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    Travel's Best Kept Secret: The Train

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    The author argues that train travel is a more relaxing alternative to flying that is often more efficient door-to-door. According to the author, train travel allows passengers to arrive shortly before departure rather than having to deal with long check-in and security lines at airports. Trains also offer amenities like gourmet food service and do not require travelers to account for transportation between city centers and out-of-city airports. The author provides the example of train travel between Paris and London, which takes about two hours compared to over seven hours total for the same trip involving flights due to additional airport-related transportation and check-in times.

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    The author argues that train travel is a more relaxing alternative to flying that is often more efficient door-to-door. According to the author, train travel allows passengers to arrive shortly before departure rather than having to deal with long check-in and security lines at airports. Trains also offer amenities like gourmet food service and do not require travelers to account for transportation between city centers and out-of-city airports. The author provides the example of train travel between Paris and London, which takes about two hours compared to over seven hours total for the same trip involving flights due to additional airport-related transportation and check-in times.

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    The author argues that train travel is a more relaxing alternative to flying that is often more efficient door-to-door. According to the author, train travel allows passengers to arrive shortly before departure rather than having to deal with long check-in and security lines at airports. Trains also offer amenities like gourmet food service and do not require travelers to account for transportation between city centers and out-of-city airports. The author provides the example of train travel between Paris and London, which takes about two hours compared to over seven hours total for the same trip involving flights due to additional airport-related transportation and check-in times.

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    Travel's Best Kept Secret: The Train

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    The author argues that train travel is a more relaxing alternative to flying that is often more efficient door-to-door. According to the author, train travel allows passengers to arrive shortly before departure rather than having to deal with long check-in and security lines at airports. Trains also offer amenities like gourmet food service and do not require travelers to account for transportation between city centers and out-of-city airports. The author provides the example of train travel between Paris and London, which takes about two hours compared to over seven hours total for the same trip involving flights due to additional airport-related transportation and check-in times.

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    Travel

    Writing task: Summarize an article

    Read the text and write a summary paragraph of the main points. Useful language
    Use the Useful language to help you prepare. When you are ready, write around Useful phrases
    Neutral expressions
    300 words.
    • According to the author
    …. / (author’s last
    Travel exposed name)…
    • The author notes…
    / points out… /

    Travel’s best kept


    reports… / explains…
    / mentions… /
    observes…

    secret: The Train Offering opinions


    • The author believes…
    / suggests… /
    emphasizes… /
    When you need to get somewhere
    claims…
    – and get there now – a flight may
    Argumentative or
    be the only answer. However, if comparative expressions
    you want to take a trip and really • The author argues…
    enjoy the ride, there may be a / compares… /
    much better way. One that is more confirms… / insists… /
    relaxing and that may even be more responds to this with /
    by…
    efficient than a flight. It’s a chance
    Giving examples
    to get past all the hustle and bustle
    • The author illustrates
    of today’s high-speed journeys and this with / by…
    go back to one of travel’s best kept • The author supports this
    secrets: the train. with / by…
    Ending
    When was the last time you got off a One of the biggest advantages to train
    • The author closes /
    flight and thought ‘I really enjoyed that. travel is that you can go from city centre
    concludes with / by…
    How relaxing!’ Never? Flying in today’s to city centre. No need to travel out to an
    busy world can be more stressful than airport and back into the next city at great
    it’s worth. Early check-ins, long security cost and loss of time. Cabs from airports
    lines, and never-ending waits for your into cities like London and Paris can run
    baggage can make even the shortest as much as $100 each way. And when you
    flights unpleasant, not to mention the add up the time needed to get to and from
    cramped seats and questionable food out-of-city airports, it can be another two to
    on some of the longer ones. One often three hours travel time. In many cases, this
    arrives at a destination tired, hungry, and actually makes door to door travel times by
    frustrated. train shorter. For example, Eurostar trains
    Conversely, train travel can offer a from Paris to London take about two hours.
    much more pleasurable experience. A flight between the two cities is only about
    No need for an early check-in. You an hour to an hour and a half; however,
    can arrive as little as five minutes add to this the travel time to and from the
    before departure. Security lines? Not airport, the extra hours for early check-in,
    a problem. Even though safety is key security wait time, and time needed to get
    on most trains, there are no lines in bags, you add another four to six hours to
    which everyone is checked. No baggage the journey. Sum it all up and the same trip
    check either. Take your baggage with comes in at about seven hours – five hours
    you when you get on and grab it on your longer than by train.
    way out. And as for the food? Luxury For years the reputation of train travel has
    train lines such as the Thalys in France suffered under the popularity of air travel,
    now offer gourmet meals, complete with but it might be time to rethink this image.
    champagne. Taking the train offers you a The next time someone says to you ‘Let’s
    chance to relax, have a snack or a drink, catch a flight somewhere’, think again. It Oxford Online
    and let the world pass you by. could be time to share the secret, sit back, Skills Program
    and enjoy the ride.
    Travel
    Writing task: Summarize an article

    Tip  A summary gives the main points of a text. It’s important for a writer to paraphrase
    the information in his / her own words so it is different from the source text’s exact
    words. However, you must still refer to the author to let the reader know you’re talking
    about someone else’s work.
    Follow this procedure:
    • Read the entire text and highlight the main points. Look at first and last sentences to
    help you with this.
    • Begin the paragraph by introducing the author and the main idea of the text.
    • Write a draft of your summary including the main points you highlighted in the text.
    • Review your summary to paraphrase the author’s work and reorganize information to
    make it clear and to the point.
    • Re-read the main text. Then review your summary to make sure you’ve covered all the
    important information. Refer to the author often.
    Check it!  Read your summary again and check for grammar, vocabulary and spelling
    errors.

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