Kat (Germany): I don't use public
transportation too
often1. When I still lived in my home town, it was just too
small to have public transportation. Nowadays2, I like to ride3
my car. I think public transportation is a great idea, but I really like the
convenience of having my own4
vehicle.
Dani
(England): All
the time5,
especially here at the moment at the university, I always use the bus or the train
or walk everywhere6.
I can't drive7,
so it's my only option really.
Shiloh
(United States): At school, I use public transportation a lot to get from8
my home to my university. There's9
a regular bus service that runs between10
my house and my school, which is about11
five kilometers or
so12. But when I'm at home with my family in New Mexico, I
don't use public transportation at all13.
I think that American public transportation is few and far between15. it's not very well-funded15,
and it's not very good, unless16
you live in the city. Everybody has cars, so you don't really have a need for
public transportation, because everybody is able to17
drive himself where they need to go.
Sarah
(England): Public transport is something that I don't often use at all. Because I own a car18,
I normally just jump
into19 the
car and just drive wherever
I need to go20. The only time21
really that I go use public transport is when I'm traveling around London,
because using the underground22
is a lot more
easier23 than trying to drive through24
the busy roads.
Warren
(Canada ): Not
so much25 these days. I have a car now, and where
I'm living, the bus system isn't very good and there's no train station right by me26,
so I tend27
to drive.
Tim
(United States): I don't use public transportation very often. It's not as common in
America as it is in other countries. And I also own a car, so if I need to get anywhere28,
I just drive my own car, which is very convenient, because I can go wherever I
want at whatever
time29 I want without being dependent on30 a bus schedule31
or something
like that32.
Vocabulary
1. too often = com muita frequencia
2. Nowadays = hoje em dia
3. Ride = dirigir, andar de
4. Own = próprio
5. All the time = o tempo todo
6. Everywhere = em todos os lugares
7. I can't drive = eu não sei dirigir
8. get from = sair de
9. There's = há, existe
10. runs between = roda entre
11. about = aproximadamente
12. or so = ou mais ou menos isso, por volta disso
13. at all = absolutamente
14. few and far between = tem longos intervalos
15. well-funded = bem financiado
16. unless = a menos que
17. is able to = é capaz de
18. I own a car = eu possuo um carro
19. jump into = saltar para dentro de
20. wherever I need to go = onde quer eu eu precise ir
21. The only time = a única vez
22. Underground = metrô (Europa)
23. a lot more easier = muito mais fácil
24. through = através
25. Not so much = nem tanto
26. right by me = bem próximo a mim
27. tend = tender a
28. to get anywhere = ir a qualquer lugar
29. whatever time = qualquer que seja o momento
30. without being dependent on = sem ser dependente de
31. bus schedule = horário de ônibus
32. something like that = algo assim