A: excuse me, can you tell me the way to Holton railway station? B: sure. It’s quite far from here. Don’t worry, though. It’s not difficult to get there. A: I think I’m going in the wrong direction, aren’t? B: yes. First, you need to turn around. Do you remember passing some traffic lights further up this road? A: yes, I do. They are about two miles away, right? B: that’s right. Drive back to the traffic rights and turn right. Follow the road for about a mile, until you see the plaza hotel. It’s a really big hotel. You can’t miss it. Turn left at the hotel. A: so, right at the traffic lights two miles up the road, then left at the plaza hotel, a mile along that road. Got it. B; then you just go straight on until you see the station ahead of you. A; ok. Got it. Thanks for you help. B: no problem. Intermediate A: ok, I’ve got an up-to-day map. Let’s check the route from here to the airport. B: where are we? Oh, here we are. So we drive to the A120 and turn left. A: no, we turn right. Remember that we are coming from this direction. B: oh yes! Sorry! Then we drive to the M11 motorway. A; how far is that? B: it’s only seven miles. We turn left to join the motorway and drive south. A: according to the map, we get off the M11 at the second junction and join the M25. that’s the motorway that goes around the edge of London. B: that’s another 15 miles, so that’s 22 miles total so far. A: then we drive west on the M25. we must be careful to turn in the right direction! B: then we drive on the M25. it turns south. When we reach exit 15, we turn left and go west along the M4. A: then we take the first Heathrow Airport. What’s the total distance? B: the journey around the M25 is 33 miles and then 3 extra miles to get to the airport. So how many miles is that together? A: 22 miles to the M25, 33 miles on the M25, and 3 after that. That’s a total of 58 miles, isn’t it? B: it shouldn’t take us very long to cover that distance. Remember that we can go quite fast on the motor way. A: we can only go fast on the motor ways if there isn’t much traffic. I think we should allow ourselves plenty of time to get there. Being early is much better than being late. Words Traffic sign Policeman Direction Route Junction Crossroads Up-to-date map Side road Traffic lights Railway station Total distance Roundabout One-way street Motorway |