[originaltext]M: Are traveling facilities good in the rest of Britain?W: Well,

M: Are traveling facilities good in the rest of Britain?
W: Well, we’ve got the railways that connect all our big towns. There’re over 13,000 miles of track in Britain. Rail transport provides a very important service to the public, to industry and commerce.
M: What about road transport? Are your roads good?
W: Yes, they are on the whole. We’ve got about a quarter of a million miles of roads, and multi-motorways are appearing everywhere. We should have over one thousand miles of motorways soon.
M: Is there a good internal air service in Britain?
W: Well, yes. But it is not as important as our rail and road transport systems.
M: But British air services, the BEA and the BOAC, are world famous, aren’t they?
W: Oh yes, our international air services are very good. London Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world.
M: What about travel by sea?
W: As an island people and a trading nation, Britain’s seafaring traditions have always been great. We used to have the biggest merchant navy in the world, carrying a third of the world’s passengers, you know.
M: But I suppose today sea travel has diminished in importance, hasn’t it?
W: It has. But some people still prefer traveling by sea to any other forms of transport.