Ejercicio 4 · Word formation: el tren nocturno
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Word formation: el tren nocturno
Escribe la palabra derivada que encaja en cada hueco.
The return of the night train
Twenty years ago the sleeper train looked like a (1) curiosity, kept alive by nostalgia rather than by any (2) argument. Airlines were cheaper, faster and, to most travellers, more (3) .
The change since has been swift. New routes have opened across Europe with a (4) that surprised even the operators, and several are running at close to full (5) . Part of the reason is climate, but only part: passengers also report a strong (6) for arriving in a city centre at breakfast rather than at an airport at dawn.
The economics remain (7) . A sleeper carriage earns far less per square metre than a seated one, and the maintenance costs are (8) higher. Whether the revival lasts will depend less on enthusiasm than on whether anyone can make the numbers work.
- (1) HISTORYhistorical — adjetivo de history.
- (2) ECONOMYeconomic — relativo a la economía; economical sería «ahorrador».
- (3) CONVENIENCEconvenient — adjetivo detrás de more.
- (4) RAPIDrapidity — sustantivo detrás de with a.
- (5) OCCUPYoccupancy — el término del sector para la ocupación.
- (6) PREFERpreference — sustantivo detrás de a strong.
- (7) FORGIVEunforgiving — que no perdona; encaja con lo que sigue.
- (8) CONSIDERconsiderably — adverbio delante de un comparativo.