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2.19. Complete the following dialogues.

'd like to go to this address. -Sure./ Could you stop/call at the Grand Hotel? Certainly, madam/sir.

a) A: Paddington, please _______9:15 train.

B: 9:15? We'll make it all right.

A: Would ______? _________ (stop at the hotel, pick up things)

B: OK. I'll wait. You're in good time. That'll be £ 3.25 p.

A: Thank you ________.

b) A: Excuse me; does this bus go to London Bridge?

B: No, _________ (change, # 720 bus)

A: Can you tell me where to get off?

B: Yes, ____________ (next stop)

c) A: Sorry, how do I get to Smith Street?

B: Take _______ (the Tube to Smith Square, turn left, take the second on

the right)

A: Great, thanks.

d) A: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the accounting department?

B: Take ________ (the lift, fourth floor, second door on the right)

A: Thank you.

e) A: _________ (Oxford Circus)

B: You should take the Piccadilly line.

A: _____________ ?(change)

B: Yes, you'll have to change at Piccadilly Circus on to the Waterloo line.

A: ____________ (which sign)

B: Just follow the sign "Northbound".

2.20. A) Work with a London underground map below. Practice asking for

and explaining the routes between the following stations on the map:

Marble Arch > Monument

St. Paul’s > Knightsbridge

Victoria > Covent Garden > Bank

Covent Garden > Marble Arch > Edgware Road

b) Imagine that your partner asks you the way to the nearest hospital/the local

cine­ma/the nearest bank/ the Town Hall Square/the nearest hotel/nearest

bus stop. Give directions.

c) You would like to invite your partner over for a cup of coffee. Give him or

her exact information on how to get to your place and have him or her repeat

the instructions so that you can be sure that he or she will not get lost.

T 2.21. What’s in the name? Scan each of these short texts to find the answer to the question before each texts.Axi Facts

Why is a taxi called a ‘taxi’?

Taxis and cabs are terms used in Britain to describe vehicles which are legally allowed to look for passengers. It is illegal for other vehicles to display the words ‘taxi’, ‘cab’ or ‘hire’. The word ‘taxicab’, usually shortened to ‘taxi’, comes from a taximeter. This is the instrument which measures the distance travelled, or time taken, and automatically calculates the fare. This device was invented in 1891.

Why is a cab called a ‘cab’?

“Cab” is an abbreviation for ‘cabriolet’, a one-horse two-wheeled carriage. Cabs replaced four-wheeled carriages in the 1840s and 1850s because they were easier to drive in the crowded city streets.

Why is a cab sometimes referred to as a ‘hackney’ cab?

Originally a hackney carriage was a four-wheeled carriage drawn by a hackney, a slow-walking horse – from an old French word haquenée (not to be confused with Hackney – an area of north-east London). A ‘hackney cab’ is now synonymous with ‘taxi’, although London’s last horse-drawn carriage received its licence in 1946.

Does your cab driver have a bale of hay on board?

If not, he is breaking the law. In the days when cabs were horse-drawn, regulations protected the horses so that they would not be hungry. While still technically a law, fortunately for today’s cabbies it is no longer enforced!

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