Topic 5: Getting around – Đi lại

Travel collocations

buy a ticket
get to / travel to school / work / Ha Noi / the shops, etc.
get on / off a bus / a tram, etc.
get in / out of a car / a taxi / a van, etc.
go by taxi / bus / tram / train / plane, etc.
take a bus / a train / a tram / a plane, etc.
catch a tram / a train / a plane, etc. (but not a taxi)
miss a train / a bus / a tram / a plane, etc.
go on foot
ride a bike/ motorbike / a scooter / a horse
cross the road
drive to work / into town / to Ha Noi
wait for a bus / a tram / a train, etc.
give somebody a lift
mua
đi đến trường / nơi làm việc / Hà Nội / các cửa hàng, v.v.
lên / xuống xe buýt / xe điện, v.v.
lên / xuống xe / xe taxi / xe van, v.v.
đi bằng taxi / xe buýt / xe điện / tàu / máy bay, v.v.
bắt xe buýt / tàu hỏa / xe điện / máy bay, v.v.
bắt xe điện / tàu / máy bay, v.v. (nhưng không bắt taxi)
lỡ chuyến tàu / xe buýt / xe điện / máy bay, v.v.
đi bộ
đi/ lái / cưỡi xe đạp / xe máy / xe tay ga / ngựa
băng qua đường
lái xe đi làm / vào thị trấn /đến Hà Nội
chờ xe buýt / xe điện / tàu, v.v.
cho ai đó đi nhờ

NOTE

  • get on / get off dành cho phương tiện có kích thước lớn – có thể đứng và đi lại thoải mái trên phương tiện như xe bus, tàu điện ngầm, …).
  • get in / get out dành cho phương tiện có kích thước nhỏ – chỉ có thể ngồi thoải mái trên phương tiện như xe hơi, xe tải, …)
Practice 16: Listen and fill in the blanks. Nghe và điền vào chỗ trống.
1. I’m Kim Lee. I’m an ………………… . I’m lucky. I can ………………… to work. My office is around the corner from my home.
2. I’m Jenny Beck. I’m a ………………… from New York. I go to work by …………………, I take the ………………… home too.
3. I’m a …………………. My name is Jasper White. I go to work by ………………… and I go home by ………………… with my colleague Dr Randall Marshall. He’s a ………………… down the street from my home.
4. I’m Katie Simpson and this is my teacher Miss Clark. I’m a …………………. My school is right next to my …………………. . I walk to school with my friends. We walk home together too.
5. I’m Hillary Clark. I’m Katie’s …………………., but my home is not next to our school. Can I walk to school?
Definitely not, I take the …………………. to school and I go home by …………………. .

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Practice 17: Listen to five different conversations at a train station. Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a – d next to the number 1 – 4. (Nghe năm cuộc trò chuyện khác nhau tại một nhà ga xe lửa. Ghép từ vựng với định nghĩa đúng và viết a – d bên cạnh số 1 – 4.)
1 …….. platform
2 …….. ticket
3 …….. single (ticket)
4 …….. return (ticket)
a. A small piece of paper to allow you to use a train or bus.
b. The place in a train station where people get on and get off trains.
c. A ticket to travel to a place, but not to travel back
d. A ticket to travel to a place and back again.
Listen again and complete the gaps with the correct place from the box. Nghe lại và điền vào chỗ trống với địa điểm đúng trong hộp.
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Listening A
The speaker wants to go to …………………………………… .
Listening B
The speaker wants to go to …………………………………… .
Listening C
The speaker wants to go to …………………………………… .
Listening D
The train is going to …………………………………… .
Listening E
The passengers want to go to …………………………………… .

Listen again and fill in the blanks. Nghe lại và điền vào chỗ trống.
A.
Passenger: Excuse me? Which platform does the train to ……………………………. leave from?
Train station attendant: The 10:15 train or the 10:40?
Passenger: The 10:15.
Train station attendant: The 10:15 train leaves from ……………………………. .
Passenger: Thanks.
B.
Passenger: Hi. Could I have a ticket for the next train to ……………………………., please?
Train ticket vendor: Single or return?
Passenger: Errr, ……………………………. , please.
Train ticket vendor: The next train is at 12:30pm, leaving from ……………………………. .
Passenger: And how much is it?
Train ticket vendor: £13:50.
C.
Ticket inspector: Tickets, please. Can I see your ticket, please?
Passenger: Yes, here you are.
Ticket inspector: This ticket is for ……………………………. .
Passenger: Yes, that’s right.
Ticket inspector: But this train doesn’t go to ……………………………. , it goes to Liverpool.
Passenger: What? Liverpool? Oh no!
D.
Train station announcement: The next train arriving at ……………………………. is the 15:45 train to ……………………………., stopping at Bristol Temple Meads and arriving at ……………………………. St David’s at 18:30.
E.
Harry: What time is our train back to ……………………………. ?
Angel: It leaves at 4:30. We’ve only got 5 minutes.
Harry: What platform does it leave from?
Angel: ……………………………. . Look, over there.
Harry: I can’t see our train anywhere. Let me see the ticket. Look, it says ……………………………., not 4:30!
Angel: Oh no, we’ve missed it.
Harry: No, we haven’t. It’s late. Look, here it is now.
Angel: Phew, that was lucky.

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