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4c 1 Vocabulary

Look at the means of transport. Complete the table according to where each
means of transport is used. Then listen and check your answers.

LAND AIR WATER

ship
sh i p

m
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helicopter
under gr ound helicopt er t tram
under
underground
gr
ound

x
ta
taxi i f f ferry coach mot or bi k e e pl pl pl pl a ne
coach
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r
r
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ry
ry
a
a
a
ne
ne
ne
or
mot
motorbike
plane
k
bi
note
We can say: Over to you…
• take a taxi, take the bus, take/use the underground What other means of transport
• travel/go by plane/boat/car BUT go on foot do you know of?
2 Read © MM Publications
ellie Bly began her career as a reporter in
Α. Discuss. 1885 when she got a job for the Pittsburg
• Do you like travelling? Why? / Why not? NDispatch newspaper. A year later, she moved
• Which means of transport do you prefer using? Why? to New York to find work at a bigger newspaper.
Although it wasn’t easy to get a job at a newspaper
B. Read the article in those days, Bly became a journalist for the New
quickly. What is the best York World. In 1888, she read the book Around the
title for it? Choose a, b World in Eighty Days, and after that she decided to
or c. Then listen and make the same journey. However, she wanted to
check your answer. finish it in 75 days. She wrote articles during her trip
so that readers of the newspaper could learn about
a. The History her adventures.
On 14 November 1889, she boarded the ship
of Transport Augusta Victoria. It took seven days to travel from
New York to London. This trip by ship made her
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b. A Race around feel ill. Bly then took a ferry to Calais, France, and
A
from there travelled to Paris by train. There she
the World met Jules Verne, the writer of the book that gave
her the idea. Verne didn’t think it was possible to
c. Famous American make this journey in just 75 days. Even though he
thought it was too difficult to finish such a trip, Bly
Newspapers was confident enough to continue. After that, she
visited many countries, like Italy, Egypt, Singapore,
and more. She mostly travelled by boat and train, Johnston, John S./commons.wikimedia.org
although she used rickshaws and horses too.
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