Travelling

Study vocabulary

Travelling by train

Vehicles and parts of vehicles

baggage car, buffer, car with reserved seats, coach (carriage; car), compartment, compartment train, day coach, dining car, engine, express train, fast train, first (second, third) class car, first class sleeper, freight (goods) train, irregular (emergency) train, local (suburban) train, long-distance train, luggage rack, luggage van, mail train, passenger train, slow train, through train; upper, lower berth (bunk),

People

driver, engineer, passenger, porter, signalman, station master, ticket collector, (ticket) inspector

Kinds of tickets

fare, full ticket, return ticket, round trip ticket, season tickets, single ticket, travel half fare

Places and facilities

information office, inquiry office, junction, miss a train, platform, point, railway line, signal box, station, terminus, timetable, waiting room, whistle

Word combinations

be due in … minutes, catch a train, change trains, come to a stop, get on a train, get off a train, have a seat facing the engine, have a seat with one’s back to the engine

Travelling by air

Vehicles and parts of vehicles

(air)plane, airliner, fair (cross, head) winds, fuselage, glider, helicopter, jet engine, light aircraft, propeller, safety belt, seat-belt, wing

People

air hostess, air steward, captain, customs officer

Places and facilities

air terminal, check-in desk, control tower, customs hall, duty-free shop, gate, hangar, runway

Word combinations

aircrash, altitude, be delayed, boarding card, cancel the flight, carry-on luggage, cruising speed, fasten seat belts, forced landing, get on plane, get off plane, gather speed, hijack (a plane), hit an air pocket, land\make a landing, non-stop flight, passport, rock (v), take off, taxi(v), visibility

Travelling by sea

Vehicles and parts of a vehicle

ship, liner, hovercraft, hydrofoil, ferry, rowboat (AmE)/rowing-boat (BrE), yacht, deck, cabin, engine-room, plank, companion-way

Places and facilities

port, docks, quay, lighthouse, life buoy, buoy

People

crew, captain, skipper, steward

Word Combinations

sail (on), dock, disembark, call at, get seasick (АтЕ) fall seasick (BrE), be a good/poor sailor

journey/travel/trip/voyage/tour/ride

journey - an act of traveling from one place to another, especially to a place that is far away

e.g. We have a very long train journey ahead of us.

travel - the act or process of traveling

e.g. New computer technology has been made air travel considerably safer.

trip — the act of traveling to a place and coming back especially when you only stay in the place for a short time. In AmE often used instead of journey

e.g. Did you have a good trip?

voyage — a long journey in a boat or ship

e.g. She didn't like long voyages because she suffered from seasickness.

tour — a planned journey, especially one made for pleasure

e.g. We have had a request to include Lhasa as one of the cities visited on our tour.

ride - a short journey in a vehicle such as a car, or on a bicycle or a horse

e.g. He pretended to be asleep for the entire two-hour ride.