How to travel by metro.

If you want to travel by metro, look out for a metro station first. They are easy to recognize because of the large letter M. There are a few lines in the Kyiv metro, and some are under construction. They intersect at Khreschatyk Station. Each line has a particular colour on the map. It’s easy to follow. We haven’t got any line running non-stop between their two ends. There are no tickets in the metro. A 50-kopeck token will take you to any station you like and you can even make a tour of the entire system. There are moving staircases or escalators to take you down to the platform below. The underground system is very simple in Kyiv. You may have to change lines. At the station you can see the notice telling you where to go. If you follow the directions, you will get to the right platform with no trouble at all. Now, go through the automatic gates to the escalators and down to the platform below, get on the right train and – have a nice journey!

In the Kyiv Metro you do not feel as if you are underground. This is due to the unique architecture and the artistic design of the stations which are like palaces. No stations are alike, most of them have their own architectural and artistic design.

The London Underground.

The London Underground is very big. There are ten lines: Victoria, Central, Circle, Piccadilly, Northern, District, Metropolitan, Bakerloo, Jubilee and East London Section. All in all there are more than 300 stations on the London Underground. There are two terminal stations on each line. The lines cross each other many times, so at some stations you can change to other lines, or you can say that at these stations there is an interchange with other lines. At some stations you can change to an ordinary railway, the name of which in Britain is British Rail. Some stations are closed on Sundays, others – on Saturdays and Sundays, still others are open Monday to Friday at rush hours only.

Exercise 1

Fill in the prepositions where it is necessary:

1. If you want to travel ____ metro, look out ____ a metro station first.

2. A 50-kopeck token will take you ___ any station you like and you can even make a tour ___ the entire system.

3. Now, go __________ the automatic gates to the escalators and down to the platform below, get ___ the right train and – have a nice journey!

4. They are easy to recognize because ____ the large letter M.

5. They intersect _____ Khreschatyk Station.

6. There are a few lines ___ the Kyiv metro, and some are ______ construction.

7. Each line has a particular colour ____ the map.

8. There are no tickets ___ the metro.

9. If you follow the directions, you will get ____ the right platform ____ no trouble at all.

Exercise 2

Insert necessary words:

1. In the Kyiv _______ you do not feel as if you are underground. This is due to the unique ____________ and the __________ design of the stations which are like _________.

2. There are a few _____ in the Kyiv metro, and some are under construction.

3. If you want to _______ by metro, look out for a metro ______ first.

4. Each line has a particular _______ on the map.

5. We haven’t got any line running non-_____ between their two ends.

6. There are _________ staircases or escalators to take you down to the platform below.

Exercise 3

Match a word in A with a word in B to make a new noun and fill in the gaps with the correct compound noun.

A B

rush	air	park	port
town *	motor	way	stop
railway	department	agent’s	store
traffic	car	centre *	shop
book	travel	office	lights
bus	ticket	station	hour

1. Stop the car! The __________ are red.

2. Heathrow is one of the biggest _______ in the world.

3. Harrods is the best _______ in London, but it’s very expensive to go shopping there.

4. We waited in the rain at the _______ for one hour before the bus came.

5. All big towns have a ________ every morning when people go to work, and again in the evening when they go home.

6. Sun and Sea is the best _________ in the _____. They have good cheap holidays.

7. I hate driving on the M25. It goes around London and it’s one of the busiest _______ in the country.

8. The ________ was very big and I couldn’t find the _______ . A man told me that it was near Platform 1.

9. No I didn’t borrow this book from the library. I bought it at a ______ .

10. I can’t find the place for parking. Where is the_____________ .

Exercise 4

Explain the difference between the following words.

1. a bus driver and a bus conductor

2. fare and fine

3. a booking office and a box office

4. an urban area and a rural area

5. a bus and a motor coach

Exercise 5

Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below. Sometimes you have to change the form.

traffic, direct, light, fast, transport, rush-hour, change, fare, overcrowded, convenient, distance, town, underground, travel, foot

People use various means of 1. _______ to get from one place to another. When getting about 2. _______ one can go by bus, trolley-bus or by the underground. The 3. _______ in every city is very popular with the citizens. It’s the 4. _______ and most 5. _______ way of going about town. If you have to 6. _______ a short 7. _______ you may take a bus, a tram, a trolley-bus or go on 8. _______ . If there is no 9. _______ bus to your destination, you’ll have to 10. _______ on to another bus (trolley-bus, tram). When we travel on buses (trams, etc) we have to pay 11. _______ . It’s not too much and it doesn’t depend on the distance you go. If there are many cars, buses and trolley-buses in the town we say that the 12. _______ is heavy. If the vehicles are few we say that the traffic is 13. _______ . The traffic is especially heavy in the 14. _______ , that is in the morning when people are hurrying to work and in the evening when people are coming back home. At this time the public transport is 15. _______ (packed to the full).

Exercise 6

Fill in prepositions where necessary.

1. The easiest way to get around London is ____ underground.

2. I decided not to go ____ car. I went ____ my bike instead.

3. Queue ____ a bus stop. Do not try to push in front ____ everyone else, get ____ the bus through the entrance door.

4. Quick! Get ____ the train. It’s ready to leave.

5. Sorry, I’m late. I missed the bus, so I had to come ____ foot.

6. He got ____ the car and drove off.

7. I was travelling ____ train ____ Bristol. When the train arrived ____ Bristol I got ____ the train.

8. If you happen to be careless ____ traffic rules and cross a street either ____ a red light or not ____ a zebra crossing you are sure to be punished ____ traffic rules offence.

9. I saw Jake this morning. He was ____ a bus which passed me.

10. My mother usually goes ____ work ____ her car.

Exercise 7

Explain the difference between

1. a carriage and a compartment

2. a season ticket and a return ticket

3. a ticket inspector and a bus conductor

4. a train driver and a guard