📕 Part 1: Traffic
Rory feels like a sardine in a can during rush hour! He shares his frustrating daily commute and reveals the one surprising thing that wasn't invented with the first cars. Can you guess what it is?
This episode's vocabulary
Tram (noun) - an electric vehicle that transports people, usually in cities, and goes along metal tracks in the road.
Trolleybus (noun) - a public transport vehicle with rubber tyres that travels along ordinary roads in towns and is driven by electricity supplied from a wire above the road.
Rush hour (noun) - the busy part of the day when towns and cities are crowded, either in the morning when people are travelling to work, or in the evening when people are travelling home.
Mercifully (adverb) - luckily.
Propensity (noun) - a tendency to behave in a particular way.
Regardless (adverb) -despite; not being affected by something.
Proportionate (adj.) - same as proportional.
Initially (adverb) - at the beginning.
Trend (noun) - a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving.
Major (adj.) - more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the same type.
Side effect (noun) - an unexpected result of a situation.
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