- •Липецкий государственный педагогический университет
- •Липецк, 2006 unit 1 why do people travel?
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •5. Look through the list of words below and classify them into two groups: “a short journey” and “a long journey”.
- •6. Put one of the words below in each space. Use each word only once.
- •8. Think of at least 5 words to go into each blank.
- •9. Use the following words to make as many compounds as possible.
- •10. Match the verbs on the left with nouns on the right.
- •11. Choose the best word to complete the sentences.
- •12. Fill in the gaps with correct prepositions.
- •13. Say it in English.
- •Reading
- •1. Read the text (the paragraphs are out of order). Then do the tasks which follow. Sum up the reasons for travelling that Mark Wallington mentions in his essay.
- •2. Travelling On Your Own.
- •1) Read the following text to find out how the writer prefers to travel and why.
- •2) Now complete these statements by choosing the answer you think fits best.
- •3) Discussion Points:
- •Why do people travel?
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •Reading
- •More Than One Way to Travel
- •Listening
- •Have your say
- •2. Comment upon the following quotation:
- •III reading
- •Remember the pattern
- •Writing
- •Have your say
- •Act it out
- •The Best Way to Travel
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •8. Divide the following means of transport into 3 groups: transport by air, water, on land.
- •9. Read the short passage below and decide what the missing words are.
- •10. A) Match the expressions on the left to their explanations on the right.
- •Listening
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •5. Give at least 3 alternatives for each blank.
- •6. Choose the correct answer.
- •7. Read the passage and work out the missing words.
- •8. Give English equivalents.
- •Joke Time!
- •9. The following sentences describe what you do when you go to an airport to catch a plane, but they are in the wrong order. Read them carefully and put them in the right order.
- •What is jet lag?
- •Reading
- •1. You are going to read the true story of how Nigel Hughes flew to Brazil by accident. How do you think this could have happened?
- •I Flew to Brazil by Accident
- •2. Pre-reading task.
- •1) What for you is most important from an airline? Put the following in order of importance:
- •2) Flying is probably one of the safest ways to travel, but there can be problems. Discuss what can go wrong on the ground and in the air.
- •Travellers’ Tales
- •Have your say
- •2. Sum up all the arguments for and against flying.
- •3. Have you ever travelled by air? Share your experience with the class. Act it out
- •I’m not Keen on Flying
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •2. British English or American English? Complete the table.
- •3. Match the nouns in the middle with the words on the outside.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with correct prepositions.
- •5. Complete these sentences.
- •Joke Time!
- •Reading
- •Writing
- •2. What are the advantages and the disadvantages of railway travel?
- •2. British English or American English? Classify the words into 2 columns:
- •8. Read the passage and put the sentences in the correct order.
- •Reading
- •1. Read the text and put the paragraphs in the correct order under the headings:
- •2. Read the text and fill each gap with one of these words:
- •The Road to Ruin
- •Writing
- •Vocabulary Work
- •1. Replace these words and expressions from the text you have just read with words or expressions of your own.
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following:
- •3. Find words and expressions for these definitions.
- •Writing
- •Have your say
- •Act it out
- •Unit 3 are you an experienced traveller?
- •An experienced traveller
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •Reading
- •1. A) Read this advice from a travel book and complete the sentences.
- •2. The leaflet below gives advice to students on travelling round Europe by train. After reading it, read the questions below and choose the answer which you think fits best. Eurorailing
- •Writing
- •Vocabulary
- •In sight
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •1. Transcribe and read the following words.
- •Valise, commodious, reverie, saloon, exhilaration, harbour, disillusioned,
- •2. Could you do this crossword puzzle?
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •8. Are the following statements true or false? Can you correct the false ones?
- •9. Read the passage and fill in the gaps with any suitable words or expressions.
- •Writing
- •Listening
- •Have your say
- •Unit 4 does travel broaden the mind?
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •6. Fill in the gaps to complete the phrases. Give alternatives where possible.
- •Reading
- •4. Choose one of the quotations below and comment upon it.
- •When in Rome
- •Getting ready for the round-table talk writing
- •Listening
- •Have your say
- •Brush up everything you have done
- •And get ready for
- •The Round-Table Talk
- •On travelling.
Е.Н. Бобровская,
Е.Ю. Вовк, Е.Г. Эсаулова
ON
THE
MOVE
УЧЕБНОЕ ПОСОБИЕ
по разговорной
практике
для студентов
II
курса английского отделения
факультета
иностранных языков
Липецк-2006Липецкий государственный педагогический университет
Печатается по решению кафедры английского языка ЛГПУ / протокол №
заседания кафедры от / /2006 г.
ON THE MOVE Учебное пособие по разговорной практике для студентов 2 курса английского отделения факультета иностранных языков. Липецк: 2006 – 124 с.
Составители: к.ф.н., доц. Е.Н. Бобровская
ст. пр. Е.Г. Эсаулова
ст. пр. Е.Ю. Вовк
Рецензент: к.п.н., доц. С.В. Болдырева
Настоящее пособие предназначено для студентов II курса, изучающих английский язык как специальность, и является первым в серии пособий по разговорной и письменной практике, разработанных согласно требованиям коммуникативного обучения иностранным языкам. Целью данного пособия является дальнейшее развитие речевого умения студентов.
© Липецкий государственный педагогический университет
Липецк, 2006 unit 1 why do people travel?
I
Study the table on the next page. Study the notes and learn the new vocabulary.
Why do people travel? First discuss it in groups of 3 or 4, then sum it up.
Some people dislike travelling. Why?
TRAVELLING
is… |
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
fresh ideas new vigour unforgettable impressions
| |||
Most people travel… |
|
|
|
…(in order) to… | ||
pleasure fun enjoyment a change of scene
adventures health |
|
|
how other people live
civilization
| |||
…go on/ make a… |
|
is… | ||||
|
|
abroad to/ about/ through/ across Italy, etc. round the world |
|
| ||
Some people travel… |
|
|
|
Why not stay at home and…? | ||
|
|
|
|
| ||
…(in order) to… |
| |||||
|
|
-
You can…
…or…
drive
ride
walk
hike
hitch-hike
sail
fly
travel/ go on foot
on a bicycle
in a car/ by car
by land/ sea/ air
by train/ boat/ plane
by rail(way)
by coach
and you are sure to have…
pleasure
fun
a good time
speed
comfort
safety
security
You may…
meet with/ have an accident
get killed in an air-crash/ a car-crash/ a train crash
get ship-wrecked
get lost
be travel-sick/ car-sick/ sea-sick/airsick/ train-sick
It’s difficult to book/ get a…
ticket
seat
passage
flight
cabin
tour
visa
Your fellow-travellers/ travelling companions may turn out to be…
a nuisance
boring
annoying
sulky
meddlesome
unsociable
ill-bred/ill-mannered
NOTES
travel, v
go from one place to another, esp. to a distant place; make a journey
e.g. If I had a lot of money I’d travel. He has travelled widely (=to many places).
go, move
e.g. Light travels faster than sound.
to travel light = to travel without many bags and cases.
travel, n
travelling
e.g. He’s fond of travel. He came home after years of foreign travel.
(pl.) long journeys esp. in foreign or distant places
e.g. He’s writing a book about his travels. Did you go to Rome during your travels?
travel agent, n
sb who owns or works in a travel agency
travel agency, n (also travel agent’s, travel bureau)
a business that arranges travel, e.g. by buying tickets, finding hotel rooms, etc.
e.g. He went into the travel agency on an impulse and booked a week in France.
travelogue, n
a film or talk describing travel in a particular country, a person’s travels, etc.
travel-sick, a
sick because of the movement of a vehicle
Cf.: air-sick, a – sick because of the movement of an aircraft
sea-sick, a – sick because of the movement of the sea
car-sick, a; train-sick, a
travel-sickness, n
traveller, n
a person who travels
fellow-traveller, n
e.g. She joined her fellow-travellers.
traveller’s cheque, n
a cheque bought from a bank or travel agency that can be exchanged for the money of the country one is in, used by travellers abroad
e.g. to cash one’s traveller’s cheques
travelled, a
(of a person) experienced in travel, having made a lot of long journeys
e.g. a (much/ widely) travelled man
(of a road, area, etc.) used by travellers
e.g. a well-travelled road/ part of the country
travelling, a
journey, n
a trip of considerable length, wholly or mainly by land (while travel is indefinite, journey is definite, it has its appointed destination)
e.g. After his long journey he felt tired.
trip, n
a short business or pleasure journey, an excursion
e.g. What about a week-end trip to the seaside?
tour, v
go from place to place, usu. by car, coach, bicycle
e.g. We toured the south coast by car/ in a car/ on our bikes this summer.
tour, n
a long journey in which a short stay is made at a number of places in sequence; a round of visits (at the end of a tour the traveller usu. Returns finally to the place from which he started)
e.g. We made a tour round the island. We went on a tour of the south coast.
a conducted tour, a walking/ cycling/ coach tour Note that “car tour” is not used; “go touring in the car” may be used instead meaning ‘drive from place to place’.
a package tour, n
a holiday trip sold by a travel agent at a fixed price, which includes the return fare, accommodation and meals (it often denotes holidays abroad; it does not necessarily mean that people travel from place to place they may stay in one place for the whole holiday)
tourist, n
one visiting other towns or countries for sightseeing, etc., whether in a group or individually
! people on walking or cycling tours are NOT called tourists, but walkers/ hikers and cyclists!
cruise, n
a sea-voyage from port to port, esp. for pleasure
hike, v
go for a long, energetic walk
e.g. They go hiking nearly every Saturday.
hike, n
e.g. We are going on a hike tomorrow.
hiker, n
a person hiking (hikers usu. carry rucksacks on their backs with food, spare clothes, and sometimes camping equipment)
hiking, n is now less popular in Britain than it used to be, having been at least partially superseded by hitch-hiking; the words “hike”, “hiker” may even sound to some English people old-fashioned.
ramble, v, n
similar to hike, but means less energetic and usu. shorter walks; a fairly leisurely walk in the country organized for a group of people, e.g. a youth club (there are special rambling clubs/ associations in Britain which organize regular rambles for their members, ramblers)
hitch-hike, v
travel free by getting a lift in sb’s car or lorry
e.g. He hitch-hiked/ hitched to London.
go hitch-hiking, v
travel around by getting lifts
e.g. Students often go hitch-hiking in the vacation.
hitch-hiker, n
a person travelling in this way
to thumb a lift is sometimes used with reference to hitch-hiking as hitch-hikers indicate their desire for a lift by jerking their right thumb in the direction they want to travel.
e.g. He had no money for the train fare, so he decided to thumb a lift.
country, n
all land outside the town or city boundary, whether just outside the boundary or a considerable distance from it (most of the land is not built on but consists of fields, woods, and so on)
e.g. We spent the summer in the country.
countryside, n
rural area(s) as opposed to town; it may be preferred to “country” in cases where the latter could be understood as “land”
e.g. They travelled round the countryside.
all the natural features of an area: fields, hills, woods, rivers, etc. and the trees and flowers growing there
e.g. The countryside was really beautiful. When he was abroad he missed the Russian countryside.
Syn.: scenery, n
e.g. I like going to the Crimea for my holidays because the scenery is so beautiful.
! While countryside denotes the natural features themselves, scenery means the spectacles which the features present, prospects of beautiful picturesque or impressive country (e.g. We stopped to admire the scenery.) !
scene, n
a view, sth seen
e.g. The boats in the harbour make a beautiful scene.
change of scene, n
new surroundings
comfort, n
state of being free from suffering, anxiety, pain, etc.
e.g. live in great comfort
help or kindness to a person who is suffering
e.g. a few words of comfort
a person or thing that brings relief or help
e.g. Your letters have been a great comfort to me.
comfort, v
give comfort to
comfortable, a
giving comfort to the body;
e.g. a comfortable chair/ bed
having or providing comfort;
e.g. a comfortable life/ income
at ease, free from (too much) pain, anxiety, etc.
e.g. to be/ feel comfortable
▪Cf.: convenient, a
suitable, handy; serving to avoid trouble or difficulty
e.g. Will the 3.50 train be convenient for you?
Usage:
Comfortable describes sth you enjoy, sth that provides for contentment and security; it implies the absence of whatever gives trouble, pain or distress to body or mind (e.g. in comfortable silence). Sometimes it suggests a pleasant quality based on habitual use or association (e.g. a comfortable old jacket). Syn.: cosy, snug, easy, restful. Opp.: uncomfortable.
Convenient means suiting one’s time and needs, the situation (e.g. This isn’t a very convenient moment to see him. Our house is very convenient for the shops.). Syn.: suitable. Opp.: inconvenient.
comfortably, adv
e.g. A car that can hold 5 people and their luggage quite comfortably.
discover, v
get knowledge of (sth existing but not yet known)
e.g. Columbus discovered America but did not explore the new continent.
▪Cf.: learn, v
get to know sth by being told or informed, etc.
find out, v
learn as a result of conscious effort (by study, calculation, inquiry)
e.g. Please, find out when the train leaves
Usage:
I. Discover stresses suddenness (e.g. Having left the house I discovered that I’d left my notebook behind.). It is also used when solving a mystery is meant (e.g. Did you ever discover who sent you the flowers?). Where the effort of gaining information is stressed, find out is best, though learn can replace it too (e.g. I’ve been trying to find out her telephone number for days. Nobody could find out how to operate the machine.) If none of these shades of meaning is stressed, these vers are interchangeable.
II. You discover sth that existed before but was not known, such as a place or a fact (e.g. They discovered oil in the North Sea.). You invent sth that did not exist before, such as a machine or a method (e.g. Who invented the computer?).
discoverer, n
a person who has made a discovery
discovery, n
discovering or being discovered
e.g. a voyage of discovery
sth that is discovered
e.g. He made several scientific discoveries.
guide-book, n
a book for travellers, tourists, etc. with information about a place
slide, n
a picture, diagram, etc. on photographic film (and usu. mounted in a frame)
Syn.: transparency, n
explore, v
travel into or through (a country, etc.) for the purpose of learning about it
e.g. to explore the Arctic regions
examine thoroughly problems, possibilities. Etc. in order to test, learn about them
exploration, n
exploring
e.g. the exploration of the ocean
explorer, n
a person who explores
exploratory, a
for the purpose of exploring