© What do visitors need to know before catching a bus Or: © Tick / the transport you have used: or town? What can you tell ther? Think about the qu helicopter 7 tony (_]=S00P What public transport there? oF tram [ Where can you buy tickets? hovercraft () ‘What diferent kinds of tickets are there? <0 motorbike (_ Where do you show your ticket? A Matt has just arrived in Osaka, Japan. He wants to get around by public transport. Kumiko, an Information Officer, helps him. 1 fa) Listen to their conversation. Tick / the information that Matt asks about W 5 train timeta b ticket machine 2 {Read the instructions for using the Osaka underground. Listen again and complete the gaps with the word or number you hear. You can use these coins in all ticket machines: 500 yen, ° : yen, 10 yen. You can use these notes in all ticket machines: « yen. You can use these notes in some, but not all ticket machines: « yen and 10,000 yen. above the machine. ‘Ticket prices can be found on the big *..3 Try to remember what true (1) or false (F)? 2: When you go trough he ticket gt. ut your ce machine. se i Take the ticket with you when get on the tain, © When you artve at your destination somebody B Speaking - Getting information Speaking strategy oS Asking for information Matt uses these questions to ask for information: 2 { How will 1 know which notes I can use? | yY © | How can I tell how much mone) | \ need to put in a machine? a” i 14 Some of the questions ask about an action and some ask about understanding, Put the questions in the correct box. Two of them have been done for you. cWhat should | do next? How will | know which notes | can use? you heard. Are these sentences wall take your ticket 4 1 250 f, te hundred fy C) two hundred and fi 2 5200 a @ five thousand two hundred [] five thousand and: epee ‘wo hundred 2 five thousand and two hundeed fity [] 'b five thousand two hundred an 4 1000 ye 2 athousand O] b one thousand (]) In American English people say two hundred fy, butin British English people say two hundred and iy. ——$_____]} Speak up! 2 Look at the conversations below. Read what Kumiko says and think about what you will say. Use the words to make questions like the ones in Speaking strategy. Example: a Kumiko: Some ticket machines take both notes and eins ‘How will | know of a machine takes both? Ue si say on the machine ‘how / know / machine takes bath? You put the money in the machine how / know / correct ticket pace? You can see on the mep. ‘You get the ticket from the machine. then what / do? Goto the ticket gate. You put the ticket in the machine, what / do ned? Remember to take itwhen it comes out of the machine. You can use credit cards in some stations: how / tell / machine takes credit cards? ‘twill say on the machine, You say Kumizo You: b Kumiko: You Kumiko: © Kumiko: You: Kumiko: 4 Kumiko: You: Kumiko: fe Kumiko: You: Kumiko: 3 €35) Now talk to Kumiko and ask questions.