London Life 3
Tube Challenge
In this week's programme, we find out about two Londoners who hold the world record for visiting all of the stations on London's underground transport system in the fastest time. Following the bomb attacks in London in July 2005, they decided to do it again to raise money for victims of the attacks. Dozens of other people joined them.
VOCABULARY USED IN THE SHOW
they are obsessed with it
they can't stop thinking about it
a lad
a boy (informal)
a chap
a man (informal)
a travel card
a ticket for several journeys on the underground
a feat
an action that needs skill or strength
we had a crack at it
we tried it
to back off
to move away
a weirdo
someone strange (very informal)
to knock it
to criticize it
remote
far away
beloved
to be loved
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