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Listen to an extract from the Bob and Rob Show on trains and then do the multiple choice activity about it.

Javier Menéndez.

The song they play at the beginning of the show
1. is about the city of New Orleans.
2. is a folk song about a train.
3. is a fairly unknown song in America.
Bob and Rob know a lot about trains
1. because they loved playing with them when they were kids.
2. because they both have children who are obsessed with them.
3. because they think trains are good fun.
Bob explains that to decommission a train means that it _______________________________
1. goes out of service
2. goes back into service
3. goes out to be serviced
Bob explains that, before the rise of the automobile, the train system used to be very ______________________and popular in America.
Rob believes it is very easy to feel romantic and ________________________ about trains.
Bob describes Shinjuku Station in Tokyo as
1. a hectic and stressful place to be.
2. a boring and crowded railway station.
3. a dynamic, fast-paced and fun place.
Trainspotters, known as train geeks in the US, are
1. people who wear anoraks when riding trains.
2. people who are crazy about new trains.
3. people who love trains and take pictures of them.
Talking about nostalgia, in America they still have hoboes, who are people that
1. jump on freight trains to go from one place to another.
2. ride older trains.
3. follow the rails to walk from one place to the next.
A phrasal verb that means to move in a certain direction is to run along, or ______________ along.
When a train pulls in, it __________________ at the station.
In the UK, if you are ________________ up, it means you are either angry or drunk.
The idiom 'the gravy train' means to
1. make too much money too fast.
2. try to make money without much effort and often not very honestly.
3. make money dishonestly, with no exceptions.