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 Lesson
26 - Transportation
Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for
students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL)
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Transportation
Joyce: Shall we
take a taxi or a bus to the meeting?
Bill: We’d better take a bus. It’s almost impossible to find a taxi
during rush hour.
Joyce: Isn’t that a
bus stop over there?
Bill: Yes... Oh, oh!
There’s a bus now. We’ll have to run to catch it.
Joyce: 0.K.… Oh, no!
We just
missed it.
Bill: Never mind. There’ll be another one in ten minutes. |
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Conversation Notes |
- Shall we
- Do you think we should…? (Will is never used for this
meaning.)
- take a taxi or a bus
- Note there is a rising intonation on taxi and falling
intonation on bus in this “or” sentence.
- We’d better
- Meaning is we ought to…; It would be wise to….
- rush hour
- Meaning is the time of day when most people are going to
or from work and therefore the traffic is heaviest. In most American cities,
rush hour is from seven thirty to nine in the
morning and from about five to six thirty in the evening. Note that Rush hour
is a compound noun, with the principal stress on the first word.
- Isn’t that
- The negative question expresses an expectation of an
affirmative answer.
- bus stop
- Is a compound noun, with the principal stress on the
first word.
- Oh, oh
- An exclamation expressing alarm or sudden caution. Note
there is a high to low intonation.
- Oh, no
- An exclamation expressing sudden disappointment, shock,
or discouragement. Note the emphatic stress and intonation.
- We just missed it
- Meaning is we arrived a moment too late to catch the
bus.
- Never mind
- Meaning is it doesn’t matter; don’t concern yourself.
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Source: U.S. State Department |
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Additional
Conversation Lessons |
 Conversation
This is a collection of 36 situational conversations
which focus on spoken American English in a relatively
natural way....these
lessons are for intermediate students. |
 Conversation
This is a collection of 30 situational conversations. Each conversation is
accompanied by language notes....these
lessons are for advanced students. |
 Conversation
English conversation lessons. 52
lessons covering pronunciation, speaking,
writing, and grammar topics....these
lessons are for beginning students. |
 Conversation
English conversation lessons. 30
lessons focusing mostly on communication and
grammar topics....these
lessons are for intermediate students. |
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