Commuting and Transportation Practices 4
Please listen to the conversation between A and B and write the summary of the each conversation and highlight the blue boxes to compare your summaries with the sample summaries.
| Audio 1 |
Kawamura-san is from North Carolina in the
U.S. According to him, from New York to North Carolina it takes about
9 hours by car, 14 hours by train, or 23 hours by bus but 2 and half hours
by airplane. (So) the airplane is the most convenient. |
| Audio 2 |
Tanaka-san is from
Tokyo and lives in Setagaya-ku, which is 15 minutes by bus and 20 minutes by
bicycle to Shibuya-ku. Bus is a bit faster. |
| Audio 3 |
Suzuki-san's apartment
is in the vicinity (neighborhood) (5 minutes walk) from where they are now.
His apartment is close to the City Library. A's (the first speaker's)
home is about 20 minutes by car to the City Library. |
| Audio 4 Note: "Shuu" means "state." |
A (the first speaker)
is going to North Carolina in America. It takes 12 hours by airplane
to Atlanta from Tokyo and 4 and half hours by car from Atlanta to NC. |
| Audio 5 Note: "Shiai" means "game/ tournament." "Keetai (denwa)" is cell phone. |
A invited B to see a
soccer game this weekend, which will be held at a sports center in Hamamatsu
City. From where they are now, it takes 10 minutes by train, 25
minutes by bus, and then 5 minutes on foot. B will call A's cell later
again. The cell number is 894-7632-9919. |