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To express your opinion use the following:

What do you think of /about...? I believe...

What about...? I should say...

I don’t think much of..., do you? To my mind, ...

Don’t you think ...? If you ask me...

In my opinion... I reckon...

  1. Are these statements true or false?

  1. There are cheap tickets after a certain time of the day.

  2. It’s often nearly 50 % cheaper to trawl to London after 8.30.

  3. At a buffet it is possible to buy lunch or dinner.

  4. There are three classes in Britain.

  5. In England train passengers often converse with their fel­low-travellers.

  6. The porter doesn’t make a charge for this service, but he expects a tip.

  7. Some people travel more than 200 miles every day.

  8. On some trains there are study clubs.

  9. If a passenger has luggage and wants someone to carry it for him he must ask a ticket inspector.

  1. Give synonyms to the following words:

Railway, carriage, passenger, a ticket inspector, charge.

  1. Do a bit of translator work. Compare your translation with those of your classmates.

At the Station: Signs and Notices

Information Hairdresser

Waiting-room Telegraph

Registration Postage Stamps

Departure Money Orders

Arrivals Parcels

Cloak-room Service Bureau

To the trains Trunk Calls

Passengers are not wanted here Refreshments

  1. Match the words with their definitions below:

a single ticket — a ticket which allows you to travel any number of times during the stated period, a return ticket — money that you are asked to pay. a season ticket — a ticket which allows you to travel to a place but not back again, a through train — something arranged for travellers, service — it allows you to travel there and back,

charge — a train going from one place direct to an­

other when passengers do not have to change from one train to another.

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  1. Complete this conversation filling in the gaps with the proper prepositions.

Passenger: Porter, will you see ... my luggage, please?

Porter: Wheresir?

Passenger: I’m going ... the 10 o’clock train ... Glasgow. Will you have this trunk labelled and put... the luggage- van? The suitcase and bag can go ... the luggage- rack.

Porter: Right, sir. What class?

Passenger: First. Try and find me a comer seat ... a smoker, facing the engine, if you can.

Porter: Have you got your ticket yet, sir?

Passenger: Not yet. Where’s the booking-office?

Porter: Come me and I’ll show you. Here it is. I’ll

meet you ... the platform.

Passenger: Which platform is it?

Porter: Number 8,... there.

* * *

Passenger: One first... Glasgow, please.

Clerk: Single or return?

Passenger: Single... do I have to change, anywhere?

Clerk: No, no change, it’s a through train.

Passenger: Thank you.

* * *

Porter: Here you are, sir. I’ve found a comer seat next...

the corridor. Your carriage is next... the dining-car, and you can order lunch when the attendant comes along.

Passenger: What time do we get... Glasgow?

Porter: You’re due to arrive ... 6.15.

Passenger: Thank you. Here you are.

Porter: Thank you, sir. I hope you’ll have a comfortable

journey.

  1. Give all the derivatives to the words:

To commute, to call, regular, to climb.

  1. Recall and act out the conversation you ever had with:

  1. a booking-office;

  2. a porter.

You may want to mention the following:

To travel on business/for pleasure; to book a seat on/for a train; to reach one’s destination; to make a trip by railway; to go on a guided tour; a through train; a return ticket; an upper berth.

  1. 1) Read the passage carefully. Then write four sentenc­es about the text. Try to use your words. Make some of the sentences true and some of them false. Then test your partner.

  1. Underline all the adjectives in the passage and make sure you understand them. You may use a dictionary.

3} Would you like to go on this kind of holiday? Dis­cuss your answer with your partner.

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Glamour, romance and excitement; what better recipe could there be for a journey across Europe?

Victoria Station, ten o’clock, the morning of your own historic departure on the most glamorous and romantic of trains.

' At eleven sharp, the train moves off to an almost audi­ble sigh ofpleasure. There’s a glass of champagne in front of you, and the adventure has begun: this marvellous, mem­orable journey.

As the train travels through the pretty, undulating Kent countryside, lunch is served. The quality of the food and ser­vice on this great train is almost as famous as the train it­self.

All too soon, it seems, come the spectacular views of Folkestone’s picturesque fishing port as the train heads out towards the cross-channel ferry. Yet only a two-hour sail — spent in the luxury of the Venice Simplon-Orient Express lounge — separates you from the fresh delights of the conti­nental train...

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