Learn 10 high-frequency words and phrases for train travel
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| Hi everybody, my name is Alisha. |
| Welcome to the 2000 core English words and phrases video series! |
| Each lesson will help you learn new words, practice, and review what you've learned. |
| Okay, let's get started! |
| First is... |
| local train |
| Local train is a train that stops at all stations on the train line. |
| Here's an example sentence: |
| The local train stops at every small station along its route. |
| timetable |
| A timetable is a list of times of usually departures and arrivals, or other types of schedules. We use timetables a lot for buses, trains, for classes, lectures, and other things that require a strict schedule. |
| Here's an example: |
| Departure and arrival times are all on the timetable. |
| ticket inspection |
| A ticket inspection is an expression that means a ticket check. So when you get on a bus or a train, for example, you may be asked to show your ticket. |
| The staff want to confirm you have a ticket or that you have the correct ticket, for example. |
| Here's an example sentence: |
| Keep your ticket handy for a ticket inspection at each stop. |
| ticket gate |
| A ticket gate is a short gate you pass through with your ticket. Depending on the gate, you may need to show your ticket to a staff member or put your ticket into the gate to have it checked by the gate. |
| Here's an example sentence: |
| Show your ticket at the ticket gate on the way to the train. |
| platform |
| A platform is the place next to the train tracks. It's where you get on the train and the place where you go to after you get off the train. This is the area where you can wait for your train to arrive. |
| Here's an example sentence: |
| The man is waiting on the platform. |
| ticket machine |
| A ticket machine is a machine where you can buy a ticket. It may look like a vending machine, it may be some kind of machine in a wall, it depends on the location, but it's a place where you can buy a ticket for something. |
| Here's an example: |
| The ticket machine is broken. |
| ticket booth |
| A ticket booth is a small area of usually a lobby or maybe an information desk where you can buy a ticket from a person. So it's different from a ticket machine because usually there is a staff person there to help you. You'll find ticket booths in train stations and in movie theaters, for example. |
| Here's an example sentence: |
| The ticket booth is empty. |
| So print is a verb. Maybe you have a printer in your home. When you print something, you make it go from a digital form on your computer to a physical form on a piece of paper. |
| Here's an example sentence: |
| We needed to print 500 copies of the memo. |
| publish |
| To publish something means to make something public. We use this with writing and with digital content, so for example, blog content or video content, or social media content. |
| Here's an example: |
| Should we publish the new book on paper or on the Internet? |
| pamphlet |
| A pamphlet is usually a piece of folded paper that has some basic information about an event, a company, or an organization. They are usually very easy to take and they are often free at event spaces. |
| Here's an example: |
| A pamphlet is a good cheap way to pass out valuable information. |
| Let's review. I'm going to describe a word or phrase in English, |
| See if you can remember it, then repeat after me, focusing on pronunciation. |
| Ready? |
| Do you remember how to say the train that stops at all the stations along the train line? |
| local train |
| And how to say the list of departure and arrival times for things like planes trains and buses? |
| timetable |
| What about the expression that means your ticket check? |
| ticket inspection |
| Do you remember how to say the space at the train station where you have to show your ticket or insert your ticket? |
| ticket gate |
| Let's try the word that means the waiting space next to the train tracks. |
| platform |
| Okay, what about the word that means the machine where you can buy your tickets? |
| ticket machine |
| Now, let's see if you remember how to say the small space where you can buy a ticket from another person. |
| ticket booth |
| Another one. What about the word that means to transform something or to change something from digital to a physical, something like on a piece of paper? |
| Do you remember how to say to make something public like a piece of writing or digital content? |
| publish |
| And finally, do you remember how to say the folded piece of paper that gives some basic and important information about an event or an organization? |
| pamphlet |
| Well done. See you next time. Bye! |
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