Vocabulary Extra

Intermediate Unit 8, p64: Travel situations

Review
1 Match 1–8 with a–h.
1 Jack says he’ll give a cancelledB1.
2 I’m afraid their car has got b lostB1 in the airport. I was absolutely terrified.
3 I’m sorry but the flight has been c downB1 in the middle of the motorway.
4 When we got d us a liftA2.
5 After a while, we got a e offA2 at the next stop, then walk for five minutes.
6 When I was a kid, I got f onA2 the train, we went straight to the dining car.
7 And then the car broke g stuckB2 in traffic in the city centre.
8 We have to get h liftA2 from a couple of teenagers.

2 Cover exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the missing words.

1 2
Hi, Jim. We thought our flight had been but it wasn’t. We’re just getting the plane now. I’ll
call you again when we get there.

3 4
When our car down in the desert, we a lift in a huge truck to the next town.

5 6
My train’s got just outside the station. It’s terribly crowded and we want to get it, but they
won’t let us.

I got 7 while hiking but finally found a main road. Then a guy stopped and 8
me a lift into
town.

Extension
3 Read the web postings. Which underlined expression is related to:
1 getting onto the wrong road?
2 (vehicle) no longer having petrol or diesel?
3 being delayed?
4 having no air inside?
5 hitting something?
6 being moved?
7 (person) no longer having power over something?
8 (equipment) no longer having power?

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Nightmare Journeys

On our coach trip, the driver made a wrong turnB2

onto a country road. It was so rough and full of holes
that he lost controlB2 and the coach ran intoB2 a tree
and broke down. No one was hurt, but we had to wait
two hours for help. Then all the passengers and bags
were transferredB1 to a replacement coach, and that
took ages. I think we were held upB1 for about four
hours in the end. Kirsty, Scotland

On the first day of my trip, right after lunch, I noticed

one of my car’s tyres was flatA2 so I had to change it.
The next morning, I found the battery was deadB2.
I don’t know why. Maybe I hadn’t closed my door
properly. ‘What next?’ I thought, ‘I suppose I’m going
to run out of fuelB1,’ but no, everything was fine after
that. Jens, Belgium

4 Cover exercise 3. Replace the underlined words with the new expressions in the correct form.
1 I was quite annoyed to find that two of my tyres had no air.
I was quite annoyed to find that two of my tyres were flat.
2 He was driving and talking on his mobile phone when he hit the stop sign.
3 Your car won’t start? Maybe the battery’s got no power.
4 She was delayed because of an accident on the motorway.
5 Be careful not to turn down the wrong road. It’s easy to get lost in that area.
6 Suddenly he had no power over the car and it went off the road into a field.
7 There was something wrong with our plane so we were moved to another one.
8 Oh, dear. I think we’ve got no fuel left.

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