English - London transport (A1-A2) — Transcript

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1. 0:01taxis in London are a popular icon
2. 0:04they're called cabs the driver is called
3. 0:07a cabbie or cab driver and they're
4. 0:09usually black when you see a cab put out
5. 0:12your arm to stop the driver tell him or
6. 0:15her where you want to go and sit and
7. 0:18relax remember to give the cabbie a
8. 0:20small tip when you pay the cycling
9. 0:24around London is healthy but a bit
10. 0:27dangerous traditional red double-decker
11. 0:30buses give you a good view of the city
12. 0:33but they can be a bit slow in the
13. 0:35morning or evening traffic you pay the
14. 0:38driver when you get on or you can use
15. 0:40your day or weekly travel car there's
16. 0:44always an underground or tube station
17. 0:46nearby in London and it's the quickest
18. 0:48way to get around the only problem is
19. 0:51it's always full of people buy your
20. 0:54ticket at the ticket office and then
21. 0:56check there are no problems with your
22. 0:58line there sometimes closed for works or
23. 1:01problems finding your way around is easy
24. 1:05with the underground map there are 12
25. 1:08lines and each line has a different
26. 1:10color the Circle Line is yellow for
27. 1:12example and the District Line green the
28. 1:16tube in London's expensive if you don't
29. 1:18pay with an oyster card for example
30. 1:21children under 16 pay just 1 pound all
31. 1:24day you have to insert your ticket into
32. 1:27the machine or touch the Oyster card on
33. 1:30the pad make sure you get the right
34. 1:33ticket it can be expensive if not the
35. 1:37escalators save you walking up and down
36. 1:39the stairs in some stations there are
37. 1:42lives but these get very crowded at busy
38. 1:45times
39. 1:45remember to stand on the right as people
40. 1:48walking down on the left are probably in
41. 1:51a hurry and will get annoyed if you
42. 1:53don't as you can see the platform curves
43. 1:56but the trains are straight this creates
44. 1:59a space that people could fall into so a
45. 2:02recorded voice says mind the gap over
46. 2:04and over in case you forget it's also
47. 2:09written on the platform be careful of
48. 2:12the closing doors
49. 2:17you can get a seat if you're lucky but
50. 2:20be prepared to stand up in the morning
51. 2:22and evening rush hours the tube is very
52. 2:25popular among London's listen for the
53. 2:28announcements on the train they'll tell
54. 2:31you the name of the next station and any
55. 2:33connections available