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EP232 At The Train Station | Daily Life

Aug 19, 2026 · 12m

Summary

Hosts Marco and Catherine teach English for buying train tickets, featuring a dialogue about purchasing a one-way ticket to Brussels. They explain key vocabulary like express trains, sleeper cars, dining cars, and platforms. The episode also covers useful phrases such as asking travel duration and the idiom "on the dot." Finally, the hosts share personal anecdotes about the joys of train travel and meeting locals.

Topics discussed

Introduction and lesson overview Dialogue: Buying train tickets Vocabulary: Express, overnight, sleeper, dining car, and platform Dialogue replay Phrases: One-way ticket, duration, and 'on the dot' Final dialogue replay Host discussion on train travel experiences
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