Lesson 5: Travelling by Train (2)

Key words: departure, empty, printout

A

Ask and answer this question: Have you ever looked through the window from a running train? If you have, what did you see?

B

Read about a train journey.

Zishan, Julie, and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arif Khan, got into a 1st class compartment at Kamalapur Railway Station. It was Dewanganj-bound Tista Express. The train left at 8 o’clock. Zishan saw that the departure time on the big timetable at the station was 7:30. However, the train was running quite fast. The children sat by the window beside their parents. The compartment was half empty.

Yesterday, Julie downloaded a beautiful poem on a train journey by Robert Louis Stevenson. She took a printout of the poem. Now, while looking out of the windows, she found similarities between the poem and the scenery. She took out the poem and began to read.

Questions:

1. Were all the seats in the compartment taken?
2. Where did Zishan sit?
3. Where was the train going?
4. Did the train leave Kamalapur Station late or on time?
5. Where did Julie get the poem from?
6. What was Julie doing from her seat?