Lessons 14,15

1. Travelling is the Way of Broadening the Outlook.

• Reading and speaking.

Pre-reading task.

Activity 1. Match the verbs with the expressions they can go with.

1. water

2. sand castles

3. on the beach

4. a fish •

5. mushrooms

6. in the sun

7. on the open fire h) an air bed

i) sightseeing j) a camera k) the sights 1) a tent m) brushwood

1. to pitch/to put up

2. to pick

3. to cook

4. to blow up

5. to collect

6. to fetch

7. to make 8)to see

9) to click

10. to sit

11. to lie

12. to catch 13)to go

Activity 2. In each line there is one noun which does not go with the verb. Which one?

1. to drive

2. to ride

3. to get on/off

4. to go by

5. to get into/out of

a car, a plane, a train, a bus a bike, a boat, a horse, a camel a car, a plane, a horse, a train a bus, foot, a car, a helicopter a motorbike, a taxi, a car, a lorry

Activity 3. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word. Mind that there may be several possible variants.

Moving around

Millions of people all over the world

(1) their holidays travelling. They want to

(2) other countries and continents, modern cities and the ruins of ancient (3) or just for a

change of scene. It is always interesting to (4) new things, different ways of life, to

(5) different people, to (6) different food, to (7) to different

music.

(8) museums and art

Those who live in the country prefer going to big cities and

(9), to look at the shop windows and to see the sights. City-dwellers, on the contrary, like to

laze about in the sun somewhere at the, (10) or hike in the mountains and woods. Most

travellers and holiday-makers like to take (11) of all the sights they visit and the beau­ tiful views they see to remind them of those places.

.Activity 4. Nowadays travelling has become a highly organised business. There are express trains, j у huge cruise liners, luxurious cars and buses and jet airplanes, all of which provide ¹ ^f tourists and travellers with comfort and security. but there are difficulties, too.

Think of the pros and cons of travelling by these means of transport and write your

ideas into the chart given below.

Note: You can use the following adjectives to describe different means of tramsport:

reliable	fast	dangerous
noisy	quiet	comfortable
cheap	. safe	expensive
healthy	slow

Means of transport	Advantages	Disadvantages
train
car
bus
ship
airplane

ity 5. the ability to pack the right things for different kinds of holidays is very important. * Sort out the items of clothing and equipment given in the box below according to the _y place where you are going to have a rest. mlnd that one thing can be taken on different kinds of holidays.

a tent	a supply of food	a pair of sandals
an ax	a storm lantern	high-heeled shoes
ski gloves	a pack of cards	a pair of goggles
jewellery	a sleeping bag '	a map of the area
a camera	an air mattress	flat heeled shoes
dress	a pack of flares	a dressing gown
bikini	orange inflatable life raft	beach towels
rucksack	flippers and diving mask	an army knife
matches	a fancy-dress costume	a guide book
an umbrella	a drinking water carrier	cosmetic kit
a surfboard	magnetic compass	sun glasses
fishing rods	a warm thick sweater	First Aid kit
nylon rope	several bars of black chocolate	medicines

Sea cruise	Holiday at the sea	Hiking and camping in the forest	Climbing mountains	Touring around home or foreign country

Lesson 15

HOLIDAYS AND TRAVELLING

Activity 6. Read about different points of view on holidays and travelling and answer the True/ False questions after the text.

Travelling - a new world religion?

Mr. and Mrs. Brown: «For our family camping is the purest form of recreation and the best soura of enjoyment. For our big family of six (we have 4 children) it is out of the question to spend oui holidays in hotels as it is far beyond our means. By camping we solve one of our financial problems But besides that there are other advantages: we use our own car to travel and for Mr. Brown it is ar idea of a perfect holiday. Cooking on the open fire is not a chore but a real pleasure for Mrs. Brown Pitching tents, blowing up the air beds, preparing sleeping bags, unpacking cooking utensils and provi­sion in a record time is an enjoyable challenge for our boys and girls. Fetching water and collecting brushwood for the camp fire is usually turned into a game or a competition and we are never bored as there are always so many things to do in the woods and at the river. Fishing and mushrooming are only two of the hobbies that we enjoy while we are camping.»

Sheldrake, an expert on tourism: «I always hated holidays, even as a kid. Such a waste of time, sitting on the beach, making sandpies, when you could be at home, doing some interesting hobby. Then when I got engaged, we were both students at the time, my fiancee insisted on dragging me off to Europe to see the sights: Paris, Venice, Florence, the usual things. Bored the pants off me, till one day, sitting on a lump of rock beside the Parthenon, watching the tourists milling about, clicking their cameras, talking to each other in different languages, it suddenly struck me: tourism is the new world religion. Catholics, Protestants, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, atheists - the only thing they have in common is they all believe in the importance of seeing the Parthenon. Or the Sistine Chapel, or the Eiffel Tower.»

Sally, an English teacher: «For me the world is a classroom. When I travel, I can learn so much. A visit to an aquarium can introduce me and my students to a great variety of fish and other water animals, while a walk through a garden will help us to discover interesting and unusual plants. Hike in a national park and you will become acquainted with even more plants, trees and wildlife. Somewhere during your holiday, you will most likely notice a monument, perhaps a building or a statue cut of stone or marble honouring a person or event. Go into a museum and you will see important works in the areas of art, history or science. In some countries you can tour palaces and castles where rulers or other important people live or used to live. In some places they may be completely destroyed and you can walk around the picturesque ruins and dream about the people who lived there and the historic events that happened there.

Jeremy Freeman, a Green Party member: «The footpaths in the Lake District have become trenches. The frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are being damaged by the breath and body heat of spectators. A hundred and eight people enter Notre Dame every minute: their feet are eroding the floor and the buses that bring them there are rotting the stonework with exhaust fumes. Pollution from cars queuing to get into Alpine resorts is killing the trees and causing landslides. The Mediterranean is like a toilet without a chain: you have a one-in-six chance of getting an infection if you swim in it. In 1987 they had to close Venice one day because it was too full. In 1963 forty-four people went down the Colorado River on a raft, now there are a thousand trips a day. In 1939 a million people travelled abroad, last year it was 400 million. By the year 2000 there could be 650 million international travellers and five times as many people travelling in their own countries

Decide whether the following statements are true or false:

1. The Browns don't have enough money for expensive holidays.

2. Mr. Brown doesn't enjoy driving.

3. Mrs. Brown doesn't mind cooking on the open fire.

4. The Browns' children took after their parents in their love of active rest,

5. Sheldrake used to be an enthusiastic tourist.

6. Sheldrake had a more interesting hobby than travelling. '

7. Sheldrake thinks that all tourists have the same religion.

8. For Sally travelling is an important source of getting knowledge.

9. Mr.Freeman is very much concerned about the state of the Lake District and the Sistine Chapel.

10. Cars and buses exaust fumes that damage historic places of interest.

11. According to Mr.Freeman it is still safe to swim only in the Mediterranean Sea.

12. Mr. Freeman offers to take some urgent measures to decrease the number of international tourists.

Activity 1. What is your opinion on the following statements?

Tourism is a waste of everybody's time.

It is impossible to educate people to be good tourists.

It would be much better if people stayed at home instead of travelling around and polluting the world.

Visiting historic places and viewing great works of art makes us better people.

It is advisable to find something out about the history of the place you are going to visit.

I would rather watch travel programs од TV than travel myself.

Camping is the cheapest way of spending your holidays.

Food cooked on the open fire out-of-doors tastes better.

Sleeping in tent is good for your health.

While hiking you are free to move and stop wherever you like.

Camping and hiking bring you closer to nature.

The best way to travel is on foot.

«Wild tourism» should be banned.

A man gets to know his companions in a long journey.

When in Rome, do as the Roman do.

Rest is rust.

Hasty climbers have a sudden fall. , ,