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transport strategy
within the next five years.
A. The city council needs to find a better way for people to get into, around and out of the city. 
B. The city council needs to encourage more drivers to bring their cars into the city.
For reference, see the 
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(978 0 7475 6624 3) 

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On the road
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For reference, see the 
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(978 0 7475 6624 3)
B. Look at sentences 1-10 and decide what has, or hasn’t, happened (sentences A-J). Use the
words in 
bold
to help you. 
1. Ambulance driver to policeman: ‘The 
pedestrian’s injuries
are very severe and he has to go to
hospital.’
2. Judge to driver: ‘
Drink-driving 
is a serious offence and I therefore ban you from driving for a year’. 
3. Driving instructor to student driver: ‘Stop! That’s a 
pedestrian crossing
!’
4. Examiner to student driver: ‘You don't know enough about 
the Highway Code
yet to pass your theory
test.’
5. Policeman to driver: ‘Do you realise you were 
speeding 
back there, sir?’
6. Driver to a friend: ‘I can’t believe it! He gave me a heavy
fine 
and six points on my licence.’
7. Police officer to radio interviewer: ‘
Joyriding 
has increased by almost 50% and I am urging everyone
to think twice before they get involved in this stupid activity.’
8. Television news presenter: ‘So far this year there have been 27 
fatalities 
on Oxfordshire’s roads.’
9. City council officer to journalist: ‘As part of our new transport strategy, we are going to construct