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The Number 7 Bus

A1 · 180 words · ≈ 1 min

Rain on the window of a bus
  1. Leo is thirty-two and works in an office in the city centre. Every morning, he takes the number 7 bus to work. The trip is twenty-five minutes. He listens to music on his headphones.
  2. The bus is always full, and the people are often the same: a student with a big green bag, an old man with a newspaper and a woman with a baby. The driver is a tall woman with grey hair. Nobody talks. Everybody is tired.
  3. One Monday, it is raining and the bus is late. People are cold and wet. Then the driver turns on the radio. "Good morning, everybody!" she says. "It's a bad day, I know. But this is a good song!"
  4. The old man laughs. The student starts to sing. Leo takes off his headphones and says hello to the woman next to him. Her name is Sara, and she works near his office.
  5. Now the number 7 bus is different. People say "Good morning" and talk. The trip is still twenty-five minutes, but now it is Leo's favourite part of the day.

Words to know

office A1
a room or building where people work at desks — Büro, Amt — oficina — bureau — ufficio — biuro — escritório — офис, бюро, кабинет — ofis, büro, yazıhane — офіс, бюро
trip A1
a journey from one place to another — Reise, Ausflug, Fahrt — viaje — voyage — viaggio, gita — wycieczka, podróż — viagem — поездка, путешествие — gezi, yolculuk, seyahat — поїздка, подорож
driver A1
a person who drives a bus or car — Fahrer, Fahrerin — conductor, conductora, chofer — conducteur, chauffeur, chauffeuse — autista, guidatore — kierowca, szofer, szoferka — motorista, condutor, condutora — водитель, шофёр — sürücü, şoför — водій, водійка, шофер
newspaper A1
printed pages with news, sold every day — Zeitung — periódico, diario — journal — giornale — gazeta — jornal — газета — gazete — газета
radio A1
a machine that plays music and news — Radio, Funk — radio — radio — radio — radio — rádio — радио — radyo — радіо
headphones
small speakers you wear on your ears — Kopfhörer — auriculares, audífonos — casque, écouteurs — cuffie — słuchawki — fones — наушники — kulaklık — навушники
favourite A1
liked more than all the others — liebster, Lieblings- — favorito — préféré, favori — preferito, amato — ulubiony — favorito — любимый, излюбленный — favori, en sevdiği — улюблений, любимий

Text: Krumeto, “The Number 7 Bus”, https://krumeto.com/read · CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · written for Krumeto with the help of AI tools · Picture: W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sleet_and_rain_through_a_bus_window_on_road_162.jpg · Translations: English Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Worksheet: https://krumeto.com/read/the-number-7-bus

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A. Choose the right answer

  1. How does Leo go to work? A1
    1. a) By bus
    2. b) On foot
    3. c) By bike
    4. d) By car
  2. How long is the trip? A1
    1. a) Twenty-five minutes
    2. b) One hour
    3. c) Thirty-two minutes
    4. d) Seven minutes
  3. What are the people on the bus like at the start? A1
    1. a) Hungry and angry
    2. b) Happy and loud
    3. c) Young and excited
    4. d) Tired and quiet
  4. What does the driver do on the rainy Monday? A1
    1. a) She opens the windows.
    2. b) She turns on the radio.
    3. c) She stops the bus.
    4. d) She sings a song.
  5. Who is Sara? A1
    1. a) A student with a green bag
    2. b) The bus driver
    3. c) Leo's sister
    4. d) A woman who works near Leo's office
  6. Why does Leo like the bus now? A1
    1. a) The bus is never late.
    2. b) People are friendly and talk.
    3. c) He can listen to music.
    4. d) The trip is shorter.

B. Answer in full sentences

  1. How do you go to work or school? Do you talk to people on the way?
  2. The driver changes the day with one small thing. What small things make your day better?
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Answer key

  1. a) By bus — Paragraph 1: "Every morning, he takes the number 7 bus to work."
  2. a) Twenty-five minutes — Paragraph 1: "The trip is twenty-five minutes." Thirty-two is Leo's age.
  3. d) Tired and quiet — Paragraph 2: "Nobody talks. Everybody is tired."
  4. b) She turns on the radio. — Paragraph 3: "Then the driver turns on the radio."
  5. d) A woman who works near Leo's office — Paragraph 4: "Her name is Sara, and she works near his office."
  6. b) People are friendly and talk. — Paragraph 5: "People say 'Good morning' and talk." The trip is the same, but the people are different.

Text: Krumeto, “The Number 7 Bus”, https://krumeto.com/read · CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · written for Krumeto with the help of AI tools · Picture: W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sleet_and_rain_through_a_bus_window_on_road_162.jpg · Translations: English Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Worksheet: https://krumeto.com/read/the-number-7-bus

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