Amy: What have you been pulled over 1 for? Curtis: I’ve been pulled over for tailgating 2 an ambulance. Amy: Oh, my God. I didn’t think that was the story he was going to pick. Curtis: No, this is a very, very bad thing to do. I don’t recommend you doing this. What’s tailgating?

American English terms are included in the vocabulary lists. Versions of the Listening test contain both British and American accents. In terms of a candidate’s output, both standard British English and standard American English are equally acceptable. Special circumstances Cambridge English exams are designed to be fair to all test takers. English into an easy control of this language than the command of the. A mind paused to select the choice word--the phrase best suited to the occasion. Speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, accuracy in the use of words is more a.

Curtis: Tailgating is following somebody too close. So usually you have to leave a car length in between the car in front of you and your car. And I at that point Amy: Had a very, very bad habit of driving way too close. Curtis: Right. And in between–or I was in between the emergency ambulance vehicle in front of me and a police car behind me.

But I didn’t know it was a police car because it didn’t have the lights. Amy: Oh, it was a ghost car 3. Curtis: It was a ghost car. Amy: Sneaky 4.

Curtis: Or an unmarked car. An unmarked car. Curtis: And right away, he turned on his lights that were on his dashboard and the front of his car and his siren. And he was mad. Curtis: But I got lucky 5 on that one too.

Even though he was mad, he didn’t give me a ticket. Sometimes they let you off. They–like they let you off the hook 6 or I don’t know. They give you, what is it?

Curtis: A warning 7 Amy: Yeah, they give you a warning. Don’t do it again. It’s a written warning. And it goes on record that you’ve been warned about this. But they don’t actually give you a fine.

Curtis: Yeah. He kept track of it for sure. Phrase Explanations: • Pulled over: Stopped by the police • Tailgating: Driving very closely to the vehicle in front of you • Ghost car: A police car with no lights or markings. Also known as an unmarked car. • Sneaky: Doing something in a secret, unfair or not obvious way • I got lucky: To have good luck unexpectedly • Let you off the hook: When you get caught doing something wrong or illegal and you don’t get punished for it. ‘Let you off’ is the short way of expressing this. • Warning: An official notice that you have been warned not to do something again The full of lesson of ‘Driving’ is available when you join as a Free Member!

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