- •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.
31. Answer these questions.
If you miss the boat, have you lost a means of transport or an opportunity?
If you say that a project was plain sailing, are you happy with how it went or not?
If you burn your boats, are you taking a risk or not?
If a friend is in the doldrums, would you try to calm them down or cheer them up?
Are you more likely to be a nervous wreck if you're bored or if you're overworked?
If you are all at sea in a new job, do you need someone to show you the ropes or to stick their oar in?
If you rock the boat, will people be pleased with you or annoyed with you?
If you show someone the ropes, are you helping them or threatening them?
32. Complete each of these idioms with one word.
Things here are very difficult, but at least we're all in the ......................... boat.
It'll be hard climbing the mountain, but should be............................ sailing on the way down.
Everyone would like to dance, so let's clear the…………………………………and make as much space as we can in the middle of the floor.
Speaking to the press about what's going on is…………………………………a bit close to the wind.
I know the party is costing a lot, but you have to……………………………….the boat out occasionally.
Joe's been in the………………………………….ever since he lost his job.
Trust Simon to stick his…………………………………in - he never knows when it's better to say nothing.
I don't trust Paul - I'd steer…………………………………of him if I were you.
33. Here are some more idioms based on sailing concepts. Match each idiom on the left with its explanation on the right. (Note that tack = direction taken in sailing in order to catch the wind. )
change tack be familiar with how things are done
know the ropes be in a weak mental or physical condition
try a different tack act in a way that is not extreme
learn the ropes take a different course of action
be a quivering wreck get to know how to do things
steer a middle course attempt to do something in a different way
34. Complete each sentence with an idiom.
Leave things as they are - it's better not to ................... (Give two answers. )
Everything must seem strange at first, but you'll soon ...........................
Finish your course before you go travelling - there's no point in………………………..
Parents usually try to.................................between leniency and strictness.
Sally's very miserable - do you know why she's.............................................?
The new boy is bound to be feeling ....................................on his first day at school - perhaps you can help.
Things are not working out - let's ....................................(Give two answers. )
I hate job interviews - I'm always .................................................before them.
35. Match the idioms and their definitions:
1. To be on the right/wrong track |
1) приховуватись, ховатися |
2. To go downhill |
2) вирушити у подорож |
3. An uphill battle/fight/struggle |
3) бути в безвихідному становищі |
4. At a crossroads |
4) важка боротьба |
5.Off the beaten track |
5) погіршуватись, котитися по похилії площині |
6. A dead end |
6) бути на правильному/ помилко-вому шляху |
7.To hit the road |
7) на роздоріжжі |
8.To be stuck in a rut |
8 ) що збився зі сліду, що загубив слід |
9.To drive smb round the bend |
9) безвихідне становище |
10. To be right up smb’s street/alley |
10) зводити з розуму |
11. Middle-of-the-road |
11) стрімко, стрімголов |
12. By/in leaps and bounds |
12) поступово |
13. Get a move on! |
13) затягувати, гальмувати |
14.To be on the run |
14) пішли чутки |
15. Step by step |
15) слідкувати за чимось, бути в курсі справи |
16. To drag your feet/heels |
16) розпочати щось успішно |
17. The word spread |
17) зразу, негайно |
18. All over the place |
18) скрізь, всюди |
19. To keep track of |
19) Поспішайте! |
20. On the spot |
20) той, хто проводить середній курс, уникає крайностей |
21. To get off to a flying start |
21) бути придатним, доречним |
22. To be plain sailing |
22) легкий, простий шлях досягнення чогось |
23. To put/stick your oar in |
23) добре орієнтуватися в чомусь |
24. To be a nervous wreck |
24) почувати себе дуже втомленим |
25. To know the ropes |
25) приготуватися до будь-яких дій |
26. To be in the doldrums |
26) бути у пригніченому настрої |
27. To rock the boat |
27) уникати відносин, ухилятися від, триматися далі від |
28. To sail close to the wind |
28) скрізь і повсюди |
29. To reach/be at fever pitch |
29) не знати, що робити (що казати |
30. Left, right and centre |
30) бути в однаковому становищі |
31. To be in full swing |
31) заходити занадто далеко |
32. To push the boat out |
32) дійти до максимального напруження |
33. To miss the boat |
33) витрачати гроші |
34. To get/go beyond a joke |
34) в повному розпалі |
35. To steer clear of |
35) необережно поводитись, наражати на небезпеку, жартувати з вогнем |
36. To be (all) at sea |
36) бути в скрутному становищі, ризикувати |
37.To be in the same boat |
37) спізнитися |
38. To clear the decks |
38) втручатися у чужі справи |
36. Find English equivalents to the following idioms:
триматися далі від, розпочати щось успішно, добре орієнтуватися в чомусь, бути у пригніченому настрої, що збився зі сліду, простий шлях досягнення чогось, в повному розпалі, почувати себе дуже втомленим, скрізь і повсюди, витрачати гроші, пішли чутки, дійти до максимального напруження, втручатися у чужі справи, жартувати з вогнем, вирушити у подорож; зводити з розуму, приготуватися до будь-яких дій, заходити занадто далеко, бути в курсі справи, котитися по похилії площині.
37. Translate the sentences into English:
1. Подорожі в далекі країни приваблюють усіх, а особливо молодь.
2. Майже кожна дитина мріє про нескінчені пригоди в джунглях, на морі або на безлюдному острові.
3. Різні люди надають перевагу різним видам туризму. Одні люблять гори, другі - літати літаком чи плавати пароплавом, треті – їздити поїздом з усіма зручностями і без особливих пригод. Проте, який би вид туризму людина не любила, усяка зміна місця та нові враження корисні. Вони не дають людині старіти душею.
4. Якщо ви вирішили підійматися в гори, вибирайте найменш небезпечний шлях. Протоптана стежка найбезпечніша, як говорить прислів’я.
5. Наша молодь дуже любить туристичні походи. Незалежно від погоди, вони відправляються за місто й проводять в поході свій вільний час.
6. Літні люди, зазвичай, не можуть багато ходити пішки. Вони надають перевагу поїздкам за місто, або проводять своє дозвілля милуючись природою та краєвидами.
7. Багато любителів природи вважають, що тільки тривалі прогулянки на самоті можуть дати справжню насолоду. Вони стверджують, що гомін і розмови порушують чарівність природи.
Grammar Focus
38. Write five pieces of advice for visitors to your country, using different phrases to give advice.
39. Speaking:
Comment on the following proverbs and sayings. Make up short stories or situations to illustrate them.
The trodden path is the safest.
He that never climbed never fell.
Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
To sail under false colours.
Rats desert a sinking ship.
Prepare a situation of how you were taking a decision to make a journey, describe all your preparations.
Think over the question: “Why do people travel?” Present your opinion to the class.
Pair-work. Prepare a dialogue with your partner discussing advantages of the transport means you prefer to use. Make sentences using the following expressions in your speech: more…than, not as…as, less…than, as…as, the most/the least. While characterizing the vehicles use the adjectives: environmentally friendly, fast, comfortable, safe, economical, stressful, reliable, expensive, convenient, dangerous etc.
Work in two groups. Discuss the following question and share your opinion with the opposite team. In your opinion, which is the optimal way of travelling?
40. Read the text “From the History of Travel “.
a) Be ready to answer the following questions:
* When was an integrated system for transporting people and goods developed?
* What are the easiest and the safest means of transportation?
* What do you know about the Moon travel?
* Why, do you think, speed and movement have become national obsessions? Do you believe that science fiction writers can envisage the future in their novels?
From the History of Travel
Americans are restless people, always on the move and eager to get where they are going as quickly and convenient as possible. It was not until well after the Revolution, however, with the need for opening up the lands to the West, that the Nation began to develop an integrated system for transporting people and goods.
For most of the first century settlement, westward travel was limited to the winding Indian trails, which in a few places were widened to make primitive roads. Only the venturesome hunters and trappers pushed into the heavily forested mountains.
On the water it was a different story: the rivers, inlets and bays provided the easiest and the safest means of transportation. Farmers floated their produce – wheat, corn, salted pork, logs, cotton and tobacco – downriver to market on flatboats and rafts. Small boats and log canoes carried people to church and on visits to neighbours or to market. Many new Englanders gave up cultivating their rocky lands and turned to the sea in sturdy fishing boats to harvest the haddock. Merchants, traders and passengers traveled between Boston, New York and Baltimore by boat.
Land travel increased slowly in the early 1700s. A horseback trip from New York to Boston took at least 7 days. As more Indian trails were widened into rough dirty roads, vehicles began to appear. By the mid-1700s four- and six-horse carriages with coachmen were common among prosperous Virginia plantators.
The concept of using Federal funds to build interregional roads was established in1806 under President Jefferson, and the so called National Road, which eventually linked Maryland with Illinois, began in 1811. The transcontinental railroad, finished in 1869, linked the two oceans and unified the continent. So, by the late 1890s, it was already possible to travel from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast by rail.
Although Americans did not invent that mechanical marvel, the automobile, they made it their own by finding ways to build it, improve it, mass-produce it, and sell it. Speed and movement soon became national obsessions.
The Wright brothers made their historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, some 5 years before Henry Ford built his first “ Model T “ in 1908, but it took World Wars I and II to accelerate the evolution of the airplane.
When all technical challengers of travel on and around the Earth had been met, a new breed of traveler shoe for the Moon, and made it. Since the first Apollo Moon landing on July 20, 1969, Americans have sent men to the Moon five times. And scientists, no longer earth-bound, have lived and worked for weeks aboard American Skylabs orbiting high above the Earth.
But though time and distance have been conquered, solutions to the more difficult problems of safe, clean, comfortable travel still lie ahead.
b) Now you are experts in the history of traveling. Discuss in small groups the future development of transport technology. Use the vocabulary of the text. Think of the following problems:
* Exploring space
* Modern and future means of transport
* Safety
* Transport and ecology
41. Listen to the information which illustrates the popularity of various types of transport that people use to commute. Decide which means is the most popular transport and why, what is less popular.
TRAVELLING BY AIR
1. Listening and speaking
Flying to Los Angeles
Listening 1. At the airport.
James is at the Air USA terminal at the airport. He is already checked in. He’s been through the security check, and he’s gone to the gate to wait for the flight. Listen to the announcements. Look at the screen below, look at the example, and complete the chart in the same way.
FLIGHT |
DESTINATION |
GATE |
DEPARTS |
932 |
Syracuse |
14 |
3:25 |
217 |
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558 |
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563 |
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67 |
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811 |
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