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Unit 5
5 48 balloon /bəlun/ Ballon, Luftballon ballon Can you help me blow up these balloons?
5 48 barge /bɑdʒ/ Kahn, Frachtkahn chaland, péniche Barges can be used for carrying goods on canals and rivers.
5 48 cable car /keibəl kɑ/ Seilbahn, Gondelbahn téléphérique Skiers can take the cable car up the mountain.
5 48 coach /kəυtʃ/ Bus, Reisebus autocar Everyone got back on the coach and we drove back home.
5 48 ferry /feri/ Fähre transbordeur We went from Dover to Calais by ferry instead of using the tunnel.
5 48 glider /ɡlaidə/ Segelflugzeug planeur The glider soared across the hills in the air currents.
5 48 helicopter /helikɒptə/ Hubschrauber, Helikopter hélicoptère Three soldiers jumped into the helicopter and flew off to rescue their comrades.
5 48 hovercraft /hɒvəkrɑft/ Luftkissenboot aéroglisseur The Channel crossing took about 30 minutes on the hovercraft.
5 48 hydrofoil /haidrəfɔil/ Tragflächenboot hydrofoil They caught the hydrofoil along the river Danube from Budapest to Vienna.
5 48 lorry/truck /lɒri, trk/ Lastwagen camion There was a collision between a truck and a car on the M25.
5 48 Maglev train /mɡlev trein/ Magnetschwebebahn train à lévitation
The Shanghai Maglev train goes from 0 to 300 kph in just two minutes.
magnétique
5 48 motorbike /məυtəbaik/ Motorrad motocyclette The motorbike zigzagged through the traffic to the front of the queue.
5 48 quad bike /kwɒd baik/ Quad-Bike (vierrädriges motoquad, quatre-roues Mum and Dad took me on an off-road quad bike trip.
Motorrad)
5 48 scooter /skutə/ Roller, Motorroller scooter, vespa Suzi wanted a scooter for her birthday – but this time, one with a motor!
5 48 submarine /sbmərin/ Unterseeboot, U-Boot sous-marin The Royal Navy's latest nuclear submarine was launched by the Duchess of
Cornwall.
5 48 tram /trm/ Straßenbahn, Tram tram, tramway NET is Nottingham's state-of-the art tram system.
5 48 van /vn/ Kleintransporter, Lieferwagen camionnette, fourgonnette There was a delivery van outside the house, dropping off our new washing machine.
5 48 fogbound runway /fɒɡbaυnd rnwei/ (wegen) Nebel über der (à cause du) brouillard Our plane couldn’t land because of the fogbound runway, so the flight was diverted.
Landebahn
sur la piste
5 48 lane closure /lein kləυʒə/ Fahrbahnabsperrung fermeture des voies There were lane closures on the motorway due to the accident.
5 48 low tide /ləυ taid/ Ebbe marée basse You can walk across to the island at low tide.
5 48 platform alteration /pltfɔm
ɔltəreiʃən/
Gleisänderung changement de quai There's been a platform alteration – our train will now leave from Platform 5.
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