(Presenting a survey results)
Scan the report on the results of a survey showing how British people travel to work every day. While scanning through the report fill in the gaps in the table.
As far as public transport is concerned, of all male respondents, thirty-three percent said that they preferred to use the train to get to and from work, which differs very slightly from a figure of thirty-two percent for women. Of course trains represent only a small part of all commuter services because the vast majority of people are employed in their own locality. Now, when it comes to that other great British commuting tradition the bus thirteen percent of men were willing to queue for the bus, as opposed to just seven percent of women. And for those who envisage themselves as needing to travel to work in luxury, taxis polled a mere two percent of male respondents, as opposed to seven percent of women who were willing to go to the expense of being driven to work, while the percentage of men that preferred to drive themselves to work was fifty-one, slightly higher than the figure of forty-nine for women. As for pedal power, men seem to be more inclined to go to work on two wheels, with eleven percent of them responding affirmatively to the question as to whether they would be prepared to get slightly breathless on the way to work, with a corresponding figure for women being only five percent. It would seem as though men, at least as far as the results of this survey bear out, are more willing to expend physical energy, rather than money, on their daily commuting.
When it came to the level of general satisfaction with public transport, men were generally very satisfied with the rail service, while women recorded a verdict of moderately satisfied. Respondents were less favourable to buses than to trains, with men being moderately satisfied with services in contrast to total dissatisfaction in the case of women. Of course it cant be overstated that public opinion surveys of this type are extremely susceptible to erroneous results and are rarely a good basis on which to base public transport policy in isolation; theres a whole range of social and other factors to be taken into consideration.
| How do you travel to work every day? | How satisfied are you with the means of public transport you most regularly use? | ||||
| MEN | WOMEN | MEN | WOMEN | ||
| TRAIN | 1) | 32 % | TRAIN | very | 5) |
| BUS | 13 % | 3) | BUS | not at all | |
| TAXI | |||||
| CAR | 2). | ||||
| BICYCLE | 4) |
When reporting the surveys findings in front of the class use the following prompts and the suggested answer key patterns.
most/least popular among(st)
more /less frequently used by
rarely used by either group
satisfaction levels among(st) are high/low/moderate
Suggested Answer Key Patterns
According to the survey, the least popular way of getting to work for women is by and for men by.
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Buses are more frequently used to travel to work by than by.
Bicycles are rarely used by to get to work.
Satisfaction levels amongst men are with regard to rail transport
What do you think the results of a similar survey would be in your city or in Russia as a whole? As part of your independent reading home assignment present your own table in front of the class. Participate actively in discussion. Make use of the prompts and the suggested answer key below.
would (not) be as/less/more popular
the corresponding figure would probably be in the region of
satisfaction levels would probably (not) be as high/low
Suggested Answer Key
Travelling to work by bicycle would not be as popular in Russia/my city as it is in the British survey.
In my country, the percentage of men who travel to work by taxi is probably around 10 %. For women, the corresponding figure would probably be in the region of 34 %.
The British survey indicates that men are moderately satisfied with the means of transport they use most regularly. In Russia/in my city, satisfaction levels would probably not be as high.
VOCABULARY NOTES
1) commuter someone who travels a long distance
to work every day
2) to bear out to support the truth of( -)
3) to overstate ,
4) susceptible to .-
NOTE:
WOULD is used here to mean a possible situation that you imagine or want to happen. It is also used here for giving opinions about
Possible situations.
UNIT 5
TEXT FOR STUDY: Central Banks and Monetary Policy. (TEXT A)
Bank Accounts and Cheques. (TEXT B)
GRAMMAR GUIDE: 1. THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE and THE
GERUND (Ving forms).
2. MODAL VERBS and MODAL CONCEPTS.
3. THE INFINITIVE.
SPEAKING: Drawing conclusions and expressing probability
Topical speaking tasks
READING Topic: Bank Accounts and cheques (TEXT B).
Skill: Reading for specific information.
WRITING: Writing a Summary (Credit Cards).
INDEPENDENT READING:
TEXT 1. A General History of Money.
TEXT 2. Money and Banking.
TEXT 3. The History of the British Currency.
PRE-TEXT TASKS
