Module 2 Traffic Jam CULTURAL CORNERPeriod 6 CULTURAL CORNER--The London Congestion Charge■Goals● To read about congestion charge■ProceduresStep 1: Before you readPlease go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling.Step 2: While you readCut/ the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives.Step 3: After you readCopy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book. You may make sentences with these expressions.Useful expressions from The London Congestion Chargethe London Congestion Charge, the only city with traffic problems, get stuck in a traffic jam, anywhere in the world, grow fast, such as, cities in developed countries, be built with the motor car in mind, is famous for…,the USA’s most congested city centre traffic jams, part of daily life, for a long time, in queues, do something about it, introduce a “congestion charge”, a tax for cars entering the centre of the city, come into the center, pay ￡5 a day, pay the charge, at any of 10,000 pay points, in the capital, before 10 pm, video cameras, record the registration numbers, be checked with a list of drivers, pay the charge for that day, face a fine of ￡80, be happy with the idea, have a traffic problem, limit one’s freedom, carry out a survey, at the end of 2003, traffic coming into central London, be reduced by about 30 percent, use public transport to get to work, be very popular, lose business, work in the city center, keep even more cars out of central London, increase the chargeStep 4: Talking about the London congestion chargeYou are going...
