Practice Listen -1

Key Points :

1. Place names & Numbers
2. To repeat a sentence using another expression.

Woman: Good morning, Travel Link. How can I help you?
Man: Good morning. I live in Bayswater and I’d like to get to Harbour City tomorrow before 11am.
Woman: Well, to get to Bayswater …
Man: No, no. I live in Bayswater – my destination is Harbour City.
Woman: Sorry. Right; so that’s Bayswater to Harbour City. Are you planning to travel by bus or train?
Man: I don’t mind really, whichever option is faster, I suppose.
Woman: Well, if you catch a railway express, that’ll get you there in under an hour … Let’s see – yes, if you can make the 9.30am express, I’d recommend you do that.
Man: Great. Which station does that leave from?
Woman: Helendale is the nearest train station to you.
Man: Did you say Helensvale?
woman: No, Helendale – that’s H-E-L-E-N-D-A-L-E
Man: What’s the best way to get to the Helendale station then?
Woman: Well, hang on a minute while I look into that … Now, it seems to me that
you have two options. Option one would be to take the 706 bus from the Bayswater Shopping Centre to Central Street. When you get there, you transfer to another bus which will take you to the station. Or, the second option, if you don’t mind walking a couple of kilometres, is to go directly to Central Street and get straight on the bus going to the train station.
Man: Okay. Which bus is that?
Woman: The 792 will take you to the station.
Man: I guess the walk will be good for me so that might be the better option. What time do I catch the 792?
Woman: There are two buses that should get you to the station on time: one just before nine o’clock and one just after. But look, at that time of the morning it might be better to take the earlier one just in case there’s a
traffic jam or something. The 8.55 is probably safer than the 9.05.
Man: Yeah, I don’t want to the miss the train, so I’ll be sure to get on the five-to-nine bus.

just before nine o'clock ~ 8.55 = five-to-nine