Путешествие - Travelling. Руденко Т.П. - 43 стр.

                 2. At the Information Office                                P:        Here you are, sir / madam. I’ve found you a corner seat next to
                                                                                       the corridor. Your carriage is next to the dining-car, and you can
Passenger:    Excuse me…                                                               order lunch when the attendant comes along.
Clerk:        Can I help you?
                                                                             A:        What time do we get to Glasgo?
P:            Yes, I’d like some information about trains please.            P:        You’re due to arrive at 6.15.
C:            Where to?                                                      A:        Thank you. Here you are.
P:            … to London.                                                   P:        Thank you, sir / madam. I hope you’ll have a comfortable jour-
C:            When?
                                                                                       ney.
P:            Tomorrow.
C:            Morning or afternoon?
                                                                                                          5. Bad Luck
P:            In the evening. About six o’clock.
C:            There’s one at 6.40.                                           Mary:     You ought to have let me know you were going to be so late.
P:            Thank you.                                                     John:     I didn’t know that myself. When I got on the bus, it crawled
                                                                                       along at 10 miles an hour and I was afraid I’d miss my train.
                        3. Buying a Ticket                                   M:        You ought to have got a taxi.
                                                                             J:        I nearly did. But then I realised it wouldn’t have been any
Passenger:    London, please.                                                          quicker. There was such a jam.
Official:     Single, or return?
                                                                             M:        It must have been the rush hour.
P:            Single, please.                                                J:        Yes, of course. That must have been the trouble. At the station I
O:            Twelve pounds.                                                           had to queue for the ticket because my season-ticket had run out
P:            Pardon? How much?                                                        and I had no change for the slot machine.
O:            Twelve pounds.
                                                                             M:        You should have bought a return ticket in the morning.
                                                                             J:        Of course I could have. And then I found the train I’d meant to
                         4. At the Station                                             catch wasn’t running.
A:        Porter, will you see to my luggage, please?                        M:        Why was that? Whatever could have happened?
Porter:   Where for, sir / madam?                                            J:        It must have been cancelled due to some dispute on the railway.
A:        I’m going by the 10 o’clock train to Glasgo. Will you have this              So I had to wait for the next train.
          trunk labeled and put in the luggage-van? The suit-case and bag
          can go on the luggage-rack.                                                                  6. On the Train
P:        Right, sir / madam . What class?                                   A: Where’s George?
A:        First. Try and find me a corner seat in a smoker, facing the en-
                                                                             B: Need you ask? He’s in the dinning-car waiting for us to come to lunch.
          gine, if you can.                                                     He said he was quite starved.
P:        Have you got your ticket yet, sir / madam?                         A: We’d better hurry, then. Poor George! He needn’t have waited for us.
A:        Not yet. Where’s the booking office?                               B: You needn’t feel sorry for him. He’ll be all right. We shan’t have to
P:        Come along with me and I’ll show you… Here it is. I’ll meet
                                                                                wait for our lunch though. He must have ordered it.
          you on the platform.
A:        Which platform is it?
P:        Number 8 over there.
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