088distanceandspeed

Words

Near/closefarrushhurrycrawlpacevelocitywidetalllongshortlengthdeepnarrowbroadhighdepthshallowshort-cutlong-distancerapidslowfastquickheightlowfaraway

Phrases

Take…(time)

A…drive/walk

Adistanceof

Inthedistance

Stretchfor(distance)

Beginner

A:howlongwillittakeustodrivetoLondon?

B;Ithinkit’sadistanceof180kilometersfromheretoLondon,soitshouldbeatwo-hourdriveonthemotorway.

A;that’sunlessthereisatrafficjam.Itcouldtakethreehours.

B;you’reright.Wewillbeabletotravelathighspeedsatthebeginningandendofthejourney,becausewewillbeinbuilt-uparea.

A:so,shallweallowthreehourstocoverthedistance?

B;ok.Youhaven’tseenmycompanycar,haveyou?

A;no.letmetakealook….it’slongerthanmycar.

B:Ithinkit’soverfivemeterslong.Ican’trememberexactly.Ithasamaximumspeedofover200kilometersanhour.

A;wow!That’sfast!Idon’tthinkwewillbetravelingthatfastonthemotorway.

B;wecan’t.ifwewentthatfast,wewouldbreakthespeedlimit.

Intermediate

A:howarethechildrendoingatsport?

B:I’mverypleasedwiththeirperformances.Timmycancoverthe100metersin12seconds.That’sveryfastforakidhisage.

A:he’snotverygoodatthelongjumpthough,ishe?

B;he’snotbad.Hecanjumpadistanceofoverfourmeters.Ithinkhejustprefersrunningtojumping.Jimmy’sverygoodatthehighjump.Hecanjumpovertwometers.Again,that’sfineforsomeonehisage.

A;twometers?Thatmeansthatthehighjumpbarisabovehishead!Areanyofthemgoodatlong-distancerunning?

B:thelongestracewerunisthe1500meters.Afewoftheboysandonegirlscandoitinlessthanfiveminutes.

A:howaretheyatswimming?

B;they’reok.Iaskthemtoswim500meterseachday.That’s20lengthsoftheswimmingpool.They’renotveryfast,butthat’sok.Ijustwantthemtobuildtheirstrengthupandkeepinshape.

A;kateisverygoodatdivingfromaheightof10meters.

B:I’dbeafraidtojumpfromthatheight!

A:Ithinkthatthesekindshaven’tlearnttobeafraidyet.Shestarteddivingfromalowe