- •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.
Now write a third fax concerning the incident with the lost passengers.
Give a good literally translation.
SCHEDULED COACH SERVICES
Maybe you are an adventurer and want to plan your own route, and take it at your own pace? Then Britain's long-distance coach network is just for you. Scheduled coaches run at regular intervals to every major town and city, and this is the most economical method of public transport. National Express is the largest operator, based at Victoria coach Station, Buckingham Palace Road, London SW 1.
You can buy individual tickets for each journey, but if you plan to do a lot of traveling, then a wise purchase is the Tourist Trail Pass. Purchase of this card provides unlimited travel on all National Express and Caledonian Express coach services in England, Scotland and Wales for a choice of durations ranging from 3 to 15 days within a limited period.
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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.
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Finishing your work at this Unit you should prepare one of the parts of your project work:
— using tourist booklets make up an itinerary for the coach trip around a chosen country