Getting about Town

ТЕМА: Getting about Town

Write down the following words and word combinations into your exercise-books and memorize them. Запишіть слова та словосполучення у зошити та запам'ятайте їх.

Active Vocabulary

to get about town  пересуватися містом

to go by tube/subway їхати на метро

to go on foot йти пішки

to change a bus пересідати на інший автобус

to cross the street переходити через вулицю

traffic lights світлофор

rush hours години пік

to take the bus сісти на автобус

pavement тротуар

pedestrians пішоходи

to pay fare платити за проїзд

to depend on залежати (від)

traffic вуличний рух

vehicles засоби пересування

overcrowded переповнений

to get lost заблукати

at the crossroad на перехресті

to the right (left) праворуч(ліворуч)

to go straight along йти прямо по...

in the direction of у напрямку

to walk past пройти повз

to take the first turning to the right (left) на першому повороті звернути праворуч (ліворуч)

to turn into…street повернути на вулицю...

across the street на протилежному боці вулиці

nearby неподалік

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

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

Could you, please, tell me the way to… Покажіть мені дорогу до...?

Is it far from here? Це далеко звідси?

What’s the best way to get to…? Як найкраще дістатися до...?

How long will it take me to get to…?  Скільки часу потрібно, щоб дістатися до...?

Read and translate the text:

Getting about Town

A town is a large number of houses, schools, hospitals, theatres, factories and other buildings built near each other. Streets divide all these buildings into blocks. On one side of the street the buildings have even numbers, on the other—odd numbers. Along the streets run cars, buses and trolley-buses. On both sides of the streets there are pavements on which people walk.

People usually cross the streets at special places, called crossings. When the traffic is very heavy, the policeman, who regulates the movement of the cars and buses, has to stop the never-ending stream by raising one hand, thus giving the pedestrians a chance to cross the street.

In the centre and in important parts of a large town, there are squares, gardens and market places. Certainly, in every town there are places of interest, such as monuments, cathedrals, museums, etc.

People use various means of communication to get from one place to another. When getting about town one can go by bus, by tram, by trolley-bus or by the underground. The underground in large cities is very popular with the citizens. It’s the fastest and most convenient way of going about town. If you have to travel a short distance you make take a bus, a tram, a trolley-bus or go on foot. If there is no direct bus to your destination you’ll have to change to another bus, (trolley-bus, tram). When we travel on buses, (trolley-buses, trams, etc.) we have to pay fare. It doesn’t depend on the distance you go. If there are many cars, buses and trolley-buses in the town we say that the traffic is heavy. If the vehicles are few we say that the traffic is light. The traffic is especially heavy in the rush hours, that is in the morning when people are hurrying to work and in the evening when people are coming back home. At this time the public transport is overcrowded (packed to the full).

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