Transport Systems – there are many types of transport that you can use to get around. At the end of this lesson, you will be able to discuss how transport can have an impact on our way of life.
Time
30-40 minutes
Main Skill
Writing
Topic
Travel and Adventure - Transport Systems
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Sample Letter
Jeremy Clarkson is exploring the transport system in China. Watch the video and answer the questions that follow.
Read a letter to the editor of a local newspaper about plans for a new motorway to be built close to a town.
Here are the keywords and phrases to learn:
- benefits
- bypass
- motorway
- pollution
- recession
- road network
- traffic
- unemployed
- The government is proposing to build a new motorway passing close to where you live. The local newspaper has invited people to express their views. Write an article for the newspaper, giving your opinion about the proposal.
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of building new motorways.
- Write a news report of a demonstration of people trying to stop a new transport system being built through a woodland area.
- Write an email to a friend about the noise from a road that has just been built near your house.
- Write a radio script and record it based on traffic reports from your local area.
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