Bus Problems Exercise 1 Fill in the blanks with the correct answer from the word pool.

passengers hybrid batteries acceleration vehicles proportional

(pictures of busses on the street) Bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the singledecker bus. Bus manufacturing is increasingly globalised, with the same design appearing around the world. The typical diesel engine on the bus causes noticeable levels of air pollution, noise and vibration. With hybrid vehicles designers hope to increase ride quality and decrease pollution. As the energy use for acceleration is proportional to the vehicle mass, electric traction allows lighter vehicles, faster acceleration and energy that can be fed back into batteries or the grid through regenerative brakes. Expressions single decker- floor like surface occupying one level globalised- to extend or to make worldwide hybrid vehicles- vehicles that runs on electricity regenerative brakes- brakes of a modern railway system Vocabulary passenger- person who is travelling in an automobile road vehicle- device for carrying and transporting individuals manufacturing- transforming raw materials into useful products pollution- introduction of harmful substances into the environment batteries- combination of apparatus for producing electrical effect acceleration- increase of speed or velocity proportional- with direct relation or comparative mass- body, shape and size

1. ____ is power by internal combustion engine and electric motor. 2. Device that produces small amount of electricity is ____. 3. The ____ rate of that car is 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 6 seconds. 4. One kilo is directly ____ to 2.20 pounds. 5. Hitch hiking is a bad habit of ____. Questions 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages busses? 2. What are the reasons why busses became a globalised icon for transportation? 3. Do you have hybrid bus in your country right now? Have you travelled in one of them? Answer Key 1. hybrid vehicles 2. batteries 3. acceleration 4. proportional 5. passengers