Transport-Customer Relations Transport List some

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Transport-Customer Relations Transport List some different means of transport. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each one for long or short distances? How do you prefer to travel? Why? Exam Question Travelling can often be tiring and uncomfortable. What kinds of things can be done to make the journey more agreeable for the passenger travelling by these means of transport? air • rail sea • coach Vocabulary These words are all connected with transport. Put them into logical sets. liner / toll / registration number / stand-by / track / press on / sail / runway / break down station wagon / set off / self-drive / long-haul / compartment / see off / crossing / drop off guard / platform / make for / jet lag / roundabout /highway / harbour / cruise / stopover / run out of / ticket collector / starboard / gangway Writing Imagine that you recently accompanied a group of travellers on a trip involving several means of transport. Write a short account of the trip using as many of the words in the box above as you can. For example: At 6.30 p.m. we set off from Victoria station aboard the Orient Express in our first class compartment... Vocabulary Find the pairs of synonyms and put them under the correct headings. For example: BRITISH ENGLISH AMERICAN ENGLISH driving licence driver's license puncture hood driving licence pavement city centre sidewalk flat underground line car park motorway downtown queue gas estate car subway freeway petrol station wagon bonnet parking lot driver's license Do you know any other words that are different in British and American English? Making announcements It can often be difficult to understand announcements made in public places, especially if the public-address system is poor Listen to the messages. Which would you hear: a on a train/at a railway station? b on board ship? c at an airport/on a plane? d on a bus? a. The next stop will be Terminal Two. b. Would all foot passengers please proceed to the disembarkation point on B deck. c. Mind the doors! d. Would Mr Vince Chung, a passenger on British Airways flight BA 755 to Hong Kong, please go to the Flight Information Desk? e. The train arriving on platform four is the 10.13 for London Victoria, stopping at Rochester, Chatham and Bromley South. f. UK 700 to Edinburgh. Passengers are advised pre-flight