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XIII. Compose dialogues on the following situations
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1. You are making inquiries at the inquiry-office.
2. You are talking to the clerk in the booking-office, you want a ticket to...
3. In summer you are planning to visit Kyiv. Now you are discussing the means of travel. You insist on travelling by train.
4. Your friend suggests that you travel by train. You strongly object to it.
5. You are going to travel by train, it’s your first travel by this means. Your mother is giving you some pieces of advice.
6. Your friend returns home from his/her vacation. You meet her at the station. He/she shares his/her impressions on travelling by train.
XIV. Answer the following questions
1. Where do trains come in and go out?
2. Where can you buy a ticket for your journey?
3. What are waiting-rooms for?
4. Who can help you with your luggage?
5. In what way do porters carry luggage?
6. What is a luggage van?
7. What kinds of trains do you know? What trains do you prefer? Why?
8. Where can one have a light refreshment?
9. What trains have dining-cars?
10. Do you prefer to book your ticket beforehand or to queue up at the booking-office?
11. What is the left-luggage office?
12. What do the people who prefer to travel light do with their luggage?
13. Do you usually travel light or with a lot of things?
14. Where can you buy a newspaper at the railway station?
15. Do you like seeing your friends and relatives off?
16. Do you like it when your friends and relatives come to see you off?
17. What does a big railway station look like?
18. Where can one get information about the time of arrival and departure of trains?
XV. Read and discuss.
Advantages and disadvantages of means of transportation
Train
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| 1) it is a fast transport 2) it is a comfortable transport 3) you can see the nature 4) you can eat in the dining-car 5) you can sleep comfortably 6) if it is rainy, you will not get wet | 1) it is slower than plane 2) it can be crash 3) it is noisy |
Car
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| 1) you can stop where you want 2) you can see the nature 3) you can make your own time-table 4) if it is rainy, you will not get wet 5) you don’t need to carry bags | 1) there are traffic jams 2) the price of petrol is high 3) there can be only 5 people in the car 4) if the traveling is long, it is uncomfortably to sleep |
Plane
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| 1) it is the fastest transport 2) it is very interesting to travel by plane 3) the traveling is very comfortable | 1) it is very expensive 2) you can’t stop where you want 3) you can see only the sun and the clouds 4) you can have an air-illness 5) it can be crash 6) the registration is very long |