| Level: | Topic: | Speakers: | Length: |
| intermediate | bus travel | man and woman | 02:14 |
Pre-Listening Exercise
What are the advantages and disadvantages of traveling by bus on a trip over flying or driving?
Idioms
“hit the road” = start to travel
“It’s getting late. Let’s hit the road before it gets dark. I don’t like driving at night.”
“off the beaten path” = an area that people usually don’t visit
“When the bus stops in the next city, I want to take you to a restaurant off the beaten path. The food is great.”
Listening Exercise
A. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
Vocabulary Practice
Do the vocabulary quizzes with the words from the conversation for more practice:
Post-Listening Exercise
How do most people travel on vacation within your country? Are there reasons why people choose one form of transportation over another? What is the best way to travel if you want to meet new people?
Online Investigation
Imagine you want to travel from Los Angeles to New York,and you are interested in seeing as much of the country as possible. Which form of transportation would be best for you: plane, bus, rental car, or train? Use the Internet to collect information on cost, convenience, possible routes, and time, for each of these methods from these Web sites or others you might know:
- plane – Orbitz (online travel booking service)
- train – Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
- bus – Greyhound (America’s largest intercity bus service)
- rental car – Enterprise Rent-A-Car or Hertz Rent-A-Car