2. Para decir en qué medio de transporte viajamos, usamos la preposición
BYBY
We go by car He travels by train I'll arrive by helicopter...
¡OJO! Hay una excepción: I go on foot (voy a pie)
43. Trip (noun): viaje (largo, con maletas)
Journey (noun): viaje (corto, habitual)
I made a travel to
Lisboa
I made a trip to Lisboa
I travelled to Lisboa
To travel (verb): viajar
44. Subirse
a un medio de transporte se dice
GET ONGET ON
Jack is getting on the train
right now.
Bajarse
de un medio de transporte se dice
GET OFFGET OFF
They are getting off the plane
right now.
45. Vale, pues. Subirse es GET ON y bajarse
GET OFF. ¿Para todos los vehículos?
Casi; hay una excepción.
Subirse a un cochecoche (o taxi, claro), se dice
GET INTO. Y bajarse se dice GET OUT OF
46. Obama is getting ONON a helicopter Sarah is getting INTOINTO a taxi
Kate is getting OFFOFF a carriage
Kate is getting OUT OFOUT OF a car
47. The boy is going to _________ the taxi
The boy is going to _________ the car
These children are _________ the bus
These children are _________ the bus
48. Otros verbos muy útiles al hablar de transporte son
'CATCH' / 'TAKE' coger
'MISS' perder
'WAIT FOR' esperar
'ARRIVE' llegar
'LEAVE' salir, partir
'DRIVE' conducir, ir en coche
'FLY' volar, ir en avión
'RIDE' montar (en bici, caballo...)
'STOP' parar
'SAIL' navegar
50. This soldier is __________ a donkey!
The competitor is __________ a
mot... What the hell is that?!
51. They're __________ and risking their lifes!
Boat, raft, ship...
bathtub and tyre!
Do we accept
'bathtub' and 'tyre'
as water means
of transport?
Really?
52. The giraffe ________ (perdió)the
bus so it ______ (cogió) a lorry.
Nothing unusual!
54. Do you like ________?
You're not the only one...
55. - Hey, driver! Will
we be on time?
- Man, be glad if we
simply _________!
56. The train ________ (sale) at 8.
Let's see who arrives first!
Are you kidding? Don't you see
that I've got my scooter patin?
I'm going to win!
Humans!
57. No, officer, I haven't parked here, I have just
_________ (parado)for a moment. I felt a little
heavy, you know?
58. Hay muchos adjetivos que nos son útiles para hablar de
transporte. Por ejemplo éstos:
'COMFORTABLE' cómodo
'UNCOMFORTABLE' incómodo
'SAFE' seguro
'DANGEROUS' peligroso
'FAST' rápido
'SLOW' lento
'CONVENIENT' práctico
'INCOVENIENT' poco práctico, inconveniente
'CHEAP' barato
'EXPENSIVE' caro