City transport

Week 8

Tasks / Задания:

1. Speak about: General facts about your country

2. Text “City transport”

3. Grammar: Past Perfect tense

1. Speak about:

General facts about your country:

Geographical position, customs and traditions.

Work with a partner. Answer these questions. Then discuss your ideas with the rest of the class.

1. Do you know the plan of your country well?

2. What are the main general features of your country?

3. Can you name the largest mountain chains, the deepest lakes, the longest rives?

4. Why do you think it is important to know the geographical features of your country?

5. What is typical for your nation?

6 Can you tell about general customs and traditions of your country?

7. Do you know the origin of these holidays?

8. Do you have any national holidays?

9. How do you usually celebrate them?

10. Do you know any unusual or funny traditions?

Read and translate the text

City transport

London taxis drive round the centre of the city looking for customer. Taxis are often called cabs, from French cabriolet, which is a nineteenth-century word for a coach drawn by a horse.

Traditional taxi-drivers, or cabbies, are proud of their knowledge of London. They have to know every street in the 113 square miles of central London and spend up to four years learning the best routes. To get their license, they have to pass a series of tests, known as The Knowledge, until they are absolutely accurate in their answers. Because of this long training period, cabbies are often angry that people can drive minicabs without a license. Minicabs look like normal cars, do not have meters and cannot pick up people in the street: people have to phone for one.

Look through the new words. Guess their meaning:

Electric railway; Tram; Trolleybus; Bus; Double-decker; Coach; Metro, underground, subway. How do you think what do these words mean in general?

Match the words and their meanings:

1. Tram 2. Trolley 3. Coach 4. Cab/Taxi 5. Bus

a) Public conveyance, that travels along a fixed route and takes up and sets down b)small low truck running on rails c) public transport powered by electricity on rails in the road surface d) long-distance, single-decked bus; it goes to more remote or isolated places e) motor-car which may be hired for journeys, also has a device which automatically records the fare during a journey

Read the new words, find their translation and learn them by heart:

Sliding doors Platform Conductor fare Crew fare Double-decker Bus stop Rush hour Tube Metro Tip rack

Destination Inspector Subway Hail Check Single-decker Taxi rank Driver Coach Meter Escalator Cab Lift

3. Grammar:

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