Elementary Unit 9 Video Podcast Script

F = Finn

W1 = Woman 1

M1 = Man 1

F:

I usually get to work by bus. It takes about half an hour. Sometimes I

read a book on the way. How about you? How do you get to work?

M1:

I travel by bus. Its only one bus to work. It takes about 15 minutes.

M2:

I get to work by car.

W1:

Bus.

W2:

I walk to work.

M3:

I get to work on the tube and I walk some of the way.

W3:

About five minutes walk to the station, Waterloo station, and then I get
on a bus which takes about 20 25 minutes.

M4:

On most days I use the tube my journey into work and my journey
home at the end of the day.

M5:

I cycle to work. Thats the quickest and easiest way.

W4:

I cycle in to work every day on my bike.

F:

What do you do on your journey to work?

M3:

I usually listen to music or read.

M1:

Sometimes I listen to music and sometimes I read a book.

M4:

I either read the newspaper or I read books.

W4:

Take in the fresh air, the scenery, and try and avoid holes in the road
which are quite dangerous.

W3:

I listen to my iPod.

M5:

Well, sometimes, if its a bit of a quiet road, I can think about what Im
going to do that day.

W1:

I dream, usually. I just I love journeys. I love just looking out of the
window.
Well, its so short I dont actually do very much at all, apart from make
sure I dont have an accident.

M2:

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F:

What do you like about it?

M4:

Its fairly short, so my journey to work is only 30 minutes.

W3:

Its quick.

M2:

Its short. It only takes me 7 or 8 minutes.

W1:

Seeing how the landscape changes through the seasons.

M3:

I like listening to music and having some time to think before work.

M1:

Its quite early in the morning, which means that the bus is always quite
quiet, so I dont have to fight for a seat.

M5:

I like to have some fresh air and the exercise.

W4:

I just like the exercise that I get from it and being outside in the open.

W2:

Its not too far. I can walk or run. Its about quarter of an hours walk, so
I feel very healthy. I dont have to catch a bus.

F:

What dont you like about your journey to work?

M3:

I dont like it when its very busy in the mornings and I dont like it when
its hot and sweaty on the tube.

W1:

Its a very full bus. Its packed with people because its the work bus.

M5:

There are some very bad drivers on the road.

W3:

Sometimes the buses get overcrowded and a lot of people are going to
the same place.

W4:

I really dont like cycling to work when its raining because I get wet, all
my books get wet

M1:

In the winter its very cold that early in the morning and sometimes if I
miss the first bus I have to wait about 20 minutes for the next one to
come along.

W2:

In winter its very windy coming over the bridge and it makes my eyes
water.

M2:

Its so short, theres nothing to like or dislike about it.

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