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A2 · Buses and Subways

Finding Another Route After Missing a Bus

CEFR level:
A2
Sentences:
10
Duration:
1 min
Speakers:
Emma & Tom

"Finding Another Route After Missing a Bus" is an A2-level English conversation about buses and subways, 10 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.

Dialogue script

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  1. Emma 0:00

    I just missed the last direct bus to Hill Street.

    Line 1
  2. Tom 0:03

    You can still take the number twelve and change downtown.

    Line 2
  3. Emma 0:06

    How long will that route take?

    Line 3
  4. Tom 0:08

    About fifty minutes, which is twenty minutes longer.

    Line 4
  5. Emma 0:12

    Is there a faster subway option?

    Line 5
  6. Tom 0:14

    The subway is faster, but the station is a ten-minute walk.

    Line 6
  7. Emma 0:18

    I don't mind walking if it saves time.

    Line 7
  8. Tom 0:21

    Then take the blue line to North Park.

    Line 8
  9. Emma 0:23

    Can I use this bus ticket on the subway?

    Line 9
  10. Tom 0:26

    No, you'll need to buy a separate subway ticket.

    Line 10

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Key vocabulary

Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.

  • missed /mɪst/ past tense verb

    failed to hit, catch, attend, or notice

  • last /læst/ adjective

    coming after all others; most recent

  • direct /dəˈrɛkt/ adjective

    going straight to a place or point

  • still /stɪl/ adverb

    continuing up to now

  • change /tʃeɪndʒ/ verb

    to make or become different

  • route /rut/ noun/verb

    a path or way; to send along a path

  • longer /ˈlɔŋɡɚ/ adjective

    greater in length or time

  • faster /ˈfæstɚ/ comparative adjective or adverb

    more quickly

  • option /ˈɑpʃən/ noun

    a thing that can be chosen.

  • mind /maɪnd/ noun/verb

    the part that thinks, or to care about

  • saves /seɪvz/ verb

    keeps safe, stores, or prevents loss

  • separate /ˈsɛpərət/ (adjective); /ˈsɛpəˌreɪt/ (verb) adjective; verb

    not joined or connected; to divide or keep apart

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