Being More Adventurous with Transport

Answers to S1 - Pronunciation Practice

Paragraph 1

1.  My friend and I are going to a hot springs resort

2.  It’s in a town north of Kobe

3.  the view is amazing

4.  We’re staying at an expensive spa hotel for two days

5.  We’re also having dinner and breakfast

Paragraph 2

1.  I’ve always been interested in rickshaws

2.  I see them whenever I visit historic areas around Japan

3.  I’m going on a rickshaw tour of the town

4.  I’m meeting an old high school friend

5.  He actually pulls a rickshaw for a living

Paragraph 3

1.  People usually get the train or bus, or drive

2.  I booked a sightseeing cruise

3.  We’re going in a traditional, wooden boat

4.  Boatmen use oars and bamboo

5.  The journey is 16 km long and takes two hours

Paragraph 4

1.  I’m moving to Chiba in a month’s time

2.  That’s because I’m starting a new job

3.  I’m picking up my monthly travel pass

4.  which means it hangs and swings like a roller coaster

5.  My journey to work though is only 10 km

Paragraph 5

1.  check out the Hiroshima Electric Railway

2.  It’s called a railway, but it doesn’t have trains

3.  I think in America people say “street car” instead of “tram”

4.  the most extensive tram network in Japan

5.  I’m getting a special tour of a train museum

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