ay ae ELEMENTARY with mini-dictionary ita Layte 4 sarah cunningham peter moor ae i ek correGetting from A toB con and can’t Articles: a/on, the and zero Vocabulary and reading: Transport Listening and vocabulary: At the airport Task: Complete a survey about transport > Reallife: Buying a ticket vvVyY v Transport Find these types of transport in the photos, ‘motorbike abu atrain atm | | stax anaeroplne car ashe ascooter aferry abicycle an underground 2 subway train Put the types of transport in order from fast to slow. Then compare your answers with another student. 1 = aeroplane 3 How do these people usually travel in your town? = schoolchildren ~ students and young peopie ~ businesspeople ~ old people = police officers bycr) Cbybus Find these things in the photos, people waiting in aqueue passengers acrowded train travelling fast travelling slowly bad tratlic 42¥v Transport facts! ») Peopie in most countries drive on the right ~ but people drive on the left in (a) ___ countries, including Japan, India, Australia and Britain, @®) inthe usa (b) _____ people in every thousand drive a car. In Japan, it's {640 and in Germany i's $70. More than (c) people in the world ride a bicycle! ©@) In Tokyo, people never wait for more than (d) minutes for an underground train, The only prablom is i's often difficult to get on or off a train because they're so crowded! @) (©) —___ people tly ta Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta, USA every year! (That's about one hundred and fifty people every minute! ©) 1n Chino, te 30 km journey from Shanghai city centre to Pudong Airport takes ‘only (f) ______. minutes on the new Magnetic Levitation (Mag Lev) train. ' @®) ost people in Moscow go to work by underground. The Moscow Metra - acto ie has 165 stations and about (g) _______ passengers every day. The ) Which sentences are true for your country? Correct the false ones. Then compare with other students. 2 Mast people drive small cars. Not many people walk to the shops False. most people drive big Alot of people ride bicycles to cars! work = People always wott in o queue to ¢ Trafic Is @ problem all day ue gst on a bus 4 The buses are very crowded € People often fy from one city toh Taxis drive very slowly another Read Language summary A on page 152 43Pee en ete oa Ree aay Tees ee ce) Boge neers Look at the phiotos and read about Karen. Where is she? Where does she want to go? Read about four ways to get to JFK Airport and. © complete the table, ‘time (in hours’ | cost minutes) typets) of transport Work in pairs. Decide the best way for Karen to go to the airport. GEEED Listen to someone working out how she should travel, Was your answer the same? Complete the gaps with can or can't (cannot). she take a bus at twenty past three. She take a taxi because she's only got $25. ‘ she take the subway to the airport? Read Language summary B on page 153. Pronunciation Listen and mark the ten sentences +, -or ? Look at the tapescript on page 167 and practise saying the sentences. 44 o You can take a taxi but itis often slow because of the traffic. The journey takes about an hour and costs $35 (and also a tip of 15-20% for the driver!) ® You can take a subway the ‘A train) to Howard Beach-JFK ome i Station and then a bus to the I airport terminal, a journey of . about 90 minutes. The subway costs $2 and the bus is free ° You can walk -_ through Central ee Tit we Park to the a 8 a" —— Se Museum of SPIE ee Natural History {about twenty minutes) From there, you can take the subway to Howard Beach-JFK Station ($2) and then an AirTrain to JFK Aiport Station ($5) I takes about an hour on the subway and another twehe minutes onthe Alain, Oo You can take the i subway to Grand Centra Station. it e : takes five minutes 7 and costs $2. From there you can take the New York Airport Express bus. The journey takes about an hour and costs $13. In the afternoon, the buses leave every twenty minutes at three o’dock, twenty past three, twenty to four, etcPractice 1 Gina is asking about things you can and can't do in New York. Listen and mark the sentences if you can do this. x if you can't 2 fit depends. travel by tram x smoke in the subway © eatona train d_ finda taxi easily have five people in a taxi f drive at sixty kilometres an hour 4g ridea bicycle safely hh eat in a restourant at midnight 1 smoke in a restaurant 2 Work in pairs. ask and answer about the things in exercise 1 Either Ask and answer about New York Or Ask and answer about your cityrtown. (“Gan you travel by >) \ team in New York? “Gan you find a taxi) easily in Hamburg?_/ 2 C Wedepends. Wiite eight sentences about things you can and can't do in your city You can’t smolet on buses. You cam drive im the city centre Listening and vocabulary At the airport Keren is at JFK Airport, Look at her travel itinerary and answer the questions a What times are her flights? b_ Which oirports do they go to? What are the flight numbers? Penne Sun 02Nov | Checkin by 16.30 American Airlines Desk Terminal X, Flight A100 | Scheduled departure: 18.30 JFK ‘Scheduled arrival 07.25 Londen Heathrow (LHR) Mon 03 Nov | Check in by 08.00 British Airways Desk Flight 840572| Scheduled departure: 09.35 LHR ‘Scheduled arrival: 12.30 Milan: Malpensa MXP 2D. GB match the phrases in with the meanings in 8 A 8 @ intransi 1 isto b checkin \_2- goto © boarding 2 Ghanging fom one pane to another te delayed 4 lel last call 5 show your ticket and passport at a desk 1 proceed to 6 geting om (a plane) 38 Listen to the announcements at JFK Airport and answer the questions. (You do not need to understand every announcement.) 1 Where does Karen check in? 2. What is the problem with her fight? 3. What is the gate number for her flight? b Listen to the announcements at Heathrow Airport and answer the questions 1 At Heathrow Airport, where does Karen go? 2 What is her gate number? 45,aS module 5 Getting from A to B , | vy NDS) Remerryirniy fii Salem Al-Romeithi is twenty-three years old. He's an (2) and he lives with his family in a targe house in (b) works for an international company from (d) alarge city in ©) wo He but at the O) he spends all his time playing (g) ___ Articles (2): a/an, the and zero ERB Look at the photos and complete the text about Salem Al-Romeithi with the words in the box. Then listen and check. gor the United Arab Emirates Saturday Dubai Wednesday weekend engineer 1. Underline the articles a/anvthe in the text about Salem. When do we use on? 2 Complete the gaps with a/an, the or zero (no 2 word. 2 we've got @ new car, he lives in apartment in __bigcity — Salem, hes ‘Mrs wilson, Doctor Singh 1 _ politicin, she's —teacher,m_—_artst | 2 its — capital ity, t’sin — city centre, 3 it's on rightiett 4 5 jin Bangkok, in Dubai, in Spain In — UAE, in USA, in — UK In morning, in — afternoon, at __ weekend 6 ‘on Saturday, from __ Monday to Friday 010 work go —fome,at_—sehool | 7 by bus, by —car,on fot (1 by busty 9 10 Read Language summary C on page 153 Hive in (2) = city but we have (3) traffic. Most people come to work by (4) so it's very busy in (5) ___— morning when they come into (6) evening when they go (8) 9) car. My journey to (11) twenty-five minutes. | also use my car at (12) weekend when | play golf. guage fo 2 Practice a Complete the gaps with a/an, the or ~ (no word). Dubai. It's (2) __— fantastic real problem with car city centre, and in (7) — home. I'm engineer and | have (10) ___ company work takes about [EW uisten and check. a Write the answers to these questions using a phrase with a/an, the or zero (no word) ‘What's your father’s jab? What's your mother's job? Where do your parents live? How do you come to school? What other ways can you travel 10 school if you want to? Which day(s) do you usually do your English homework? When do you usually watch TV? Which things do you usually carry in your bag? ‘What is your favourite day of the week? Why? What do you usually do in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening? b Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. 462 Work in small groups or teams. Answer the quiz questions with clan, the or ~ (no word}. Then check your answers on page 147, HG] what are the capital cities of these countries? a Korea Argentina ¢ Poland =~ d Canada HE what are these people's jobs? HEE) 0n which side of the road do people drive in these countries? (Do not look at page 431) a Australia b USA © UK BY what are these objects? HEE] where are these cities? a Boston b Sao Paulo ¢ Cape Town d Seville HG in which countries/cities are these buildings? a7<—~ module 5 Getting from Ato B Task: Complete a survey about transport Task: speaking Preparation: reading and writing 4] Work in the same pairs Student A and Student 8. Ask 4 Work in pairs. Student A: Look at the survey on this page and answer your questions Student B: Look at the survey on page 141 Check any unknown words with your teacher or in your dictionary. > Useful language a 2 a Write the questions in the survey in ful Work with a group of three or four students. Student As you/driveacar? can you drive @ car? work together. Student Bs work How far / walk every week? How far do you walk every weele? together. Tell the group what you learnt about your partner. b Practise reading the questions clearly. Ask your teacher if you need help with pronunciation. TRANSPORT SURVEY @ iow far walk every week? —-»- Brida scooter? O > Useful language b 0 to Skilometres Q 6 to 10 kilometres @ ‘ide a motorbike? O 11 to 20 kilometres © more than 20 kilometres © @ How / usually travel when you go @ How often / travel by car? on holiday? ¥ several hours every day ©) + by plane Oe + every day or nearly every day © several times every week ©) not very often © © What / think of the roadsitYour ED Which of these types of transport / town? like best? . * plane O * good » boat © + okay O + motorbike Q + poor O + bigyle O I don't know © @ ever take / taxis? + often + sometimes OQ + not very often O s never gai asCes a Answering questions Yes, often / sometimes / every day. No, never. About (five kilometresiminutes/hours. | walk to (the city centre). | think it's (good) Like (travelling by car / walking) best. b Talking about your partner Giulio likes travelling (by train), Marina doesn'tican't (ride a bicycle). Yurniko thinks taxis are (expensive) Follow up: writing Write about how you use public transport. | travel to sehool by the journey is about use public transport I thine public transport in ney town is Buying a ticket Florence is in London. She wants to travel to Paris. Put the conversation in a ticket office in the correct order. Oi Here yc Platform eighteen. D Single ] Single or return? Thor's £94.50. ticket s, please ... the six. 160 hank you. Sign there, please. Listen and check. Practise the conversation in pairs. D Listen to two conversations and answer the questions below for each one. ‘Where does the person want to go? Does he/she want a single or o return ticket? ‘What time is the train? Which platforrn Is it? What time does it arrive? ‘Work in pairs. Student A: Read the information below. Student B: You are the ticket clerk. Read the information on page 144 G, Change roles. Student B: Read the information below. Student A: You are the ticket clerk. 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