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MODULE 11 TRAVEL AND HOLIDAYS, TRANSPORT
LEVEL: Pre-Intermediate - Intermediate	6
UNIT 1 MAKING ARRANGEMENT TO SEE THE WORLD Grammar: Auxiliary verb – questions and short answers; Question words; Indirect questions	7
UNIT 2 MAKE HASTE SLOWLY Grammar: Reported Speech; Reported Statements; Reported questions	28
UNIT 3 How to RELAX and where to stay Grammar : Introductory Words	50
UNIT 4 Tourist attractions Grammar : Revision	72
Video class “Making plans”	92
Word list	95
Bibliography	97
MODULE 12 EDUCATION
LEVEL: Pre-Intermediate - Intermediate	98
UNIT 1 EDUCATION IS A TREASURE! Grammar: Word order	99
UNIT 2 STUDENT LIFE Grammar: Zero and 1st Conditionals	120
UNIT 3 EXAM FEVER Grammar : 2nd Conditionals	141
UNIT 4 LIFE LONG LEARNING Grammar : Revision	161
Video class “TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY”	172
Word list	177
Bibliography	179

Module 11 travel and holidays, transport

PRE-INTERMEDIATE – INTERMEDIATE

Unit 1 making arrangements to see the world

LEAD-IN

1 Work in pairs. Interview your partner using these questions. 1 Are you fond of travelling? 2 Do you usually plan your holiday? 3 Do you usually book tickets for a plane/train in advance? 4 Do you arrange your holiday?

2 Work in pairs. You are making arrangements for a tour/ holiday. Put the following activities in the logical way. Check your answers with the rest of the group.

• decide where to go

• buy a package tour

• say good-bye to your friends/relatives

• pack a bag for a journey

• decide on the way of travelling

• go to a travel agency

• set off for a journey

• think over your summer plans

• make a list of things to do

3 Work in pairs. These two conversations are mixed up. Put them in the correct order. The first line for each is done for you. Where did the conversation happen? Then listen to the tape to check your answers.

Conversation 1

• Yes, change at Crewe. That’s £43, please.

• Single or return?

• Could I have a ticket to Liverpool, please? √

• Day return, please. Do I have to change?

• Here you are. What platform does it leave home?

• Number 8.

Conversation 2

• Window, please. No smoking.

• Yes, here you are.

• Just these two cases. Is the flight on time?

• Thank you. Would you like an aisle or window seat?

• Yes, it is. Here’s your boarding card. The flight is boarding at 10.20 from gate 8.

• Could I have your ticket and passport please? √

• OK. And how much luggage have you got?

READING
4 You are going to read the text about the history of world’s package tours. Before you read, discuss the following questions. • What might the text tell you about? • What do the collocations ‘mass tourism’, ‘package tour’, ‘traveller’s cheque’ mean? 5 Fill the gaps using the words from the text below.

flight transfer accommodation package tour self-catering optional charge facilities

1 It’s an hour’s … to Paris from home.

2 A … holiday is one where you stay in a place where you can cook your own food.

3 A … is a completely planned holiday arranged by a company at a fixed price, which includes travel, hotels, meals, etc.

4 If something is … , you don’t have to do it or use it, but you can choose to if you want.

5 … is the amount of money you have to pay for goods or services.

6 … means a place for someone to stay, live or work in.

7 … are rooms, equipment or service provided for particular purposes.

8 … is something that has been moved from one place to another.

6 Read the text about the first package tours. Decide if the following statements (1-10) are True or False.

Statements	True	False
1 Travel was very expensive before the middle of the nineteenth century. 2 Thomas Cook was a travel agent in 1841. 3 The first public trip was in 1845. 4 The Great Exhibition was in Liverpool. 5 The first trip outside Britain went to France. 6 In 1866 he opened an office in London. 7 Some tourists wanted to visit the Civil War battlefields. 8 The Cooks stayed in hotels in the Holy Land. 9 The traveller’s cheque allowed people to travel without large amounts of cash. 10 Thomas Cook died in 1891.

These days, most people choose a package tour, especially when they go abroad on holiday. They pay for their travel and accommodation in their own country and they take traveller’s cheques which they exchange for local money when they arrive in the foreign country. But in the past it was very different. In fact, before the middle of the nineteenth century travelling for pleasure was rare and very expensive, and only a few rich people travelled abroad. The man who changed all this and brought in the age of mass tourism was Thomas Cook.

Thomas Cook was a printer in Leicester, England and the secretary of a local church organisation. In 1841 it was his job to arrange rail travel for members of his church to a meeting in Loughborough a round trip of twenty-two miles. This was the world’s first package trip. After this first success, he organised many more for his church. Then in 1845 he advertised a package tour to Liverpool for the general public, and before it took place he went to Liverpool to meet the hotel staff, and check the accommodation and restaurants.

He then started to organise trips all over Britain, including the Great Exhibition in London. In 1851 he published the world’s first travel magazine which had details of trips, advice to travellers and articles and reports about the places to visit.

In 1855 he took his first group of tourists to Paris and later that year led a tour of Belgium, Germany and France. The following year he opened an office in London, which his son John Mason managed. They introduced a circular ticket, which gave the traveller a single ticket to cover one journey instead of a number of tickets from all the railway companies involved.

In 1866 the first group of European tourists visited New York and the Civil War battlefields of Virginia. In 1868 the Cooks went to the Holy Land with tents because there were no hotels there at that time.

It was dangerous to carry large amounts of cash, so in 1874 Cook introduced an early form of traveller’s cheque, which travellers could cash at a number of hotels and banks around the world.

Thomas Cook died in 1892 at the age of 84. The age of the package tour and mass tourism was born.

7 Discuss the following questions.

1 When and where was the world’s first package trip arranged?

2 What was it like?

3 What did the Cooks introduce to make travelling easier and more comfortable than it was before?

4 What do you think the price for a package holiday includes?

5 Are package holidays widely spread in your country?

8 Read the dialogue between a travel agent (A) and a customer (C) who are talking about one of package holidays called 'from £599 all-inclusive'. For questions 1-7, choose the correct letter A, B, or C.

1 ‘From £599’ means	A the lowest price.
	B the highest price.
	C only bed and breakfast inclusive.
2 You can eat	A in your own room.
	B in self-catering apartments.
	C at any of the resort restaurants.
3 If you buy a room package	A bed and breakfast will be included.
	B bed and breakfast won’t be included.
	C you’ll have to pay extra money for meals.
4 Half board means	A all meals included.
	B high price.
	C two meals included.
5 ‘From £599’ package	A includes optional excursions.
	B includes some facilities.
	C doesn’t include organised trips.
6 The ‘From £599’ package’s price depends on	A adults sharing the room.
	B how many people share the room.
	C the room rate.
7 There are discounts	A if you choose a standard room.
	B if under three adults share the room.
	C for the under 10s.

С: So what does 'from £599 all-inclusive' mean? A: You pay one price for everything. С: Everything? Really? A: The price includes flights, transfers, and accommodation at the resort. С: What about meals? A : Let me explain. You can choose from different packages: room only, bed and breakfast, half board, or full board. Room only is the cheapest package, at £599, but you have to buy your meals separately in the hotel restaurants. This option also includes some self-catering apartments with their own kitchen, but they are more expensive. С: So bed and breakfast is only breakfast? A: That's right. Half board means breakfast and dinner are included, full board includes all meals. You pay a higher price for full board, but it usually works out С: OK, and what else is not included in the £599? A: Optional excursions, and cheaper overall. You can eat at any of the resort restaurants, there's a small charge for some facilities. For example, a sports massage costs £10. С: I see. And are there any additional charges? A: Well, the price is based on two adults sharing a room. There's a single supplement for one person occupying a double room. That's around £200 - it depends on the room rate. С: And what about discounts? A: Well, there's a 15% reduction for a third adult sharing a standard room. And there's a reduced rate of 25% for children under ten. С: And is this the price per person? A: Yes, that's right. Would you like to take one of our brochures? Then you can think about it.

9 Say about package holidays.

• What a package holiday (tour) is.

• What types of package holidays might be.

• How they differ from each other.

• Which package holiday you would choose and why.

LISTENING