English Conversation -Bus Travel

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Reena works at Rama’s store. Reena travels to Rama'Store by a Bus Transport Because there is no Rail Service there. She walks at 9AM from home tothe bus stand near her house and meets another Bus Traveller, a girl called sudesh.

Sudesh Hello Reena.
Reena Hello. When did the last bus come by from Bus Terminal?
Sudesh Bus from the Bus Station came along about five minutes ago, but I couldn’t get on to it. There was such a frantic rush to get in.

Reena This is really awful. I wish people Waiting for the Bus would learn to stand in a queue.
Sudesh You see everyone is standing at Bus Stop in a queue just now.
Reena Yes, but when the bus draws up, the queue is broken and even before the passengers come out of the bus, those waiting outside are crowding the entrance of the bus.
Sudesh Unfortunately, in the morning everyone is in such a hurry to take Bus to travel totheir Work that ,they forget all rules of fair play and politeness and keep pushing to enter the Bus, It is really terrible.
Reena Here is the bus from Bus Station to Rail Station.
Conductor Please wait for these getting off to decend first. Now, you can come in this Double Decker Bus.
Sudesh One bus ticket to Regal, please.What is the Bus fare.
Conductor Here you are ma’am. That will be Five Rupees.
Reena Does this bus go to Rama’s store?
Conductor Where is that?
Reena That is close to the super Bazar Bus Station.

Conductor This bus Service will drop you about a kilometer short of the super Bazar. Shall I give you a Bus ticket for Regal as well?
Reena Yes, please. Here is Five Rupees.
Sudesh Haven’t you been on this bus route before?
Reena No, I’ve only recently taken up this job. For the last week I’ve been travelling by a bus service which drops me near the plaza cinema.
Conductor Come along please, everybody up infront. Make room at the back of Bus coach..
Conductor Come along please, everybody up infront. Make room at the back of Bus coach..
Reena What is the Bus Timetable. How long does it take to get to the Regal? Do you have Bus map
Sudesh No,I Do not have a Bus Map. At this time of the day, there is a lot of traffic on the roads and I expect it’ll take about forty-five minutes.
Reena Where do you work?
Sudesh I work as a typist at TCP That is not far from where the bus Stop will drop us. What about you? How will you get to your Rama’s store?
Reena Oh, I’ll manage somehow. There are many buses available .I’ll either walk or I’ll hitch a ride. I don’t suppose that a scooter man would go such a short distance.
Sudesh It is getting quite chilly in bus travel these days.
Reena Shall I ask the Bus driver to lower the window? Yes? (To the Bus Driver. Excuse me, please. Would you mind very much if we shut this window? My friend here has a cold. Thank you so much.
Sudesh That was kind of you. What is the quarrel going in the bus coach ?
Reena It appears that there is some unpleasantness between a passenger and the bus conductor. The passenger is offering the bus conductor a hundred rupee note for bus fare and the conductor hasn’t the change.
Sudesh There is one thing that one must do when travelling by bus service and that is, keep change handy with you.Every one carries change in metro Rail Service.
Reena Well, the conductor ought to have change, but I suppose one can’t expect him keep changing hundred rupee notes every now and then.
Sudesh Look, there is an old lady who hasn’t found a seat. I wish these young healthy boys would get up and offer her a reserved bus seat.
Reena You keep sitting; I’ll let the old lady have my seat. (To the old lady). Madam, would you care to sit here?
OLD lady Thank you every much, child. I was falling over every time the bus moved off or came to a stop. Thank you, thank you.
Sudesh Reena come, may be all three of us can squeeze in.
Reena No, don’t bother. I can stand. It is only a short way off now.

(B) VOCABULARY

Window seat aisle
Pouch punch
Foot board pick pocket

Phrases

To lurch forward to come to a sudden halt
Sharp turn screeching brakes
Swaying wildly unpleasant fumes

Meanings

Frantic uncontrolled excitement, wild.
Queue a line.
Pouch a round bag.
Aisle the space between two rows of chairs.
Lurch to lean suddenly to one side, to stagger.
Screech harsh scream.
Sway an unsteady movement from side to side.
Fumes unpleasant smelling smoke.

(C) Study the following response.

1 What is the difference between a car and a bus?
Response - A car is smaller and less powerful vehicles and it can seat only five or six people. A bus is large motor vehicle and carries a number of passengers.

2 How many kinds of buses are there?
Response - The most common kind of bus plying in Delhi is the long bus seating about 56 passengers. Then there are double decker buses. There are mini buses, which are smaller and carry smaller number of passengers, some buses are air conditioned. Buses transporting travelers over long distances from one city to another have luggage carriers fitted on top of the buses. This is where the passengers baggage is stored. Some most up to-date long distance buses show movies during the journey to entertain the passenger.

3 Do you think that the bus services in towns are quite sufficient to meet the requirements of the commuting public.
Response- Not at all. The existing services are grossly overcrowded. The number and frequency of buses plying on the crowed routes at peak hours is certainly much below even a minimum level.

(D) Make suitable responses

1 Describe a journey by bus.
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