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What's this called

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what about that

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oh

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no I'm still at home but I need to be at

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work in 20 minutes

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how should I get there

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well there are quite a few different

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ways

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I can drive my car

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or maybe take the train

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well both of those are different forms

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of

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transportation which is useful because

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that is the theme of today's lesson

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hi my name is Haley and today we're

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talking about transport so types of

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transportation and how Americans go from

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here

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to there

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oh no now I I really need to go

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okay

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I'm back

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So today we're talking about

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transportation

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trans poor Tay shun

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transportation

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how do I go from here to there

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with transportation

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how do you go from home to work

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with Transportation well probably there

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are many different ways for people to

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get around or go places you can walk if

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it isn't too far away or drive your car

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or take a train or a plane if it is very

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far away

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today I'm taking my bike to work

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biking is a form of personal or private

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transport

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personal transport just means ways that

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you can go by yourself without anyone or

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anything else it's just you

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forms of personal transport are walking

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biking and driving

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by the way the word transport is short

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for transportation

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and they mean the same thing

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transportation

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transport

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walking

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is this

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but you walk with your legs of course

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you can walk from one place to another

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yourself

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you can walk on the sidewalk or through

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a park

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both ways are great ways to get around

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riding a bike means using one of these

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lots of people ride bikes too

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it is faster than walking and better for

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the environment or Earth

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than driving a car

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but sometimes you need to go too far to

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walk or bike

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in that case driving a car may be best

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most people in the U.S have a car the

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U.S is a very big country and not every

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place has good public transport

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so what is public transport then

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public transport is transportation that

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you take with other people

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such as trains buses and airplanes

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in the U.S lots of people fly in Planes

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to get from one state to another

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since the US is very large

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you wouldn't take a plane into work

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though

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that would be a strange commute

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a commute by the way is the trip or

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Journey someone does every day usually

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to work or school

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so Monday I go to work

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and then back home

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on Tuesday work

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then home

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this

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is my commute

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you can also take the bus

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many people don't but I love the bus

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I like being able to look out the

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windows at the city I am in and enjoy

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the view

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that isn't always possible on a train

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trains can be either above ground or

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Underground

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underground trains or Subways are in

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larger cities such as New York

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San Francisco and Boston and are mostly

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used for commuting

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above ground trains aren't used as much

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in the U.S anymore but they still exist

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and can even go all the way across the

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country so from Los Angeles to New York

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though flying is definitely quicker or

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faster

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and there you go

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the many transportation choices in the

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U.S

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what about you do you have a daily

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commute

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do you prefer to ride a bike or the bus

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what about driving or taking a train

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be sure to let us know what transport is

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like where you live in the comments

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below

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