Transport announcements

Listen to some transport announcements to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

Transcript

A

The next train to arrive at Platform 2 is the 12.20 to Bristol Temple Meads, calling at Reading, Oxford and Bristol Parkway. Platform 2 for the 12.20 to Bristol. First class is in the rear carriage.

B

This is a platform announcement for passengers for the 12.20 service to Bristol Temple Meads. This train is delayed by approximately 8 minutes. The train will now depart from Platform 9. Passengers for the 12.20 train to Bristol, please make your way to Platform 9.

C

Passengers for Flight EB380 to Paris please make your way to Gate 13 for boarding. Gate 13 for flight EB380 to Paris. Please have your passports and boarding passes ready. Your flight is ready to board.

D

This is a London Underground service to Liverpool Street. The next station is Liverpool Street. Upon arrival, the first set of doors will not open. Customers in the first carriage, please move towards the rear doors to leave the train. The next station is Liverpool Street. Change here for Central Line, Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line and Metropolitan Line and Main Line Suburban rail services. Please mind the gap between the train and the platform. This train terminates at Redbridge.

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Discussion

How often do you travel by plane or train?

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I often travel by plane and train. But since covid-19, I never travel anywhere.Therefore I miss so much it.

Many times, I'm getting travel by train, but I traveled two times by airplane even now, so I'm enjoying travel by the train more than airplane despite the airplane is faster.

I have traveled by plane only two times till now. But I love traveling by train as well. That's fun and you can meet new people on the train and make friends. If I need to travel fast then only I choose a plane.

I usually use train to travel. I have never travelled by plane.

Since I was a student in Europe, most of my life is by travel. I use both transpiration. I have a lot of flights over the countries and insight in-country travel by train.

by plane i have never travelled by train

i often travel by plane or train every 3 years.

I used the plane once in my life on an international trip. And I used the train once in my life too, but on a domestic trip