Diverted overnight: a sleeper train manager's announcement
A night train is diverted after a landslide; students note the new route, times and passenger rights, then role-play and write about disrupted travel.
C2Adults50 minAnnouncement
About this lesson
A C2 listening lesson (announcement). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Announcement
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Topic
- Travel & holidays
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Listening (read aloud), True / False, Gap-fill, Matching
- Key words
- diversion, landslide, to bear with someone, onward connection, to be entitled to, compartment, to make up a bed, detour
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand detailed practical information in an extended travel announcement
- Note times, places, figures and passenger rights accurately
- Deal with a travel problem in a role play and in writing