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.

Task 1

Exercise

Task 2

Exercise

Discussion

How often do you travel by plane or train?

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A2 Pre-intermediate

I take the train one or two times per month.

I don’t travel by plane very often. I usually fly only when I go on vacation, so I can count the number of times I’ve been on a plane. I’ve only taken a train once because there are no trains in my city. When I travel, I enjoy visiting new places, trying different foods, and experiencing different cultures.

I've never been on a plane or public transport that has announcements like this, so I had some trouble with the questions because there were some new vocabulary for me. but I feel this is very useful for me in the future if I travel using public transport

-cit

I learned some useful expressions from this announcement. It was clear and helped me improve my listening skills.-silvi

Only once time I've traveled on a plain , I went to the concert of Oasis. It was an epic trip , I enjoyed the concert to the begin at the end. "Stop crying your hearth and learn English" haha! The fans will be understand the reference.

When I was in my hometown, I hardly ever traveled plane. Because I have a family of four, air travel is too expensive. So, in South Korea, traveling by car was more convenient and cheap, especially when traveling with my children.

Since I'm in the UK, I'd like to travel as much as possible by train or plane. I think living in the UK is a good opportunity to visit lots of place in Europe because countries are relatively close. Especially, I'm planning to visit Italy during next May half-term, because it's my son's favorite country.

I hope traveling will help my family experience lots of new things, such as food, people, and cultures. Also, I want to make good memories with my family.