Getting about town

Topical words:

to get about town пересуватися містом

to get on the bus сідати на автобус

to get off the bus виходити з автобуса

to go by tube / subway (Am) їхати на метро

to go on foot йти пішки

to change a bus пересідати на інший автобус

fare платня за проїзд

to cross the street переходити через вулицю

traffic lights світлофор

rush hours години пік

parking place місце для стоянки

How could I get to...? Як мені дістатися до...?

Could you show me the way to...? Покажіть мені дорогу до...

Am I right for...? Чи я правильно йду до..?

go straight [streit] йдіть прямо

turn round the corner поверніть за ріг

turn to the right / left поверніть праворуч / ліворуч

is it far from here? Це далеко звідси?

How long will it take me to get there? Скільки часу необхідно, щоб дістатися туди?

1. Read the text Put questions to the text and retell it:

In the streets, roads and squares of the town we see people walking and vehicles driving. The vehicles are: trams, buses, trolley-buses, taxis and motor-cycles, motor-scooters and bicycles.

Along the streets there are street lamps, at the corners of the streets there are traffic lights. The street lights are switched on when it gets dark; they are switched off when it gets light. When the red traffic light is switched on, the traffic stops: when the green light is switched on, the vehicles drive on.

Along the streets we also see bus, trolley-bus and tram stops. This is where get on and off. People wait for buses at the stops. They get on and of public transport there. In the streets there are also Tube stations where people get on and off the underground electric railway.

At big crossroads in large towns and cities there are subways for pedestrian, and fly-over for vehicles. There are sometimes subways for traffic too. At nearly all street corners there are pedestrian crossings for people to cross the road.

In England vehicles drive on the left. In Ukraine the traffic drives on the right.

Outside the towns, we travel from one place to another by train, plane or boat

2. Ask your friend:

1) what means of transport he prefers:

2) where one should cross the street:

3) what he thinks of the underground in Kyiv/ Moscow?

4) If he has ever used the underground in London or other towns abroad:

5) If he is fond of sightseeing in new towns/ports

Ex 3 Translate into English:

1. Вибачте, будь ласка, де мені пересісти на автобус № 49? 2. Ти взяв квиток? 3. Цей автобус довезе вас прямо до музею. 4. Я їду до станції метро "Дарниця". 5. Ми виходимо на наступній зупинці. 6. Автобус був переповнений, і ми не змогли ввійти. 7. Подивись, чи у тебе є дрібні гроші? 8. Ви виходите на наступній зупинці? 9. Мені здається, що ми сіли не на той тролейбус. 10. Якщо ви поїдете туди на метро, то будете на місці за 5 хвилин.

5. Give the Ukrainian equivalents for the following:

"No Let Turn", "Cross Here", "Parking", "No Parking'', "Slow Down", ^uNo Passage", "Horns Forbidden", "No Admittance", "Keep Left", "Admittance Free", "Used Tickets", "Bus Stop Request", "Station Full" (at the parking lot), "One Way Only", "Filling Station", "No Stopping", "Private", •'Beware of Cars", "Two Line Traffic", "Look Out When Crossing", "Road Under Construction", "Wet Paint", "Taxi-stand", "Keep Off the Grass", "Tickets and Trains" (in the London Tube), "For Litter", "Obey Pak Regulations", "Keep Our Town Clean".

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