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Everyone knows # what # how British buses # like.# are like.
They're usually double-decker buses — buses with two floors.
In most big towns, they're red; and in the country, they're green.
But # few # little foreigners know # how # what difficult # it is # is it to travel by them.
First, everyone must # to stand # stand in a line at the bus-stop.
This is the British queue. If you # don't # didn't stand in the queue, the British # think # are thinking you want to # go # get on to the bus # in front of # in front them, and become #angry. # angrily.
You'll # must # have to wait in the queue for # a long time; # long; but, when your bus # comes, # will come, five others with the same number will come with it.
This is because the bus drivers feel # in a lonely way # lonely if they # don't # won't all travel together.
And because you've waited # since # for an hour in the rain or in the snow, it # doesn't # isn't mean that you'll # be # been allowed to get # on to # into the bus when # it comes. # it'll come.
"Full up" the conductor will probably say.
This means that all the seats are # taking # taken and there are five people # standing. # stand
. The conductor isn't allowed # to have # having, more people than this # in # on his bus.
Then there are the bus-stops with Request # wrote # written on them.
Request stops are a British idea to puzzle foreigners.
You wait # for a bus # a bus for a long time, and, when it comes, it drives past the bus-stop.
"It's a request stop," the British will # tell # say you.
"If you # won't # don't put out your hand, the bus # doesn't stop. # isn't stopping.
You'll # must # have to wait for the next bus. . ." If and when # you # you'll get on to a bus, you'll find that the conductor speaks his own language.
"Hold tight, please! " he'll say — which means "Be # carefully. # careful. The bus is leaving" - or "Upstairs only" — which means that all the seats downstairs are"# taken. # took.
If you want # smoke # to smoke or you've #got # had a dog with you, you'll # must # have to go upstairs.
Never # take # bring a large dog #into # on to a London bus: the stairs are very narrow!
A lot of British buses haven't got doors, and the British jump # on # in and # off # out of the buses when they want # it. # to.
But be # careful: # carefully: this is more difficult # than # as you think!
If you think it's easier # for # to travel by train, London's got very good underground trains.
They're called the Underground or the Tube.
# All # Each line of the Tube has got a name — the Central Line, the Northern Line, the Victoria Line. .. And each line has got # its # it's own colour on the map that # you see # see you in the stations.
The Tube trains and all other British trains have 'No smoking' carriages where you # needn't # mustn't smoke.
If # you # you'll smoke in them, the other passengers will be # so # too polite # to # as ask you not # to smoke, # smoke, but they'll start # cough # coughing very loudly!
London taxis are # as # so well-known as London buses.
They're small and black; they've got a yellow light at the front and, when it's on, it means that the taxi's empty.
When an Englishman wants # to stop # stop a taxi, he puts out his arm — or his umbrella!
Everyone in London tries not to travel in the 'rush hours'.
These are from half-past eight to half-past nine in the morning, when the commuters are rushing to get to # work, # the work, and from five o'clock to six o'clock in the evening, when they're rushing to get # at home. # home.
The buses are full and there are hundreds of people on each Tube.
Newspapers are # tear, # torn, umbrellas are broken, hats fall # out: # off: but the British are always polite.
They always # say: # speak: "Sorry! " when they walk on your foot and "Excuse me! " when they want to # go # get off.