http://www.englishwithjo.com/english-conversation-traffic-commuting/
Listen for the following expressions in the video. Can you work out what they mean?
- Stuck in traffic
- Traffic congestion
- Transportation woes
- Gridlock
Traffic Expressions
- Traffic jam - a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or can only move very slowly.
- Bumper to bumper traffic – when cars are traveling so close together that their bumper bars are almost touching
- Hold ups - a situation that stops something from happening or making progress
- Road rage - violence and angry behaviour by car drivers towards other car drivers
- Rush hour / Peak hour - the time of day when the roads, buses, trains etc are most full, because people are travelling to or from work
- Run out of (gas /petrol) – “I ran out of petrol on the highway and had to wait for 1 hour until help arrived”
- Pull over – “I was driving too fast and the police signalled for me to pull over”
- Pull out – “the car pulled out right in front of me and I almost hit it”
- Run over – “I am so upset because this morning I ran over a cat on my way to work”
- How do you commute to work?
- What is the preferred method of commuting in your country?
- Are there traffic problems in your city or town?
- Have you ever been in a traffic jam?
- Have you ever been stuck in bumper to bumper traffic?
- What is your preferred way of travelling in rush hour?
- What transportation problems are there in your country?
- Have you ever witnessed road rage?
- What kind of things annoy you about other people’s driving?
- Have you ever been in or witnessed a car crash?
- How can traffic accidents be prevented?
- How do you think countries can reduce congestion on the roads?
- Is parking a problem in your country? (shopping malls, etc)
- Do you think that governments should encourage public transportation more?
- How could governments’ encourage people to ride bicycles more?
- How could the government discourage people from taking their cars into the city?
- Is the public transportation in your city efficient?
- If public transportation were free, would you use it more?
- How could public transportation in your city be improved?
- Do you feel safe when you use public transportation?
- What are the advantages of using public transport compared to driving?
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