Next stop: JAPAN
Passepartout got distracted and the steamboat "Carnatic" is sailing to Yokohama, in Japan. How can he save the situation? Read on in Around the World in 80 days.
Yokohama was a small Japanese village but thanks to its port, today is the
second largest city in population, over 3 million people! Moreover, it's only
half an our south of Tokio by train! They are
always on time, comfy and efficient.
How are they called? Because they are the fastest trains in the world, people call them "
Bullet Train" or "Shinkansen", in Japanese.
Learn how to buy a train ticket in Japan and role-play this situation:
Passenger: Good morning/afternoon
Clerk: Good morning/good afternoon
Passenger: I’d like a ticket to (---Japanese city: Tokio, Nagota, Kyoto, Osaka---, please.
Clerk: that’s ________
Passenger: here you are
Clerk: your ticket, madam/sir.
Passanger: What time does the train leave?
Clerk: it leaves in ….minutes.
Passenger: What platform is it?
Clerk: the train arrives on platform …..
Passenger: Thank you very much.