Carsaretooexpensiveformanypeoplearoundtheworldtoown.Notonlythatmanycitiesarealreadyfulloftrafficandmanycountryareashaveroughroads.So1dopeopletravelthosedista
Carsaretooexpensiveformanypeoplearoundtheworldtoown.Notonlythatmanycitiesarealreadyfulloftrafficandmanycountryareashaveroughroads.
So 1 dopeopletravelthosedistancesthataretoofartowalk?Theyusepublictransportation.Ifyouridethesubwayorbus 2 youliveyoucanappreciatesomeofthebenefitsofpublictransportation.Withmanypeople 3 (share)onebusortrainthereislesstrafficandmore 4 (importance)lesspollution.
Whichofthetypesofmasstransit 5 (describe)belowareyoufamiliarwith?Ifaregularbuscanhold dozensofpeopleimaginewhatabus 6 (two)thesizecanhold!InGreatBritaintherearemanybusesthatareknownasdouble-deckers(carswithtwofloors).
BusesinHaitiareoftenverycrowded.It’snot 7 (common)forpassengerstoactuallysitontherooftops.Busesaresometimescalled“tap-taps”becausethe 8 (ride)ontherooftap(敲击)whentheywanttobedroppedoff.
Manylargecitiesaroundtheworldtakeadvantageofthespacebeneaththestreetsandrunundergroundtrains.PeopleinParisMexicoCityandTokyomayusethesubwaysystemtogettoschooltoworkortovisitfriendsinother 9 (neighbor).BoththeJapaneseandFrenchhavedeveloped High-speedtrainstolinkvariouscities.WhileelectrictrainsinNorthAmericaaverage130kphtheFrenchTGV(high-speed-train)istheworld’sfastest 10 (average)over270kph!