English Listening B1 Episode 36 -
Fill in the Blanks Exercise
What do you think is our ?
T: Yes, absolutely. As I was telling you earlier, I’d recommend you take the .
I mean, there are lots of different river boats, but the cruises designed for tourists are much more expensive.
The Thames Clipper is really good because basically it’s .
B: So what you’re saying is the Thames Clipper is cheaper, right?
T: Cheaper than a cruise, yes, that’s right. And the great thing
about it is that you don’t need to buy a special ticket as it’s part of .
You don’t need to book in advance, you can just use your travel card to .
And it’s easy to get on a boat. You just go to the nearest tube station.
B: Sorry I didn’t catch what you said about ‘tap in and ’.
T: Oh, yes of course. You can use your travel card or your bank card and just tap the ticket machine and it automatically for your journey.
You also have to tap out at the end of the journey.
B: I see. So we don’t have to book in advance or buy a special
ticket that is for the boat?
T: That’s right.
B: OK, that’s great. And where would you suggest we ?
T: Well, there are two different routes – one which goes up the river and one which goes down.
You can hop on and hop off at any point, just like you do with the bus or .
But a very popular option with visitors is to get the boat from .
You take the tube to Westminster and it’s from there.
B: Sorry, can you just say that last bit again? Where do we ?
T: To Westminster. You can walk to Westminster Pier from there.
B: OK.
T: And you take the boat right along the river all the way to
Greenwich.
B: So let me just check I’ve got this right.
So, we can take the boat from Westminster Pier to Greenwich.
T: Yes. And on the way, the boat passes many of London’s famous landmarks – you see the Houses of Parliament, London Bridge, Tower Bridge, you go past the Globe Theatre and .
B: Oh, in other words, we see nearly everything. That sounds great. And what’s ?
T: The boat itself is quite big, and you can sit inside.
You can sit outside, too, but it gets a bit crowded and it can be windy.
So if you go inside, there’s a café and toilets. It’s very comfortable.
And there’s no tour guide explaining everything, you can just get hold of a tourist map with information about all the landmarks and learn about as you go along.
B: So, have I got this right? There isn’t a .
T: That’s right, but you can find out all the information and have it on your phone.
B: Yes, I think we .
T: It’s a really fantastic day out. I’d thoroughly recommend it if
the weather is good…
