How do most people travel to work where you live?
Most
people in my place travel to work using public transport system. We
have both government and private bus services that are very efficient
and frequent. The bus fares are also quiet moderate, and that makes it
the favourite mode of travel for ordinary people to go to work. People,
who go to longer distances to work, usually make use of trains. We
have a number of short distance trains, which are very inexpensive. A
lot of people also have their own private vehicles to go to work. Most
young people have their own motor bikes. The more affluent go to work
by car.
What traffic problems are there in your area?
Traffic
problems are quite frequent in my area, especially during the peak
hours of morning and evening, when people travel to work or study and
back. Many roads are very narrow and cannot hold the increasing traffic
volume at a time. So traffic moves at a snail’s pace, especially
during the rush hours. There are also a lot of puddles on the roads
especially during the rainy season and manoeuvring them would further
slow the traffic down. There are constant repairs on the roads which
are both slow and ineffective and traffic is often diverted through
narrower roads making the situation still worse.
How do traffic problems affect you?
Traffic
problems affect me very badly. I need to reach work on time and very
often the unexpected traffic snarls and jams do not let me do it. I
have made it a point that I start a bit earlier from home, so that these
unexpected delays do not affect me much. Another problem is that
driving in high gear in the traffic jam, exhausts your fuel tank very
fast.
How would you reduce the traffic problems in your area?
The
first thing that the government should do is to widen the roads with
immediate effect and that can definitely reduce the problem
tremendously. Another area that the authorities can look into is to
engage a big company to construct roads that can last for a longer
period of time. It would definitely reduce the constant repairs on
roads. People also should be made to obey traffic rules very strictly.
Part 2
Describe a game or sport you enjoy playing.
You should day:
What kind of game or sport it is
Who you play it with
Where you play it
And explain why you enjoy playing it.
In
fact I don’t play any games at the moment, because I don’t have the
time or opportunity for it. It is very difficult for you to play a game
once you get out of your school or college. There are very few
playgrounds for the public in our area.
May
be, I will talk about the game I played when I was in college. I was
very interested in soccer, and I played in the forward line. It was
usually played in the evening when the sun was not very warm and that
preserved a lot of your energy. I hope you know that football requires a
great deal of running and if it is very hot your steam will run out
fast.
I
usually played with my college mates. We would break into two teams
and sometimes the numbers would vary from seven to twelve, depending on
the number of people who were interested in playing the game. It always
used to be great fun to play with your mates in a very friendly
atmosphere. Since everybody knew each other there were hardly any hard
tackling or rough play. Everybody enjoyed the spirit of the game.
We
played in the football ground, just in front of our college. It was
quite a big ground and so we had to run around a lot, but that gave us a
lot of physical fitness.
I
enjoyed playing soccer because there was a thrill in scoring goals and
winning. You kept improving with every game and that gave you a great
deal of motivation and competitive spirit. Even during the day, when
you were not playing you kept thinking about the game. So it was great
fun and I always waited for the evenings to play soccer.
Discussion topics:
Children’s games
How have games changed from the time when you were a child?
Games
have changed tremendously over the years. When we were children the
standard of the game or the players was not as good as it is today.
Moreover, newer rules have been introduced to make it more appealing to
television audiences. I think the speed of the game has considerably
increased. There is much more money in sports and games today, so more
and more young people are interested in making it a full time career.
That was not the case when I was a child.
Do you think this has been a positive change? Why?
Yes,
it has definitely been a positive change in all ways. Games have
become more popular and players get much better rewards. Televised
games have made it possible for people to watch games in the comfort of
their homes rather than going to a stadium. Watching games has become a
very easy affair. Overall, the standard of the game has improved.
Why do you think children like playing games?
Children
are physically very active and you can’t keep them idle for a long
time. They always like to be with their friends, playing some games.
Psychologically, at their age they can’t think of engaging in a serious
activity for a long time. Playing games would occupy them time in a
very effective way; otherwise they are going to create some mischief at
home.
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