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This is a picture of a free-way, which is a fast moving highway called a motorway or an autobahn in different countries. The oncoming traffic is travelling on a two lane carriageway while the traffic travelling away from the camera is in a three lane carriageway. There is a central reservation which is filled with shrubs and bushes.
This is not an urban area, but a suburban area or, even more likely, a countryside setting, because there are no buildings to be seen. On both sides of the highway are hills covered in trees.
The shadows show that it is not mid-day, though whether it is morning or afternoon is impossible to tell without knowing which direction the camera is facing. It's a sunny day and the sky is blue with clouds.
The traffic is quiet light and the vehicles are not crowded. The oncoming traffic is in the right hand carriageway, so it is not Japan, India, Australia or the United Kingdom where vehicles keep to the left.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Oct 28, 2010 16:40 pm Is this description correct? |
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Thank you, Beeesnees, for your sentences.
This is exactly what I wanted to say.
I will check it carefully and know the difference.
Thank you again.
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Oct 28, 2010 23:50 pm Is this description correct? |
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Hi.
I checked it and learned many things.
Thank you.
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This is a picture of a free-way, which is a fast moving highway called a motorway or an autobahn in different countries. The oncoming traffic is travelling (I think of "traveling", not double L, but it is merely a BE and AE difference, right?)on a two lane carriageway while the traffic travelling away from the camera is in a three lane carriageway. There is a central reservation which is filled with shrubs and bushes (Thank you, for the expression of "shrubs and bushes". I will use this description.).
This is not an urban area, but a suburban area or, even more likely, a countryside setting, because there are no buildings to be seen. (So "suburban area" is not so "rural" than "countryside setting", right?)
On both sides of the highway are hills (OK. I understand. It is not mountains but hills.) covered in trees.
The shadows show that it is not mid-day, though whether it is morning or afternoon is impossible to tell without knowing which direction the camera is facing. It's a sunny day and the sky is blue with clouds.
(Thank you, for your detailed and precise description. I just confused "midday" and "day time". I should have described,"It's daytime.". )
The traffic is quiet light (I wonder if it were "quite light" or "quiet and light". Is it OK?) and the vehicles are not crowded. The oncoming traffic is in the right hand carriageway, so it is not Japan, India, Australia or the United Kingdom (Yes! Of course. I should have written the UK first. )where vehicles keep (I understand why simple present is better than present-progressive here) to the left. |
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Oct 29, 2010 0:10 am Is this description correct? |
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| Crazycats wrote: |
Hi.
I checked it and learned many things.
Thank you.
(I think of "traveling", not double L, but it is merely a BE and AE difference, right?)[/b] |
Right.
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(So "suburban area" is not so "rural" than "countryside setting", right?)
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That's right. An urban area is a built-up area. In a suburban area there are still a considerable number of streets and houses. Countryside has fewer streets and houses.
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| The traffic is quiet light (I wonder if it were "quite light" or "quiet and light". Is it OK?) |
Sorry - that was a typo. I meant to write 'quite light' as you guessed.
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Oct 29, 2010 0:15 am Is this description correct? |
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I got it. (I got them.)
Thank you very much. |
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