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4.2.2 Holidays and travelling
Where do you like to go for holidays? Why? And what is your favourite means of transport?
There are various reasons to travel. To relax from work, people usually prefer to travel further away from their homes for a longer time. They often go abroad. Some people prefer to stay at a hotel, lie on the beach and go swimming in the sea. Others like to go hiking in the mountains, or go sightseeing for some historical monuments.
But work holidays are not the only reason to travel. Most people have to travel to work or school every weekday. This is called commuting. It is a regular journey to and from the same places.
Employees at high positions often have to go on business trips. These usually involve travelling to a certain place, staying at a hotel and having business lunch with the client, and coming back home the next day.
Recently, shopping trips became popular. Travel agencies offer cheap one-day trips to famous shopping cities such as London, Paris, Milano or New York.
You can travel by many different means of transport. You can go by car, by bus, by train or by plane. Sometimes you need to take a boat or ship. A trip by boat where you stop at a few places to hop on and off the boat is called a cruise trip.
Public transport is meant for short journeys around the town or between towns. Many capitals and huge cities have some kind of an underground train. In London, the underground is often referred to as „the Tube“. In New York, it is called the Metro.
Sometimes your bus or train does not go by the schedule. It is delayed. On other ocassions, you miss the bus because you were delayed.
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means of transport
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dopravní prostředek
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various
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různý
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hiking
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túra
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go sightseeing
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chodit po památkách
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commute
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dojíždět
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regular
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pravidelný
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journey
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cesta
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recently
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nedávno, v poslední době
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travel agency
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cestovní kancelář
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hop on and off
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naskočit a vyskočit
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cruise
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okružní jízda
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public transport
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veřejná doprava
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schedule [šedjul, skedjul]= timetable
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rozvrh, jízdní řád
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delayed
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zpožděný
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ocassion
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příležitost
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miss the bus
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nestihnout autobus
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