The start The bike ride starts at Clapham Common tube station.
• Your Start Time is indicated by the colour of your body number in this pack. It is also printed on the address label of the envelope. Please arrive no earlier than 30 minutes before that time. • We allocate an equal number of cyclists for each Start Time to ensure a steady flow. Please keep to the time you've been given so we can keep to our schedule and avoid delaying other riders and prevent 'bunching' further down the route. • An Information Point, toilets and refreshment stands will be open from very early in the day.
Vocabulary
Indicate - to show, point, or make clear in another way.
Please indicate which free gift you would like to receive.
указывать, показывать (в данном тексте определяется)
Allocate - to set aside for, to distribute to a particular person or purpose
Government willing to allocate land. The local council decided not to allocate funds for the project. Try to allocate yourself a set time each day to practise your exercises.
распределять, предназначать, выделять
Steady - 1) happing in a gradual and regular way, not suddenly or unexpectedly.
Progress has been slow but steady.
постоянный, устойчивый
Steady - 2) not moving or changing suddenly.
I'll hold the boat steady while you climb in. Most rental places have held steady this year.
постоянный, устойчивый
Bunch - a number of things , typically of the same kind, growing or fasten together.
a bunch of flowers/ bananas/keys/grapes/ The organization gives us a bunch of problems.
Bunch - связка, пучок, группа
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London to Brighton Bike Ride
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Ride carefully We put together as many facilities as possible to help ensure you have a trouble-free day. But we also rely on you to ride safely and with due consideration for other cyclists and road users. Although many roads are closed to oncoming traffic, this is not always the case and you should be aware of the possibility that there could be vehicles coming in the opposite direction. Please do not attempt reckless overtaking whilst riding – remember it is NOT a race.
Vocabulary
Сonsideration - 1)careful thought about something.
After careful consideration, we have decided to buy the house.
Сonsideration - 2) behaviour in which you think about someone's feelings
They always treated me with consideration.
Consideration - рассмотрение, обдумывание, внимание, заботливость. due consideration - c должным уважением to show great consideration for - проявлять внимание к
Oncoming traffic - vehicles that are coming towards you when you as you are driving along a road.
Impatient drivers take risks when gaps in the oncoming traffic allow.
встречное движение
Reckless driving - the driver disregards the rules of the roads, driving dangerously, causing accidents or other damage.
She was arrested for reckless driving and street racing.
небезопасное вождение
Overtake - to move up to and past someone or something that is in front of you by moving faster.
Always check your rear view mirror before you overtake another car. At times, motorists attempt over-taking even on curves where the oncoming traffic can not be seen.