Martha We’re going to London this weekend. How shall
we get there? Train, coach, or plane?
Dan Well, the plane is certainly the quickest and
easiest, but it’s also the most expensive.
Martha Yes, the train and coach are cheaper. I think the
train is the most convenient and most
comfortable.
Dan Overall, I think the coach is the best. It’s certainly
the cheapest.
Martha But I hate long coach journeys. I always feel sick.
I think the coach is the worst option!
Dan OK, let’s go by train. Can you ring and book the
tickets?
Martha No, let’s book online. You get the best deals
there.
2.35 Lesson 5D, Exercise 6
1 The sunniest city in the USA is Las Vegas.
2 The hottest city in Europe is Athens.
3 The furthest capital city from the Equator is Reykjavik.
4 The largest city in Asia is Shanghai.
5 The wettest city in Europe is Bergen.
6 The most expensive city in the world is Singapore.
2.36 Lesson 5F
Unusual cities: the good, the bad and the ugly A Green city Curitiba is a medium-sized city in the south of Brazil, the
largest country in South America. Why is it unusual?
Because many South American cities are very polluted but
Curitiba is the opposite: it is one of the cleanest and
greenest cities in the world. In most cities, cars cause a lot
of pollution. But in Curitiba, only a quarter of the 1.7 million
inhabitants use a car: the others use public transport. That is
because the bus system is probably the best in the world. It
is called the BRT (Bus Rapid Transport) and it carries two
million passengers a day. Tickets are cheap and journeys
are fast, and nobody in the city lives further than 400 metres
from a bus stop. There are lots of parks in the city: in fact,
there are 50 square metres of green space per person!
