Getting around town & Long journeys
B2 First · Speaking Long Turn · Cambridge Ready original exercise
Speak by yourself for about one minute, comparing your two photos. Afterwards, give a short answer to a question about the photos your partner described.
Compare them, please, and tell us what might be good about getting around the city in these ways.
You'll go first. Have a look at your photographs. They show people travelling around a city.
Getting around town
A woman cycling to work along a city bike lane in the morning.
https://cdn.cambridgeready.com/images/bdc945cd466927d4d94e41b30cdf86c6d2f4ad1ee94b9816aee43a38127d86ab.avif
candid documentary photograph, a woman in her thirties in a smart coat cycling along a city bike lane on a bright morning, traffic waiting beside her, energetic and cheerful mood, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
Commuters standing close together in a crowded underground train.
https://cdn.cambridgeready.com/images/96d5e84f784fe648c0009aa5cfdb2bc4472052c68dae91d41d5684613bd5f050.avif
candid documentary photograph, commuters of different ages and backgrounds standing close together holding rails in a crowded underground train carriage, some with headphones, tired morning mood, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
How do you usually get around your town?
What might be good about getting around the city in these ways?
Talk about how the two photographs are similar and different, and tell us what the people might find tiring about these journeys.
Now it's over to you. These are your two photographs. They show people on long journeys.
Long journeys
A family packing bags into the back of a car before a road trip.
https://cdn.cambridgeready.com/images/cf35db455cc7708e524ecdca18f3692280fcf96af186220994d6733f8c91b020.avif
candid documentary photograph, a Latin American family with two teenagers squeezing suitcases and bags into the back of an estate car on a driveway early in the morning, slightly stressed but excited mood, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
A young traveller asleep against the window on an overnight train.
https://cdn.cambridgeready.com/images/c2b5a941c74d403ae57537103b4b060493f01f12bbf6f2ee0ea3db78c9b805ab.avif
candid documentary photograph, a young female backpacker asleep with her head against the window of an overnight train, a rucksack on the seat beside her, countryside blurred outside at dawn, quiet tired mood, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
Do you enjoy long journeys? (Why? / Why not?)
What might the people find tiring about these journeys?
In the next part, I'll give each of you two photographs. You'll talk about yours without help for about a minute, and afterwards I'll ask the other person a quick question about them.
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