Real Easy English: talking about travel Beginner shadowing lesson
Neil and Georgie from BBC Learning English compare how they get to work in London. Neil takes a bus and then the tube, while Georgie walks through the streets and across a park, and they talk about rush hour, traffic jams and the school run.
What you practise by shadowing it
- Everyday questions and short answers: How are you doing? I'm fine thanks, Neil. How are you?
- Words said together as one, with the stress on the first part: rush hour, traffic jam, school run.
- Telling a route step by step: I get a bus to a tube stop, then I get the tube, and then I walk.
- Beginner
- Video
- 4:50
- 63 sentences
Practise it in the app
Free, no account needed. The app plays one sentence and waits for you to say it.
First sentences
Hello. Welcome to Real Easy English.
In this podcast we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn. I'm Neil.
And I'm Georgie.
Remember, if you want to read along to this podcast,
you can find a script on our website, BBC Learning English dot com.
The video has 63 sentences. The rest are in the app. Practise them all
Words and phrases
- walk to work
- the trip you make on foot to your job
- the tube
- the underground trains in London
- towards
- in the direction of
- across
- from one side to the other
- rush hour
- the busy time when many people go to work or school
- traffic jam
- a long line of cars that cannot move
- school run
- taking children to school and back
- how long
- how much time
- takes a long time
- needs a lot of time
- get onto
- climb into a bus or train
- fresh air
- clean air outside
How to practise this clip
- Read the sentence and the words to know, then listen to it.
- Say it right after the speaker, slowly at first. The app waits until you finish.
- Play your try next to the speaker's, then say it again until it sounds the same.
Want to practise every day? See the 15-minute routine.
Source
BBC Learning English, Real Easy English, on YouTube
