Venidiktova

03.12.2020 23:34 •  Английский язык

80 ! нужно составить 7 вопросов к этому тексту. one of the first things a foreigner notices about british railways is the platforms. they are higher than in most parts of the world. the platform is almost on a level with floor of carriages. you do not, therefore, have to climb up into a railway carriage in britain. this makes it little easier to get in and out of the carriage with your luggage. the trains that go to and from london are very crowded at the times when people are traveling to work, because about a million people travel to london to work each day. there are cheap tickets after a certain time of the day, usually about 9.30 when everyone has gone to work. these are called cheap day return tickets. it is often nearly fifty per cent cheaper to travel to london after 9.30 than before this time. on many fast trains to london there is a dining-car in which you can buy lunch, dinner or coffee. on others there is a buffet at which it is possible to buy snacks. sometimes a waiter from the dining-car brings cups of coffee to the passengers. there are only two classes in britain-first and second. a first-class ticket costs 50% more than a second-class ticket. on long journeys, there is a ticket inspector, who visits every passenger to see if he has the right ticket and is not traveling in the wrong class. in england train passengers seldom converse with their fellow-travelers even on a long journey this is more a national custom than a matter of etiquette. when the passenger reaches the end of his journey and leaves the train, he has to give his ticket-to the ticket collector at the exit before he can leave the station.