- •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:
Grammar 2: cleft sentences with what
1. Look at the dialogues below. What does the structure beginning with what emphasise in each answer?
a whole sentence
the verb or event
the object
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A: They have to be there by six in the evening and I think it’s a long journey by train. B: OK – what they need to find out is which train leaves before lunchtime. |
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2. |
A: He’s always lucky – I bet that he was in time for the bus! B: Quite right – what he did was catch the bus with about five seconds to spare! |
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A: Why was he so late? I just don’t understand it! B: I think that what happened was he arrived at the airport in good time but got held up in the queue to check in. |
2. Rewrite the following sentences. Emphasise the bracketed part of each sentence using one of the ways shown in Exercise 1.
Example:
I want to know (how you travelled to France last year).
What I want to know is how you travelled to France last year.
1. She (learned Italian so that she could speak to people when she went to Rome on holiday).
What she _______________________________________________ .
2. (People who are always late) annoy me most.
What __________________________________________________ .
3. (He couldn’t visit Iguazu when he went to Brazil the first time) and that made him determined to go back.
What __________________________________________________ .
4. (He went on a course to become a flight attendant) last year.
What he ________________________________________________ .
5. I’d really like to have (a holiday in Antarctica).
What __________________________________________________ .
6. (She told her boss how she felt about the restructuring of the company).
What __________________________________________________ .
3. Study the ways of using emphasis with inversion. Translate the given sentences into Russian.
We can put certain restrictive words or phrases at the beginning of the sentence for emphasis. When we do this, there is inversion of the subject and auxiliary verb.
Under no circumstances should you let her go.
At no time would she consider any other possibility.
Not until the end did I realise the danger I’d been in.
Hardly had I put the phone down when it rang again.
No sooner had I put the phone down than it rang again.
Seldom have I read such an excellent piece of work.
Rarely will you see such a gifted performer.
Little did I know that he planned to resign that day.
Never before has the city looked so magnificent.
Only then did I realize how unhappy she had been.
Not only have you missed a week’s classes, but you have also failed to hand in any work.
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.
1. What I really need to improve my travel skills is …
2. I had a surprise during my last travel. What happened was …
3. What I’d really like to do while traveling is …
4. What really annoys me while traveling (abroad) is …
5. What really makes me happy while traveling (internationally) is …