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Ask for help > Vocabulary: how to say "pasaje del terror" in English?
Vocabulary: how to say "pasaje del terror" in English?
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Akanah
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Vocabulary: how to say "pasaje del terror" in English?
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Hi, I �m working with my student on the topic "Theme Parks" and I �m trying to find out how to say in English "pasaje del terror", it �s some kind of ride. You get into a car and it takes through a passage full of monsters and creepy things. How is that called?
And, is there any other way to say "big wheel"?
thanks,
Olga
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20 Jan 2010
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malice6
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- Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel),
- thrill ride. |
20 Jan 2010
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malice6
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or maybe rather dark ride or ghost train. |
20 Jan 2010
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Akanah
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Thanks, "thrill ride" and "big wheel" will do it just fine :=)
Olga
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21 Jan 2010
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Apodo
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These are often called �Tunnel of Fear � or �Tunnel of Death � |
21 Jan 2010
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douglas
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-"Ferris wheel" is correct
-"Thrill ride" can mean any exciting ride, not just a scary ride
I can �t think of a general term we use for these "tunnels of terror", I think we tend to use the name the owner gives the ride.
Douglas |
21 Jan 2010
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boydegg
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"You get into a car and it takes through a passage full of monsters and creepy things."
That �s a �ghost train �, isn �t it? |
21 Jan 2010
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eng789
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Usually the trains go through a "haunted house". |
21 Jan 2010
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Akanah
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So many names!! Thank you.
Olga |
21 Jan 2010
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yanogator
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I don �t know about now, but here in Ohio, 40 years ago, we would call the "pasaje del terror" a "fun house". That sounds rather contradictory, but that �s what we called it. I think that now, "fun house" refers to something that you walk through and experience many fun and funny things, like shifting floors, gusts of air, and a maze of mirrors.
I agree with Douglas that a "thrill ride" is a category of exciting rides.
Bruce |
22 Jan 2010
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douglas
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I considered "Fun House" too--it was the thought that first came to mind, but when I thought about it a little more "Fun Houses" you usually walk through rather than ride though. But, like Pink �s current hit song, a Fun House can be "full of evil clowns"
"Fun House" is a pretty good alternative too.
Douglas |
22 Jan 2010
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