Examine how the writers:
• shape or craft each text to meet the expectations of their respective audience/
purpose/context
• use aspects of spoken language in their texts.
Text C: Extract from a travel article (for use with Question 1(b)).
The following extract is taken from travel writer Simon Calder’s regular article in a
newspaper supplement.
Let’s hear it for
Latin American
railway engineers
But before you drift off on the Thames-Rhine Express, let me tell you about far more
dramatic developments on the rails in South America.
The editorial notes at the start of Thomas Cook’s Overseas Timetable rarely demonstrate
excitement. But the new edition (£13.50) trumpets: “Big news from Ecuador!” In
normal times, the Andean nation astride the equator barely rates two full pages in the
authoritative compilation of global locomotion. There are evidently some unusual
features of Ecuadorian trains: between El Progresso to San Lorenzo, better turn up in
force: “Minimum of 10 passengers required” says a footnote.
As with no-frills flying in Britain, everyone aged over two is classed as an adult. But
unlike low-cost airlines – and, for that matter, most low-cost train operators – all
Ecuadorian rail services “carry passengers on the roof”. And these are not fare-dodgers or
second-class citizens: the compiler notes “two classes of accommodation, coach and roof,
with fares being identical”. Even if you’re three years old.
The Independent, The Independent Traveller, 13th September 2008
AS English Lang/Lit
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Buffalo
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Henry V
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DCB Pierre
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The Caretaker
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