Unit 3 :
Taking a bus 搭巴士英文

Elementary

Summary

What kind of situations can you encounter if you take buses?

坐公交車會遇到哪些情況？

  • Brain Storm : Share your ideas with your teacher. Try to make sentences.

How often do you take a bus?

你多久坐一次公共汽車？

Vocabulary 巴士英文單字

Repeat these words/ phrases after your teacher.

  • Get off｜下車
  • Parking lot｜停車場
  • Obviously｜明顯地
  • Scheduled｜已預定
  • Stand (verb)｜站立（動詞）

Dialogue 1 搭巴士英文對話

Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.

May

Ivan

This bus goes all the way to Santa Anita mall, right?

Yes, it’ll take us there.

Are you sure?

I always catch this bus.

How long is this bus ride?

It only takes half an hour.

Where do we get off at?

We can get off the bus right behind McDonald’s.

There’s a stop right next to the mall?

Yeah, it’s right in the parking lot.

That’s cool.

Yes, I know.

Let’s practice 搭巴士英文練習

Complete the dialogue by choosing the correct answer.

  1.  

A：Excuse me, I want to go to West hall. Which bus should I take?

B： a) Get off here, and cross the road.  b) I think you take the number nine.

  1.  

A：Oh, no! I ___ the bus!

B：Don’t worry! The next bus is coming within 3 minutes.

a) missed   b) took

Dialogue 2 巴士英文對話

Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.

Jon

Iva

When is the bus going to get here?

It’s obviously late.

It was scheduled to be here about thirty minutes ago.

I’m sure it’ll be here in a little bit.

I hope so, because I’m running really late for work.

I hate having to take the bus every day.

Yeah. I really can’t stand being at the bus stop in the heat and rain.

I know what you mean.

Let’s Practice 搭巴士英文練習

Choose the correct answer.

1. A：What happened to Chris?   

B: _________________.

  a) He missed the bus! 

  b) He got off the bus!

2. A：I’ve been waiting for the bus for 20 minutes.

B: __________________.

a) It’s obviously late!  

b) We should take the number six.

Discussion： 搭巴士英文討論

Share your ideas with your teacher.

  1. If you are going  late for work or school, will you pack into the crowded bus?
    如果你上班或上學要遲到，你會擠進擁擠的公共汽車嗎？

  2. Do you like your job?
    你喜歡你的工作嗎？