Conversación en inglés 2.6: Medios de transporte y viajes

Al final de la conversación hablamos del futuro del transporte, en especial los viajes al espacio, ¡y cuánto costará una plaza en el primer vuelo comercial al espacio el año que viene (2011) con Virgin Galactic!

En la clase de inglés que sigue a la conversación, váis a aprender vocabulario nuevo para describir a la gente que se conoce en los viajes. Estas palabras normalmente se denominan «character» o «personality adjectives» en inglés. Como siempre, ¡también os vamos a enseñar un par de palabras coloquiales geniales para poder sonar muy inglés!

Fragmento de la transcripción de la conversación

TOM: Hi, my name’s Tom and I’m here with Mark again. Hello Mark!
MARK: Hello Tom!
TOM: We’re recording today from Mark’s flat, because it’s been raining a lot outside in Barcelona, and we’re in a flat very near to Sants station. So today we’re gonna talk all about Transport and Travel. There’s a slight difference; Transport is used to talk about a system of vehicles, such as buses, trains and aircraft for getting from one place to another, whereas Travel, very simply is the act of travelling or the movement of people between relatively distant[1] geographical locations for any purpose[2] and any duration, with or without any means of transport[3]…
MARK: We’ve travelled quite a lot and we’ve used quite a varied[4] means of transportation to do so in our time…
TOM: So can you now give us, Mark, a brief history of transport with the human race?
MARK: Well, using the definitions that Tom’s just provided, transport actually began with human migration, on foot in prehistory. Normally this was because they were following[5] food sources, and migrating animals, but the first proper transportation using any form of vehicle as we know it wer…be with the domestication of the horse. Now I read that this was first achieved[6] about six thousand years ago in the Ukraine, and after that chariots[7] were invented around four thousand years ago, which, a type of chariot would also be used in agriculture, and also, as we know chariot to be, helped in the art of warfare…
TOM: Can I interject[8]? Something was probably invented before the chariot was invented…
MARK: Ah…something that makes a chariot a chariot?
TOM: Exactly!
MARK: The wheel[9]…
TOM: Perfect! And when was that invented?

Sobre la Conversación en inglés…

We begin this English conversation by defining, and explaining the differences between ‘transport’ and ‘travel’ in English.
Next we give a brief history of transport – discussing when and where various modes of transport were invented.

We then look at some statistics about the most popular modes of transport around the world, then focus on a comparison between the UK, Spain and various Latin American countries. In this you’ll find out: which is the safest country in Europe to drive in (England or Spain), who has the most motorbikes on the road, and which country in Latin America has the third most airports in the world (after the USA and Brazil).

Finally we compare London, Barcelona, Bangkok and Sydney in terms of traffic congestion, and transport initiatives, before finishing off talking about some of our favourite ever travel experiences.

At the end of the conversation we talk about the future of transport, especially space travel, and how much it will cost to book a seat on the first commercial space flight next year (2011) with Virgin Galactic!

In the English class following the conversation, you’re going to learn some cool new vocabulary to describe the people you meet on your travels. These words are often called «character» or «personality adjectives» in English. As usual, we’re also going to teach you a couple of great colloquial words to help you sound really English!

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