Introduction:
Matthijs My name is Matthijs and I’m 14 years old. I live the Netherlands in Oudewater and I go to school in Schoonhoven to the Schoonhovens College. My hobbies are playing hockey and doing things with my friends. I like almost every sport. My ambition for the future is to become a car or truck designer. Bo My name is Bo and I am 14 years old. I live in Bergambacht, that is a village in the Netherlands. I go to school at the Schoonhovens college. My hobbies are playing soccer and meeting my friends. My ambition for the future is to become a professional soccer player. I have a brother called Jay and he is 12 years old. My mother is called Yolande and my father is called John. Joost My name is Joost and I’m 14 years. I live in the Netherlands in Schoonhoven. My school’s name is Schoonhovens College. My hobbies are playing football and meeting with my friends. I don’t have an ambition for the future. I have one brother and he is 19 years old. Eva My name is Eva and I am 14 years old. I live in the Netherlands in Lekkerkerk and go to school in Schoonhoven. I have one little sister she is 11 years old. My hobbies are playing badminton, drawing and meeting with friends. I play badminton two times a week. I have no ambitions for the future yet. |
Public transport
We have a lot of public transport in the Netherlands. You can travel everywhere you want to go. The most used public transport by people in our neighbourhood is the bus. The bus is very comfortable. You have wifi, comfortable chairs, it is warm and it is a nice place to relax because it is not very noisy in the bus. The bus is also very easy because there are many bus stops in our area. Other types of public transport like the subway, the tram or the train are more common in the cities. Those types of transport are also comfortable but most of the time more busy. The public transport in our area, the bus, is not expensive. If you want to travel from Lekkerkerk to Schoonhoven (14.7 km) for example it costs you €2,58. |
Private cars
An important type of transport that is commonly used is the private car. The private car makes our trips less green because the more cars the more Co2 is released in the atmosphere. This is why we should reduce the amount of private cars. So we interviewed our parents and they gave us suggestions on how to achieve this:
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Comparison
We communicated with one of the students in India and she gave us some information on how the people in India travel. The similarities between the Indian trips and our trips are:
The differences are:
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