Transport Vehicles Vehicle is the general word for all types of road transport. oa bicycle bus coach A wi called truck) Travelling around re train plane c bus/coach driver train driver pilot | xi driver (¢) bus fare train fare airfare | fare | get/catch/ | get/catch/ Ay | getftoke 0 by bike /cycle/ goby goby Fide a bike get on/off get on/off getonjoft | eetin/out(of) | geton/or busstop/bus | platform/train | airport ‘tolvank station Station journey journey flight | I 62 | go to work by bus. It's only three stops. We got the train to Cardiff, but the journey was terrible. When the bus fares went up last month, my dad started cycling to work. | got out of the taxi and almost walked away without paying the fare. If there are more flights, airfares should be cheaper. ommon Itwas a good journey. (NOT ttwas a good travel) We were going to get the train to Paris, but in the end we decided to fly. Are you happy with public transport?* Where | live buses are not very convenient’; the nearest bus stop is half a mile away”. And when = Ido get the bus, | often have to wait ina v ‘queue? for about twenty minutes, and then three come along at the same time! ¢ People are always complaining about’ the re bus service, but where I live it’s good. I've got a bus stop round the corner’ and buses trun every ten minutes for most of the day, and they're usually reliable®, | get the train to work. Trains are expensive ~a return’ to London is forty pounds - but I've got a season ticket, and that makes it cheaper. My only real comptaint is that if! miss? my train, | have to wait half an hour for the next one, lish Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and intermediate * buses and trains for people touse Tnear or easy to use 2 the distance from a place standin aline “saying they are unhappy / not satisfied with Svery near you can trust them Taticket fora journey to aplace and back a ticket you can use many times within a period of time without paying each time ® don't catch (atrain or bus)28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 Exercises Choose the correct word(s) to complete the sentences. 1 We were late, so we had tog@0/ catch a taxi. You mustn’t ride drive a motorbike without a helmet in the UK. She told him to get in / get on the car and fasten his seat belt. The journey /travel to the airport takes half an hour. Trains to the airport travel /run every half hour. The pilot didn’t want to drive /fly the plane in such bad weather. They lefta bit late and last / missed the bus. | see that train fares / tickets are going up again. You mustn’t speak to the bus pilot / driver when he is driving, 10 We must get off out the bus at the next station /stop. Test your knowledge. Can you label the vehicles without looking at the opposite page? Complete the sentences. 1 Iwasn’t happy with the service, sol made a _...complaint 2 The flight was fine but we had a terrible... __from the airport to our hotel. 3 Where | live, the public transportiis not very —...........because the nearest bus stop is two kilometres nu. and there are no trains at all The train station is just rOUNd the oo nnnnsnnnnsffom where I tive Buses are not very... _.... Sometimes they come every five minutes, but other times you have to wait for forty minutes. When I got to the bus stop there was along .. sensne. Of people. Train fares are Cr9ZY: 8 nnn tO Glasgow Costs more than two singles. People are always... about the buses, but | don’t think they're that bad Luse the trains every day for work, SoV'Ve got smmatichet. Your train is going to depart from... six at 10:2! oe ‘Answer the questions about transport in your country. If possible, compare your answers with someone else. Are trains more reliable than buses? 2 Are return tickets usually twice the price of a single? 3 Is where you live convenient for public transport? Why? / Why not? 4 How often do you take a taxi? Why, and where do you go to? 5 How often do you ride a bike? 63 lary in Use Pre