Giao Vien 4
TURN or TAKE in DIRECTIONS
I. TURN (intransitive): Change or cause to change direction = bear (to the left, north...)
=> Không có túc từ theo sau và được dùng với các trạng từ chỉ phương hướng: left, right, round, towards...
Turnleft when you come to a fork in the road.
Turn left here!
Turn right at the end of the street.
We turned round and headed back to the house.
They turned round once more towards Holme and drove slowly back to the spot.
Then he said the car turned towards the pavement but the driver appeared to change her mind at the last minute.
When you get to the fork in the road, bear left. ("left" lúc này là trạng từ).
The road bears to the right at the bottom of the hill. ("right" lúc này là danh từ).
II. TAKE (transitive): take something to use a form of transport, a road, a path, etc. to go to a place
=> Luôn có túc từ theo sau.
Take the right fork after crossing a large wooden bridge .
Take the second road on the right.
It's more interesting to take the coast road.
Shortly before dusk they reached a fork and took the left-hand track.
Take the left fork.
Asking the way:
1) Man: Excuse me. Is there a bank near here?
Woman: Go along here. There´s a supermarket on the right. Go past the supermarket and take the first turning on the left. There´s a bank on the right. It´s on the corner next to the police station.
Man: Go past the supermarket and turn left?
Woman: Yes, and the bank is in that street.
Man: Thanks, that´s great.
2) Woman: Excuse me. How do I get to the nearest post office, please?
Man: It´s on the other side of the canal. Turn right at the traffic lights, then go along that road till you come to a rounddabout. Go round the roundabout and over a bridge over the canal. The post office is on the left.
Woman: So that´s turn right at the traffic lights, then round the roundabout and over the canal?
Man: Yes, that´s it. Woman: Thanks a lot.
3) From the North, take the A3M southbound and at junction 2, take the sliproad and then turn right at the roundabout above the motorway. There is a supermarket on your right - go straight across its access roundabout. At the next roundabout turn left (the first with a left turn)...
Lưu ý: Trong các trường hợp trên, "on the left/right = on your left/right".