Презентация, доклад по иностранному языку для студентов 2 курса СПО на тему: Transport in Great Britain

some 225,000 miles (362,000 km) of roads in Britain.

have at least one car.

and as a pastime with over one million motorcyclists.
A moped with an engine capacity up to 50cc can be ridden at the age of 16 with a provisional licence. The maximum legal speed a moped can be ridden is 30 mph (50kph).
A full motorcycle licence can be obtained at the age of 17 after passing a test.

barges were the main means of transporting heavy goods. Now around 65% are carried by lorries.

them in our towns and cities. We use coaches for travelling longer distances or for going on school outings.

Buses and Coaches

You can see loads of them in London.

double-decker and the red single-decker.

front of the bus. Some double-deckers have automatic doors and you pay the driver when you go in. On single-deckers you sometimes buy your ticket from a machine in the bus. Most London buses have a conductor who will come round and collect fares.

cities.

Sightseeing buses

the country they are different colours. Black Cabs are the only taxi you can hail from the street (though they now come in other colours as well). With the "for hire" sign lit, the driver is obliged to stop for you. A london taxis for you to colour

Taxis

in Europe with over 11,000 miles (17,500km) of lines, some 2,500 stations and around 1,500 trains a day.

Trains

locally) celebrated its centenary in 1990 and is internationally famous, ranking alongside the Paris metro and the New York subway. London's tube network covers the largest area of any underground rail system, with 253 miles of tracks, of which 20 miles are in shallow tunnels and 93 miles in deep tunnels. The tube runs to all areas of central and greater London, connecting all mainline stations.
When in London, "the Tube" is a great means of getting around!

The Tube

airports : Heathrow, Gatwick, Stanstead, London City and Luton. The first three have underground connections to the centre of London and are the main London airports.
Heathrow and Gatwick Airports are the two main centres for overseas flights. London (Heathrow) Airport is one of the largest airports in the world and has two tube stations.
The number of passengers arriving and departing to or from London's airports equalled over 120 million in 2004. Heathrow handled 67m passengers, making the airport the busiest and best connected in the world. Source; CAA, BAA

Airports

and out of Britain, despite the opening of the Channel Tunnel to France in 1994. The busiest sea port is Dover.
Many ferries cross the seas between England and Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and France.
Below is some information about ferry crossings from England to Ireland, France, Isle of Wight and Holland

Ships