SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR HOMETOWN

• What's your town famous for? 
• Some landmarks...
• Is it a sleepy or a bustling city?
• What's good of your city? 
• What was your hometown like some years ago?
• It's almost irrecognisable
• It's much more.... than  it used to be
• It's a bit different nowadays
• It's always something interesting going on
• You can meet people from all over the world
• Small towns have a better sense of community
• It's a great place to live
• I quite like living in...
• I suppose I don't mind living in...
• the cost of living is really high
• It's really crowded
• It's a bit cut off  from the wider world
• It's a real 24 hour city
• Air quality  can be an issue
• It's a  unique place
• the surrounding  area  is quite beautiful

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

• Elements
• Pedestrians walk on the pavement (sidewalk, in America)
• Traffic lights
• to jump a red light is a serious offense
• a junction
• a give-way sign
• a roundabout
• Traffic congestion
• busy roads
• a build-up of traffic  / a pile-up
• to be caught on a traffic jam 
• a tailback = a long line of traffic
• A gridlock
• to avoid the rush hour
• Pollution
• Noise pollution 
• Exhaust emissions
• Toxic fumes
• lead-free petrol
• Bad luck
•  Something  goes wrong
• To deal with a difficult situation
• to be icy on the road
• a puncture /a flt tyre / burst a tyre
• Inflate, fit, replace a tyre
• a breakdown
• To get stuck
• to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
• to pull over
• Reckless driving
• Road rage
• Speeding
• Accidents
• To lose the control of the car
•  to go off the track (salirse de la pista)
• To run into another car  / to crash into
• a crash / a collision
• to collide
• a head-on crash
• to run over
• to be  knocked-down
• a pile-up = crash with several vehicles
• a hit-and-run accident  /  a hit-and-run driver
• the car was a  written-off (siniestro total)
• Sanctions
• An  offence
• A fine
• On the spot fine
• to be banned from driving
• to result ina ban for several years
• Penalty points
• On-th-spot fines for careless driving
• Cars
• Driving
• A Pedestriancrossing
• Adriving licence
• To give sway
• A give-way sign
• To have the right of way
• Parts
• To put the key in the ignition handbrake
• to release the clutch
• the shift gear
• To press your foot on the brake / the clutch pedal 
• seatbelt
• Buckle / undo your seat belt
• Worn tyres
• To hoot / to boot/ to beep / to sound your horn
• Tyretreads (roderas)
• Speed limit
• To break it / to observe it / to drive the speed limit
• to be caught on a speed camera 
• to pay a fine

• Actions
• to go into a car (chocar por detras)
• To hit the road  ( to go home)
• To pull  over
• To pull up
• to slid / skid
• to crash

•  Trucks
• A carrier (transportista)
• Trains
• platform
• change (transbordo)
• Next train  is due to arrive at platform 4 at 9 p.m.

• Buses
• Buses run every ten minutes
• They are full up
• I missed the bus (lost)
• The bus stop
• The fare (billete)

• Sailing
• To burn all my boats (abandon)
• To be palin sailing (easy)
• To push the boat ( decide to do sth)
• To sail close to the wind ( wait until the last minute)
• To miss the boat (pasarse el plazo)
• to take the wind out of his sails 
• Cortar las alas / bajar las alas /dejar a alguien sin poder rebatir
• He sailed through the trials with flying colours

• Flying
• To be a frequent flyer
• My scheduled flight to America (ˈʃedjuːld)
• This flight is delayed
• To miss the flight
• the flight is fully booked / cancelled
• to catch a connecting flight 
• the plane comes to an  halt
• to hop into a plane
• a featherweight plane
• to soar upwards 
• to glide= planear
• to swoop
• An eagle hovers ready to swoop at any moment ( ttack)
• an engine failure
• a customer service desk
• provide any assistance
• To take fully responsability for the inconvinience
• to make a full refund
• the airline
• To fly into a rage

IN THE CITY

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WHERE TO LIVE ? TOWN OR COUNTRY?

Town	Country
A wide range of shops	There are only a few shops
Night-life	It's boring
dirty	clean
stressful	Calm and relaxing
noisy	Quiet and peaceful
polluted	peaceful setting
crowded	Has a lot of open spaces
dangerous	safe
the hustle and the bustle of	a close-knit community
a good networking of	An isolated place
	Close to nature