Public & Private Transport car coche taxi taxi motorcycle (or motorbike) motocicleta bicycle (bike, cycle) bicicleta bus (local journeys) autobús coach (long journeys) autobús tram tranvía train tren underground (tube) metro ship or boat barco ferry ferry aeroplane (plane) avión private jet avión privado helicopter helicóptero Where to take/catch/board different forms of public transport: A B I have missed my bus to work I need to take a taxi Where can I find a taxi? At the taxi rank A B Where can I catch the bus to Leicester? From the bus station, bay A B I need to catch a bus to town, where is the bus stop? There’s a bus stop over there in front of the café A I’m going to Nottingham for the weekend Is there a tram to the Robin Hood Museum? Yes, it runs every 15 minutes from the tramway B A I’m taking the coach to Gatwick airport on Friday It leaves from the coach bays at the bus station at half past three in the morning I have to be at bay at twenty past three! B How long does it take? A About two and a half hours B Perhaps you can sleep on the coach A B A A I work in the City of London I catch a train from Northampton rail (railway) station to London Euston at 7.30 every weekday morning Do you work near Euston? No, I then have to take the tube (underground) from Euston to Moorgate Let’s take the ferry over to Calais this weekend It is only £69 for a car and passengers We can catch it from the ferry port at Dover …/… B No, let’s take the Eurostar (train) It leave from London Paddington (railway station) and will take us all the way to Paris A My brother is flying over from Ireland this weekend His plane lands at midnight on Friday Which airport is he flying into? Stansted B C A B A B A B Excuse me, I need to go to gate C to board my plane, could you tell me where it is please? Yes, it’s down there, opposite the VIP lounge We are going for a luxury cruise to Caribbean next week What time you board? Boarding starts at 10.30 am Our ship leaves from Berth 46, Ocean Dock at the Eastern Docks, Southampton Isn’t that where the Titanic sailed from? Bon Voyage!! NB In 1912 the Titanic left from the White Star Dock (near today's Ocean dock) on *her maiden voyage En el año 1912 el Titanic partió de la White Star Dock (cerca de donde el Ocean Dock es hoy) en su viaje inaugural *Ship is one of the few nouns in the English language that is given a gender, though this practice is declining And now, private transport A B A B There are too many cars on the road these days I hate driving in rush hour traffic I wish I was a millionaire – I’d have a helicopter and a private island with a helicopter pad! You’ll need to buy a ticket for the Euro Millions first! If you win, you can buy me a private jet and a private airfield to keep it on! Hmm, perhaps a realistic thing to is buy a bike and then I could get through the traffic quicker Yes! We could get a tandem! …/…