LESSON NOTES

American English Reading

Comprehension for Absolute
Beginners #3
Reading the Train Schedule

CONTENTS
2 American English
2 Vocabulary
2 Sample Sentences

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1. Express Train Schedule

2. Weekday

3. Saturday

4. Sunday

5. Time

6. Express trains do not run on public holidays or the 3rd Sunday of every month.'

VOCABULARY

V oc abular y English C lass

a schedule showing
timetable (American) planned events and times noun phrase

high speed, makes few

express (American) stops at train stations express

the days of the week

weekday (American) excluding the weekend days noun
of Saturday and Sunday

to operate or manage
to run something verb

a day in which ordinary

holiday business is suspended in
commemoration of an event

SAMPLE SENTENCES

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I wonder why he never calls on weekdays. The holidays are a time to be enjoyed with
family and friends.

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