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John Millen

'Space isn't far away at all. It's only  an hour's drive if your car could  go straight upwards' Fred Hoyle, astronomer and writer
Let?s go for a drive
What sort of drives are these?
1 a four-wheel drive
a. a theme-park ride involving a carriage for four people 
b. a car where the power from the engine goes to all four wheels instead of the usual two 
2 a drive-in
a. a cinema or restaurant that you visit without getting out of your car
b. a social gathering where everyone arrives in a car
3 an economy drive
a. a special interest rate offered by a bank to get more customers
b. an attempt to save money by spending very little
4 a fly-drive holiday
a. a holiday that includes an air-ticket and the use of a hire car
b. a vacation that involves travel by sea and air
5 a sales drive
a. a special effort by a shop to sell more merchandise than usual
b. a van that drives around a local district selling groceries 
6 a test drive
a. taking a drive in a car that you are thinking about buying  
b. the examination you have to pass before you can drive a car
You drive me crazy!
Can you match these 'to drive' phrasal verbs with their meanings. There are more answers than you need.  
1 to drive someone crazy
2 to drive off into the sunset
3 to drive someone up the wall
4 to drive your message home
5 to drive a wedge between somebody
6 to drive yourself into the ground
a. to make someone very angry
b. to say what you think in a very strong way
c. to make yourself ill or tired by working too hard
d. to be very lenient with someone
e. to make someone very annoyed
f. to damage the good relationship that someone has with someone else
g. to have a very unhappy experience 
h. to begin a new and happy life at the end of the story
Role playing
Complete these pieces of dialogue with the correct words. When you have worked each one out, make sure  you say it aloud.
1 Will you please stop acting like a fool? You are (driving me into the ground / driving me crazy).
2 Don't keep on telling me I am lazy. You are driving me (into the ground / up the wall).
3 You are working much too hard these days. You'll (drive yourself into the ground / drive into the sunset) if you don't take it a bit easier.
4 I like romantic novels with a happy ending. It's good to see the hero and heroine (drive themselves crazy / drive off into the sunset) on the last page.
5 My dad would love to see me and my boyfriend break up. He's been trying to (drive us crazy / drive a wedge between us) for months.
Correct choice
Choose the correct noun to complete these pieces of dialogue.
1 What do you think we should do to make more profit?
We need to launch a serious (sales drive / economy drive).
2 I  saved more than HK$3,000  last month.
Good. It's great to see that your (four-wheel drive / economy drive) is working.
3 I think we are going to try a (sales drive / fly-drive holiday) in Japan next year.
That's brave of you. I wouldn't want to drive on Japanese roads.
4 The new Toyota is a superb little car.
How do you know? Have you had an/a (economy drive / test drive)?
5  I saw the latest Harry Potter movie at a (sales drive / drive-in) in Los Angeles.
Wow! That must have been great. Who did you go with?
Answers:
November 25
Nose out the answers: 1. a, 2. b, 3. b, 4. b, 5. a, 6. a, 7. b 
Follow your nose: 1. b, 2. e, 3. a, 4. h, 5. c, 6. f,  7. i, 8. d
Noses in context: 1. his nose in a book, 2. put her nose out of joint, 3. under your nose,  4. through the nose, 5. as plain as the nose on your face




Take a test drive