{"id":7737,"date":"2026-10-14T15:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=7737"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:30:07","slug":"notes-from-lesson-8-13-10-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/english-conversation-b2-c1-start-25th-august\/notes-from-lesson-8-13-10-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Lesson 8 (13\/10\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lesson 8 – <\/strong>Tuesday 13th<\/sup> October<\/strong><\/p>\n

sarah.muhlenbock@folkuniversitetet.se<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

English Conversation B2\/C1 – Folkuniversitetet<\/a><\/p>\n

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How can you cross the road safely if you are on foot?\u00a0 use a pedestrian crossing for example: a zebra crossing, , a subway, a footbridge, a towpath (canal), a pelican crossing<\/p>\n

EPA\/A-traktor \u2013 explain!\u00a0 minimum age is 16<\/p>\n

Waymo \u2013 self-driving cars<\/p>\n

Chris McCausland \u201cSeeing into the future\u201d<\/p>\n

teething problems need to be ironed out<\/p>\n

Check the rearview mirror before pulling out<\/p>\n

Wet leaves in the autumn make the roads slippery<\/p>\n

The car skidded on the ice, the bike skidded on the slippery leaves<\/p>\n

Put your foot on the clutch and change into second, third gear<\/p>\n

the gear stick, (the stick shift US)<\/p>\n

the indicators, turning lights (US)<\/p>\n

the accelarator<\/p>\n

to kangaroo<\/p>\n

the steering wheel<\/p>\n

the handlebars (bike)<\/p>\n

Everyone has to drive on a skid pan in the second part of the Swedish driving test.<\/p>\n

It is a legal requirement to wear a seatbelt.<\/p>\n

My mother and my nephew both had to go on a speed awareness course. Why?\u00a0 They were caught speeding.<\/p>\n

Tailgating is a very aggressive form of driving.\u00a0 (= driving far too close)<\/p>\n

To switch on the high beam and blind people coming towards you<\/p>\n

3rd<\/sup> September 1967 \u2013 H dagen\u00a0 Sweden started driving on the right<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a terrible backseat driver<\/p>\n

\u2018The violence is off the scale\u2019: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high | Public transport | The Guardian<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

After you have read the article, please check you understand the meaning of the vocabulary below and consider the questions that follow. You can relate this to Stockholm and\/or other cities:<\/p>\n