Transportation in Korea

There are several choices available for transportation in Korea: taxis, buses, and the subway. Almost any point in Korea can be reached using one of these modes of transportation. The basic idea behind building Seoul's transportation network was to connect the bus routes to the subway system. The average Korean uses public transportation daily. The traffic situation is very serious in Seoul, especially during rush hour, which is from 7 - 9 in the morning and from 4 - 7 in the evening. It's a good idea to avoid being out during rush hour, if possible, but buses and the subway are still very good transportation to travel around Korea because they are very inexpensive, convenient and easy to use.

Discussion

1. Do you use public transportations such as buses, trains, taxicabs?
2. How often do you use them?
3. Which one is much faster to use? the subway, buses or taxi?
4. Some say that taxicabs in Korea are dangerous because drivers drive fast? What do you think of that?
5. Which do you think is much better? take the public transportation or drive your own car?
6. How’s the traffic situation in Korea?
7. What do you do if there’s traffic and you’re in the bus? How do you feel during that time?
8. They said that subways are often crowded during rush hours. What do you think of that?
9. Compare public transportation in Korea to other countries public transportation?

WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

1. Day by day – every day
Ex) He is very sick. Day by day, he gets weaker.

2. Come up – provide, give, make
Ex) You should come up with a new design

3. Commute – travel a long distance everyday between your home and another place.
Ex) Mike commutes to Seoul every day

4. Hail – praised publicly
Ex) US magazines hailed him as the greatest Hollywood actor.

5. Cabbie – a person who drives a taxi
Ex) On the way to the airport, the cabbie asked us where we were going

6. Got on – ride on a car or bus, get in
Ex) She got on the bus so fast

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