Listening Task 1. Listen and complete the gaps with the correct place from the box. CD2. Tapescript 4.
Transcript
A. Passenger: Excuse me? Which platform does the train to Cambridge leave from? Train station attendant: The 10:15 train or the 10:40? Passenger: The 10:15. Train station attendant: The 10:15 train leaves from platform 3. Passenger: Thanks.
B. Passenger: Hi. Could I have a ticket for the next train to Manchester, please? Train ticket vendor: Single or return? Passenger: Errr, single please. Train ticket vendor: The next train is at 12:30pm, leaving from platform 2. Passenger: And how much is it? Train ticket vendor: £13:50
C. Ticket inspector: Tickets, please. Can I see your ticket, please? Passenger: Yes, here you are. Ticket inspector: This ticket is for Oxford. Passenger: Yes, that’s right. Ticket inspector: But this train doesn’t go to Oxford, it goes to Liverpool. Passenger: What? Liverpool? Oh no!
D. Train station announcement: The next train arriving at platform 1 is the 15:45 train to Exeter, stopping at Bristol Temple Meads and arriving at Exeter St David’s at 18:30.
E. Harry: What time is our train back to London? Angel: It leaves at 4:30. We’ve only got 5 minutes. Harry: What platform does it leave from? Angel: Platform 2. Look, over there. Harry: I can’t see our train anywhere. Let me see the ticket. Look, it says 4:20, not 4:30! Angel: Oh no, we’ve missed it. Harry: No we haven’t, it’s late. Look, here it is now. Angel: Phew, that was lucky!