- •Travelling
- •4. Comprehensive questions:
- •5. Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them in situations of your own:
- •7. Find the right definition for the words.
- •8. Fill in blanks with suitable words.
- •9. Match the following idioms to their translation variants and use them in situations or dialogues, learn by heart:
- •2. Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them in situations of your own:
- •10 . Put the idioms in the box into two groups: those focusing on time and those focusing on place. You can use one idiom for both.
- •11. Match the beginning of each sentence with its ending.
- •12. Choose the correct answer.
- •15. Look at the table of some basic travel vocabulary. Highlight any of the word that you are not sure about and look them up in your dictionary.
- •16. The words in bold can also go in the table. Where would they fit into the table? Learn them.
- •18. Here are some more words which could have been included in the table. Where would they fit into the table?
- •19. Fill in the blanks. Most of the words you need can be found in the table above in ex.15.
- •21. Translate these words into Ukrainian:
- •22. Write equivalent meaning words:
- •23. Underline the correct word.
- •26. Use the idioms to rewrite the underlined parts of
- •29. Think of idioms connected with roads, paths and tracks in your language. Do any of them match the idioms. If they don't, try to find out the equivalent expression in English.
- •31. Answer these questions.
- •32. Complete each of these idioms with one word.
- •35. Match the idioms and their definitions:
- •2. In flight.
- •5. Now what happens if you decide to fly abroad? Read the text and discuss it in pairs.
- •7. Explain in English the meaning of the following words and word-combinations:
- •8. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •13. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.
- •15. Match the names with the pictures.
- •16. Choose the correct answer.
- •17. Make up the statements using the situations below.
- •22. Translate, remember the following regulations:
- •23. Work in pairs. Read the following two points of view. Choose one you share. Talk to your partner and present your arguments in favour of the point.
- •3. Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations in English and be ready to use them in your own situations:
- •4. Translate these topical vocabulary into English:
- •5. Translate into English:
- •6. Speak on the following point working in pairs: “Travelling by train is a good opportunity to watch the surroundings”. Present your view point to each other in turns.
- •1. Study the vocabulary “a Sea Voyage” to use it in further exersices:
- •2. Ships and boats. Choose the correct answer.
- •3. Fill in the blanks in the following passages with the following vocabulary:
- •7. Memory work
- •8. Translate the following into Ukrainian:
- •3. Find in the text words and expressions which can mean the same:
- •4. Translate this vocabulary into English, memorize it for further use in your speech:
- •8. Which expression do you associate with each of the holiday below? Each expression may go with more than one type of the holiday.
- •Venice, Italy
- •Ireland
- •1) Read three extracts from a travel diary and answer the questions.
- •In which extracts does he …..
- •2) Read another extract by the same writer. Add adjectives to make it more interesting.
- •3) Find adjectives in extracts a-c (above) which describe…..
- •4) Match these sentence halves describing different journeys.
- •6. Match each person from the box with one of the comments.
- •7. Both options make sense. Underline the one which forms a common collocation.
- •9. Replace the words underlined in each sentence with a form of one of the words given. It may be necessary to use a plural or a particular verb form.
- •Investing in the future of Ukrainian tourism
- •2. For comprehension check of the above text, answer the questions below.
- •5. Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them in situations of your own:
- •2. Explain the meanings of the following word combinations and use them to speak about green tourism in Ukraine:
- •Self-study box
- •1. Collocations with travel, trip, journey, voyage, tour
- •3. Read the text and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best completes each collocation or fixed phrase.
8. Which expression do you associate with each of the holiday below? Each expression may go with more than one type of the holiday.
to rough it to lounge around
a real learning experience a cosy atmosphere
an exhilarating experience to keep on the move
to be your own boss to go as you please
to sleep under the stars to be out in the wilds
to spend a fortune on entrance fees to just drift along
1 self-catering 5 trekking holiday
2 camping up 6 cruise
3 staying in an inn or a guest house 7 sightseeing holiday
4 skiing holiday 8 holiday with car hire
9. Choose the best alternative to complete each sentence.
On the London-Tokyo flight there is sometimes a………. at Anchorage. (flying visit/stopover/stay).
His wife has flown to Singapore on a business……….(journey/travel/excursion/ trip).
Richard is very amusing traveling………(companion/friend/colleague/partner).
Have you seen the ancient……….(remainders/remnants/ruins/wrecks) in the desert.
Nothing happened at all. It was a very………(uneventful/insignificant/incidental) holiday.
From the top there was a wonderful………(spectacle/sight/view/look) of the whole valley.
In the 19th century, David Livingstone, the Scottish……… (explorer/tourist/ globetrotter/rambler/sightseer) tried to find the sources of the Nile.
The company arranges daily……… (pilgrimages/campaigns/itineraries/ excursions) to the island to see the penguins.
St. Tropez is one of the most popular tourist………(spas/resorts/packages/ charters) in the South of France.
10. Read the information about hotel types. Discuss the best accommodation for your future rest.
HOTEL TYPES
Hotel is a place where a traveller may find food and shelter. The ideal hotel has big rooms, with comfortable beds and good facilities, including a business center. It should be as near to the centre of the town as possible but within easy reach of the airport. There are several types of hotels.
1. Luxury hotel — it provides every facility a wealthy guest might need.
2. Resort hotel - it is situated in a place where tourists like to stay, often near the sea, lake or in the mountains. Guests usually book it in advance.
3. Commercial hotel — it is often situated in a town centre, and provides accommodation for travelling businessmen, only for one or two nights.
4. Congress hotel — it provides everything necessary for large meetings and conferences, with a lecture theatre and exhibition facilities.
5. Airport hotel — it provides accommodation for people going to or coming from other countries, usually only staying in for one night.
6. Country house hotel — it is situated in pleasant scenery, and provides comfortable but informal accommodation for people who want to relax in a quiet place.
7. Guest house — it provides low-priced accommodation, usually on a small scale, for holiday visitors or for long-stay guests.
8. Mold — it is built specially to provide a service to motor-luls
9. B& В — it is a small hotel, a kind of boarding-house, which provides home-like low-priced accommodation and the- morning meal for visitors. The letters B&B stand for "bed and breakfast".
The hotels may be: 5-star hotel, 4-star hotel, 3-star hotel etc.
1. 5-star hotel: luxury hotels offering the highest international standards.
2. 4-star hotel: hotels offering a high standard of comfort and service with all bedrooms providing a private bathroom/shower with lavatory.
11. Finish the sentences using active vocabulary.
1. It was a lovely cruise, we just………………..
2. I prefer self-catering because I like to………..
3. Camping is OK if you don’t mind……………
4. Skiing is always such…………………………
5. Sightseeing’s great but it’s easy………………
6. The guided tour of the ancient ruins was………
7. Inns and guest houses usually have quite……...
8. We are rather adventurous and prefer to……….
9. The wealth of wildlife………………………….
10. After covering unlimited mileage we………….
11. Large tracts of the country…………………….
12.To get away from it all was my sweet dream…..
12. Translate into English using active vocabulary.
Туристи пройшли декілька миль перш ніж побачили самотній сільський будиночок, де вони вирішили зупинитися на ніч.
Якщо ви втомилися від повсякденності і вирішили втекти від натовпу, вам краще повернутися до природи і вирушити до первозданного тропічного лісу, де ви побачите дивовижних представників флори та фауни.
Коли ви вирушаєте в комплексну туристичну поїздку, ви звільняєтесь від клопоту замовлення квитків у касі попереднього продажу та пошуку житла з самообслуговуванням.
Фірма замовила чартерний рейс до Лондона через Париж, додаткова оплата включала в себе страхування та перевезення багажу.
Тому, хто прагне знайти щось надзвичайне в повсякденному, не обов’язково блукати далеко від великих шляхів і скупчення людей, досить лише озирнутися навколо, щоб побачити багатство навколишнього середовища.
Протягом тривалої подорожі ми робили численні зупинки та пересадки, але незважаючи на всі труднощі, це був відпочинок, що запам’ятається на все життя.
Останнім часом екотуризм набуває все більшу популярність та сприяє збереженню дикої природи та підвищенню екологічної обізнаності населення.
Buying a holiday
1. Pre-reading task:
a) What do you look for in a holiday destination? Discuss with a partner if these things are important or not:
- natural wonders, such as waterfalls, mountains etc.
- ancient archeological sites and great monuments
- exciting modern cities
- beautiful beaches and coastline
b) What preparation would you need to make? (Think about what you want to take, how you would travel, where you would stay.)
c) What would you do when you got there? (Meet local people? Explore caves? Find rare animals to photograph?)
d) Would you prefer to travel alone or in a group? Is this always true? Give reasons.
e) Would you prefer to go as a tourist or as a “traveller”? Why?
2. Reading task: read the text and be ready to answer the following questions.
1. Which place do you think can be considered the most interesting and worth visiting?
2. What are the most attractive things for you in travelling? Why do you choose this very place?
3. Why do people think that these five places are among the world’s best places for travel destinations?
The grand Canyon, USA
Known to native Americans as the ‘Mountain lying down’, the Grand Canyon stretches for 443 kilometres where the Colorado River cuts through north-west Arizona. The canyon is a baby by geological standards – only five or six million years old. It is the incredible colours of these different layers of rock that delight visitors.