- •Topic: Travelling and Tourism.
- •Voyage - плавание, морское путешествие
- •Text 1. Travelling
- •Imagine - воображать
- •Text 2. Development of Mass Tourism.
- •Text 3. Some Dos and Don’ts for Travellers.
- •Valuables - ценности
- •It is not unknown for bags to vanish - известны случаи исчезновения сумок
- •Text 4. A Holiday for All Seasons
- •Inexpensive - недорогой
- •Dialogues: Travelling and Packing
- •I Would Rather Pack Now
- •Topic: At an Airport. Travelling by Plane.
- •International flights – международные рейсы
- •Text 1. At an Airport.
- •Text 2. Ticketing and Check-in.
- •Dialogues: flight reservations and booking air tickets
- •Topic: Travelling by Train.
- •Text 1. Travelling by Train.
- •Text 2. History of Rail Transport in Great Britain.
- •Initial - первоначальный, исходный
- •Dialogues: Travel by Train.
- •Topic: Voyage by Sea.
- •Text 1. Travelling by Sea
- •Dialogues: Voyage by Sea.
I Would Rather Pack Now
Bill: Well, Mary, here we all are to take you out to dinner before our holiday begins tomorrow.
Mary: Oh, but I have not packed yet.
Bill: Neither have I. But you must eat sometime.
George: Yes, Mary. We can help you pack now later.
Ann: However, perhaps she would better do it now.
Mary: Yes, I would rather do it now. Need I take a lot of things? Do I need more than one case?
George: No. Only what is necessary for a few days.
Bill: You would better take a change of clothes – and of course your toothbrush. And you may need something to eat on the train or boat.
Ann: You ought to take a book to read, your camera, and of course your bathing-costume.
Mary: Hm! If you add much more, I will have to take two cases after all.
George: But would not you rather take too much than too little? If you wanted some special thing in Jersey, and then found that you had left it in London, you would be very cross, would not you?
Mary: If I forgot anything, I could buy it in Jersey, could not I?
Bill: Of course you could. You would better not listen to George. But you must not take more than you can carry because we may not always find porters to carry our things.
Ann: Oh, that does not matter, Bill. You and George will have to carry them if we cannot find porters.
George: Do you hear that Bill, Will you be able to carry Mary’s bags as well as your own?
Mary: Of course he will! I will be able to get everything into one case, I am sure. I will fetch some of my things.
Bill: And if we started packing now, we might still be in time to get something to eat. Come along, Ann, you can help her to find what she wants.
Ann: Well, if we cannot shut the case, you and George will have to sit on it to help.
Mary: (coming in) Here are some dresses and shoes. Why, you are still talking/ Hurry up, everybody!
George: Yes, I am getting hungry. If we had not talked so much, we should have finished before now. Here is your case.
Mary: I have opened it for you.
Exercise 1. Answer the following questions:
Why have Mary’s friends come over to her place?
What would Mary rather do before they take her out to dinner?
Why does she want to pack? Is she going anywhere?
To what place is she going on holiday?
Is Jersey a British or a French island?
Do you know if it is always been a British island?
What things do her friends say she ought to take with her?
Why had she better not take more than a change of clothes, a few dresses, a bathing-costume and her camera?
Who will have to carry Mary’s things if they o not fine porter?
Do you think Bill will be able to carry Mary’s things as well as his own?`
Exercise 2. Work with a partner. Have you ever travelled for any of these reasons? Tell your partner.
to escape boredom
to run away from a broken heart
to broaden your experience of the world
to learn languages
to take a break from your career
to visit historical sites or travel along a historical route