- •Travel etiquette (туристический этикет)
- •Предисловие
- •Vocabulary 1: travel
- •1. Do this travel quiz, and then check your answers below. Do you travel well?
- •2. Use the verbs in bold in the quiz in the correct form to complete these sentences.
- •3. Match one of the advantages on the right to each type of holiday.
- •Speaking 1: international travel
- •2. For questions 1-15, choose from the sections of the article (a-e). The sections may be chosen more than once.
- •In which section does the writer …
- •3. Complete the collocations using one of the words from the box. Look back at the article to check your answers.
- •4. Discuss these questions.
- •Grammar 1: review of narrative tenses
- •1. Choose the correct alternative in each of these sentences. Then match them to the statements a-I about use of tenses.
- •Vocabulary 2: dependent prepositions
- •1. Adjectives with related meaning may be followed by the same preposition. Match each set of adjectives to one of the prepositions from the box. You will need to use one preposition twice.
- •2. Discuss these questions.
- •Grammar 2: cleft sentences with what
- •1. Look at the dialogues below. What does the structure beginning with what emphasise in each answer?
- •2. Rewrite the following sentences. Emphasise the bracketed part of each sentence using one of the ways shown in Exercise 1.
- •3. Study the ways of using emphasis with inversion. Translate the given sentences into Russian.
- •4. Prepare to speak on the topics below for at least a minute. Remember to use some cleft sentences. Take turns to talk about your chosen topic, and answer any questions.
- •Use of english 1: word formation
- •1. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Bag Manners
- •2. Add a prefix to each of these words to make it negative. Then complete the sentences using the negative words.
- •Speaking 2: individual questions
- •2. Arrange the tips from the article above into the lists of do’s and don’ts. Add your comments and discuss them in class.
- •3. Read the text and answer the questions below. Health Tips For Travelers
- •Speaking 3: how to survive while traveling
- •Reading 3: bad travel etiquette
- •1. Think of the people who you meet while traveling. Can you describe anyone pleasant or awful to travel with? Do you consider yourself to be a nice traveler? Why?
- •2. Read the article below. Have you ever experienced anything of the following?
- •Translation 1: travel human relationships
- •Reading 4: flight etiquette
- •1. Read the article about what travelers shouldn’t do during air travel. Plane Travel Etiquette
- •2. Prepare the ‘advice list for respectful plane travelers’ and present it to your class. Translation 2: воздушный этикет
- •Use of english 2: word formation
- •1. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits the space. There is an example at the beginning (0). Check your spelling very carefully. Holiday Hysteria
- •2. Underline the adjectives and verbs with dependent prepositions in your completed text above. There are nine.
- •2. Make your own research about cross-cultural etiquette in a country you’ve visited or would like to visit and present it to your class.
- •Speaking 4: small talk
- •1. When you first meet someone it can be difficult to know how to start a conversation, especially if your first language is not English. Study the lists of topics below.
- •Vocabulary 3: travel idioms
- •1. Study the explanations of the proverbs below. Read the examples how to use them. Do they have Russian equivalents? Do you know any more proverbs or sayings about travel?
- •2. Choose one proverb from the exercise above or the one you like about travel and write a short essay about it.
- •3. Read some more travel proverbs, travel sayings, travel anecdotes and travel quotes – that may provide some inspiration for the journey ahead.
- •4. Complete the sentences with a suitable travel and transport idiom from the box. Read the comments in italics to help you understand the idioms correctly. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Использованные источники и ссылки для самостоятельной работы:
Vocabulary 3: travel idioms
1. Study the explanations of the proverbs below. Read the examples how to use them. Do they have Russian equivalents? Do you know any more proverbs or sayings about travel?
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Bad news travels fast. |
Information about trouble or misfortune disseminates quickly (more quickly than good news).
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John: Hi, Andy. I'm sorry to hear you got fired. Andy: How did you know about that already? It only happened this morning. John: Bad news travels fast. I called my mother to tell her about my car accident, but my aunt had already told her. |
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He travels fastest who travels alone. |
It is easier to achieve your goals if you do not have a spouse, children, or other connections to consider. |
Jill: Don't go yet! Wait for me to get ready. Jane: But you always take at least half an hour. No wonder they always say that he travels fastest who travels alone. |
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It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. |
You should enjoy the process of doing something, rather than anticipate the result of doing it.
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Bill: I can't wait till I get my high school diploma. Fred: You should concentrate on enjoying high school instead. It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. |
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Travel broadens the mind. |
When you travel, you learn things about the people and places you see.
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Marie: I never realized how well-off most Americans are until I visited India. Jane: So it's true that travel broadens the mind, huh? Everyone who gets the chance should go abroad. Travel broadens the mind. |
2. Choose one proverb from the exercise above or the one you like about travel and write a short essay about it.
3. Read some more travel proverbs, travel sayings, travel anecdotes and travel quotes – that may provide some inspiration for the journey ahead.
Try to get on the right track and avoid getting run over!
The careful foot can walk anywhere.
A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.
He that travels far knows much.
Travel light – preconception and prejudice are unnecessary luggage.
The most difficult step of any journey is the first.
A hopeful heart and an open mind are the best traveling companions.
Don't be so intent upon your own journey that you forget to stop and help others along the way.
The happiest asks directions, even though he knows the way.
Along the way there will be thorns. But if you look above them you will discover roses.
The further your journey takes you, the more dangers you will encounter. The more you dare, the more you win.
Love to travel, but do not make the road your home.
The best journeys are not always in straight lines.
There are as many paths as there are travelers.
Don’t rely on others to show you the way, carry your own map.
Turn the obstacles on your path into stepping stones.
Life is a journey where the destination is unknown.
Sometimes the most exciting journey you can make is through your own imagination.
If you lose your way it is better to ask and feel a fool for five minutes than not ask and remain a fool for the rest of your life.
Try to recognize your happiness when you arrive at it – don't be like the traveler who doesn't see the valley he is in, only the mountains that surround it.
You can collect the nuts that have been provided along the way, but you must crack them yourself.
Seek out all the places where you can be happy – in the city we pine for the country and in the country we long for the city.