g.
the,$.
In New York I went around on
foot mainly. You
can visit
ttre
Statue
of
Liberty boat, and
-
bout
I
-"t
anothei Englishman.
We
decided to
go
together to San Francisco
_
bus, because
it's
cheaper than
going
train or
plane.
Altogether we spe4t
four
days and nights
_
bus. We
wauted
to
go
round San Francisco caq a cousin of mine lent me his car,
but after
we'd b€en
_
car for only a few
hours, it
broke down. By this
time
it was midnight,
and
we started to
go
back
to my cousin's house foot,
but a
lorry-driver
stopped
and took us back
_
lorry,. I came back to Lon-
don
_
air, and I can tell
you
I was too tired to
talk
to anyone
_
plane!
I
think
it would be
great
to do the trip from New York to San Francisco
motorbike.
There's
a book'about
a man who took his small son right across
the States
old motorbike.
On time and
ln
time
l. On time means 'at exactly the correct
time'.
The train arrived right on time.
2. In time means
'not
late, early enough to be able to do sth'.
Will we be in time for the six o'clock
train?
The ambulance
got
there
just
in time
(=
to save sb's
3. FilI iz.' on time or in
time.
t
,,'i
;
,
Mr Savage
was driving very fast last
night
because
he
wanted
to be home ...
for the late
film. He knew it
probably
wouldn't start
...
but he didn't want
to
take
any chanctjs. Suddenly, a boy on
a bicycle appeared in
front
ofhis
car
and
Mr
Savage
just
managed
to
stqp
... to avoid hitting
him. He
:lvas
so
frightened by this that he dreve
the rest
of
the way
home
very slowly. Unfor-
tunately, the
film had star,ted . .
-
and
he missed the first
half hour
of
it.
4. Answer the
questions
:
l. What
is the traffic in.yorlr
city like? 2. What
kind of city hansport
do
yo.t
like? 3, Whai
is the most cohVenient
ineans of city transfiort?
4. At'6that
tim€
does
the bus service begin
in
your
citf 5.
Till what time do buses run?
6.
What
do we
call
the
hours when the city
transport carries the
greatest
number
of
passengers?
7. When
are buses
usually full? 8. What
do
we
call the mortey
passengers
pay
for their
trip'on buses? 9.
Do
you
find the tansport
service in
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In seneral
When talkins about
oarticular
vehicles
by
bikey'motorbikey'car/
van/t,ony/trainlplanel
airlbuVtram/ship
on hiVthat, etc.
bikdmotorbike
iz nrylthig etc-
cat/vanAorry
on the
hain/plane/buVtram/ship
boat
oz the boat
(ifa
large boat)
in the boat
(if
a small boat)
on foot
Examples
:
I like travelling by
bike.
I travelled around Italv on rru caz.siri
'.s
bike.
Note
It is oossible- but less usual. to sav in the train. etc.
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