- •A stop for lunch
- •No luggage compartments
- •1. Phonetic Drill. Translate, transcribe and pronounce correctly:
- •3. Give English equivalents of:
- •9. Translate the Russian words into English and insert them. Speak on the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by long-distance buses in Spain.
- •10. A coach tour of Europe
- •1) You are going to read the itinerary of a European coach tour. Before you read, look at the map of Europe and discuss the best order in which to visit:
- •2) Read the itinerary quickly and see if you guessed the order and time correctly. Europe's highlights
- •3) Read the itinerary again in detail and find out where you can do the following things.
- •4) Give antonyms to the following words:
- •6) Match the words with their definitions.
- •7) Fill in the prepositions where necessary.
- •Mini-tours
- •Full tours
- •1. Look at this promotional leaflet about an imaginary coach tour in Europe.
- •A disastrous tour
1. Phonetic Drill. Translate, transcribe and pronounce correctly:
Luxury, coach, weary, to usher, inefficiency, consequence, eventually, harassed, excursion, vehicle.
2. Give Russian equivalents of:
A passenger's experience; a luxury coach; a weary traveller; our destination was Scarborough; the departure queue; a fistful of papers; a party of three (four, five, etc.); sheepishly; to feel
very foolish; some people get away with it; a harassed waitress; the outward journey; it was all double talk to me; passengers for all parts were lumped together; to feel utterly fed up.
3. Give English equivalents of:
Так называемый; попасть в беду; выйти из шеренги; входить в автобус; во главе очереди; последствия; быть довольным; изнуренный; совсем другое дело; позолоченный; озадаченный; поджимать губы; трудности; багажное отделение; пересесть на другой автобус; быть сытым по горло; потребовать деньги назад; ежегодный отпуск.
4. Give synonyms to the following words:
To plonk, plenty, complication, utter, eventually.
5. Explain the following and say in what situations the sentences are used in the text.
But every seat was full.
... hearing remarks from the crowd about "jumping the queue".
Some people get away with it.
... feeling quite contented with the world in general.
Lunch was a hurried affair.
I had been charged for three full meals.
... which was all double talk to me.
... passengers for all parts were lumped together.
... there was a deuce of a row.
10. Passengers save for 50 weeks for their annual holiday.
6. Find evidence in the text to support the following statements.
As soon as we arrived we ran into trouble.
Lunch was a hurried affair.
The return journey was a different matter.
The inspector's wards were all double talk to the author.
They failed to get on the Blackburn coach.
They arrived feeling utterly fed up very foolish; some people get away with it; a harassed waitress; the outward journey; it was all double talk to me; passengers for all parts were lumped together; to feel utterly fed up.
3. Give English equivalents of:
Так называемый; попасть в беду; выйти из шеренги; входить в автобус; во главе очереди; последствия; быть довольным; изнуренный; совсем другое дело; позолоченный; озадаченный; поджимать губы; трудности; багажное отделение; пересесть на другой автобус; быть сытым по горло; потребовать деньги назад; ежегодный отпуск.
4. Give synonyms to the following words:
To plonk, plenty, complication, utter, eventually.
5. Explain the following and say in what situations the sentences are used in the text.
But every seat was full.
... hearing remarks from the crowd about "jumping the queue".
Some people get away with it.
... feeling quite contented with the world in general.
Lunch was a hurried affair.
I had been charged for three full meals.
... which was all double talk to me.
... passengers for all parts were lumped together.
... there was a deuce of a row.
10. Passengers save for 50 weeks for their annual holiday.
6. Find evidence in the text to support the following state ments.
As soon as we arrived we ran into trouble.
Lunch was a hurried affair.
The return journey was a different matter.
The inspector's wards were all double talk to the author.
They failed to get on the Blackburn coach.
They arrived feeling utterly fed up.
7. Arrange the points in logical order and reproduce the original text using the key-words given below.
counter; a bemused look; another point.
a deuce of a row; an assortment; everyday lives.
the luggage compartment; at the head of the queue; consequences.
to run into a trouble; a fistful of papers; to step out of the ranks.
departure time; coach station; a half-pitying look.
conductor; harassed waitresses, price list.
to mutter; complications; a sign.
8. Supply the missing adverbs and prepositions.
The driver disappeared ... . He emerged helping an old chap crippled with arthritis out from the pub and ... the bus.
... Less than 200 yards ... the road Bert helped the old man ... again. Thanks to our bus driver the old man gets a twice-weekly social outing all through the year.
... the next corner a small boy stopped the bus to hand... a basket of eggs ... my auntie.
... the next village we were joined by Mildred and Peggy, who both have "bad legs". Much conversation... the legs ensued, and eventually each lady displayed her leg ... the other.
The bus was now pretty full, but when a young mother, laden ... baskets and a toddler, got ...she was squeezed ... and the baskets and toddler taken ... various people's laps.
A little later "auntie's eggs" were handed awaiting ur chin — then at last we reached the big city.