- •A stop for lunch
- •No luggage compartments
- •1. Phonetic Drill. Translate, transcribe and pronounce correctly:
- •3. Give English equivalents of:
- •4. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •5. Explain the following and say in what situations the sentences are used in the text.
- •6. Find evidence in the text to support the following statements.
- •3. Give English equivalents of:
- •4. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •5. Explain the following and say in what situations the sentences are used in the text.
- •6. Find evidence in the text to support the following state ments.
- •7. Arrange the points in logical order and reproduce the original text using the key-words given below.
- •8. Supply the missing adverbs and prepositions.
- •9. Translate the Russian words into English and insert them. Speak on the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by long-distance buses in Spain.
- •10. A coach tour of Europe
- •1) You are going to read the itinerary of a European coach tour. Before you read, look at the map of Europe and discuss the best order in which to visit:
- •2) Read the itinerary quickly and see if you guessed the order and time correctly. Europe's highlights
- •Mini-tours
- •Full tours
- •1. Look at this promotional leaflet about an imaginary coach tour in Europe.
- •A disastrous tour
- •Now write a third fax concerning the incident with the lost passengers.
- •Give a good literally translation.
- •What are the advantages and disadvantages of traveling by coach and traveling by train?
- •Think about a coach journey you have been on. Describe it. Make sure you include words from the Word Bank.
1. Phonetic Drill. Translate, transcribe and pronounce correctly:
Luxury, coach, weary, to usher, inefficiency, consequence, eventually, harassed, excursion, vehicle.
2. Give Russian equivalents of:
A passenger's experience; a luxury coach; a weary traveller; our destination was Scarborough; the departure queue; a fistful of papers; a party of three (four, five, etc.); sheepishly; to feel
very foolish; some people get away with it; a harassed waitress; the outward journey; it was all double talk to me; passengers for all parts were lumped together; to feel utterly fed up.
3. Give English equivalents of:
Так называемый; попасть в беду; выйти из шеренги; входить в автобус; во главе очереди; последствия; быть довольным; изнуренный; совсем другое дело; позолоченный; озадаченный; поджимать губы; трудности; багажное отделение; пересесть на другой автобус; быть сытым по горло; потребовать деньги назад; ежегодный отпуск.
4. Give synonyms to the following words:
To plonk, plenty, complication, utter, eventually.
5. Explain the following and say in what situations the sentences are used in the text.
But every seat was full.
... hearing remarks from the crowd about "jumping the queue".
Some people get away with it.
... feeling quite contented with the world in general.
Lunch was a hurried affair.
I had been charged for three full meals.
... which was all double talk to me.
... passengers for all parts were lumped together.
... there was a deuce of a row.
10. Passengers save for 50 weeks for their annual holiday.
6. Find evidence in the text to support the following statements.
As soon as we arrived we ran into trouble.
Lunch was a hurried affair.
The return journey was a different matter.
The inspector's wards were all double talk to the author.
They failed to get on the Blackburn coach.
They arrived feeling utterly fed up very foolish; some people get away with it; a harassed waitress; the outward journey; it was all double talk to me; passengers for all parts were lumped together; to feel utterly fed up.
3. Give English equivalents of:
Так называемый; попасть в беду; выйти из шеренги; входить в автобус; во главе очереди; последствия; быть довольным; изнуренный; совсем другое дело; позолоченный; озадаченный; поджимать губы; трудности; багажное отделение; пересесть на другой автобус; быть сытым по горло; потребовать деньги назад; ежегодный отпуск.
4. Give synonyms to the following words:
To plonk, plenty, complication, utter, eventually.
5. Explain the following and say in what situations the sentences are used in the text.
But every seat was full.
... hearing remarks from the crowd about "jumping the queue".
Some people get away with it.
... feeling quite contented with the world in general.
Lunch was a hurried affair.
I had been charged for three full meals.
... which was all double talk to me.
... passengers for all parts were lumped together.
... there was a deuce of a row.
10. Passengers save for 50 weeks for their annual holiday.