- •I'hsк 5. Find the words in the text that mean
- •Interrupt your partner (s) to make a point or disagree:
- •As soon as you’ve read the text, define its topic and formulate the main idea of each part and of the whole text.
- •Now summarize the text. The Most Popular Sights
- •When the Locals are Friendly
- •Answer questions 1-14 by choosing from the list of travellers (a-h). Some of the choices may be required more than once.
- •There is no sign of your luggage when you arrive at you destination in the middle of the night Do you:
- •§4 Travelling abn
- •Packages and special offers
- •Packages and special offers
- •Train fres to major european cities
- •Packages and special offers
- •Unit II travelling around britain
- •Check your comprehension of the texts you’ve read by an swering these questions:
- •Read the article. Look up the italicized words and expressions, if needed, explain them in English and give their equivalents in Russian.
- •VI. Ask another student questions using these patterns:
- •In small groups, discuss:
- •Read the article about European train travel in the 21st
- •Have you ever travelled on a high-speed train? Read the
- •Work in groups. Discuss these questions. Give reasons for
- •Unit III travelling by air. Customs
- •Two friends are speaking about meeting their forme schoolmate at the airport.
- •Assignments
- •Give the English equivalents for:
- •Answer the questions: .
- •Ill .Complete the sentences using the facts from the above text as well as your own ideas and the expressions from Exercise I.
- •Do you know general rules and restrictions imposed on travellers? Share your knowledge in pairs.
- •, Now read the tips to air-travellers taken from Luftha Traveller's Brochure. Of what rules have you alre heard? What information is new to you?
- •IvlSum up the information and, working in pairs, inform your
- •Read the following article right through and then answe.
- •Shaping up nicely
- •Skim the article fairly quickly in order to find out:
- •Scan the text to find where the points below are mentioned and then read more carefully to say whether the following statements are true or false.
- •Natalie Trudeau has stopped over at Heathrow Airport in Britain on her way from Paris to Los Angeles. Read the conversations. Act them out
- •In pairs, look at the Duty-Free Allowance Chart. Make cm versations using this pattern:
- •Are these statements true or false?
- •Discuss:
- •Airport Security Survey
- •11 They are doing difficult but important job. I wouldn’t like to do
- •Allowances
- •Give the English equivalents for:
- •Answer the comprehension questions:
- •Which articles are prohibited to be brought into the uk?
- •Vocabulary items after the text.
- •Vocabulary items to be used while rendering the above mentioned information:
- •Read the two conversations. Explain the meaning of italicized words and expressions. Make up your own dialogues following this pattern..
- •Discuss:
- •On the Way Back
- •Give a summary of each conversation.
- •Speak about Mr. Brown’s air-journey to Lagos.
- •Recall one of the most interesting air journeys. Share your travelling experience with a partner.
- •Unit IV city transport
- •Travelling at night
- •Tickets
- •Give the English Equivalents for:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Say whether, according to the text, the following statements are true or false and why.
- •Scan the article below in order to find reference to tit
- •Move to “Bury” London Traffic
- •Collocation
- •Write about your impression of travelling in Hong Kong.
- •Adjectives followed by prepositions
- •Role playing a formal business meeting
- •Read the following article and explain the meaning of tb
- •The article contains a number of expressions and idioi phrases. Working with a partner use a dictionary to un. Stand the following phrases:
- •Add other words and phrases to the two lists that could a be used. Which category would you put yourself in?
- •In small groups, list
- •UnitV hotel
- •You are going to read an extract from a travel guide devoted to accommodation for tourists in Great Britain. Before you do so, offer your opinion of what these types of hotels are:
- •Read about types of hotels in Great Britain. Mark peculiar features of each type.
- •Before you go on to read about British hotel classification, room booking and other accommodation, please state the type of hotel each sentence describes:
- •Think of other words and expressions conveying the s meaning:
- •Give the English equivalents:
- •Prices and booking
- •Now read about tourists’ ways of spending a night altem to hotels. What are the advantages of such accommodation
- •I. What hotel and in-room facilities and services would be most important for you if you stayed in the hotel?
- •Il Mr Harvey is in the Accommodation Bureau at Copenhagen Central Railway Station. Read the conversation between Mr Harvey and Fru Nielsen.
- •Act out the conversation between Mr. Harvey and Fru Nielsen.
- •Role-play. Work in groups of three.
- •Budget prices in Central London
- •Look at Conversation c, below. Complete the sentences. Conversation с
- •Role-play. Work in pairs.
- •Write a fax to book a double room in one of London hotels according to example:
- •Il Answer the questions on the above conversation:
- •Interview another student and complete the following registration card for them.
- •Read Conversation в and answer these questions:
- •Look through the dialogues in exercises 1, 3 and 5 and provide the synonyms for:
- •Say what these are for:
- •Role Play. Work in pairs. Don’t forget to change parts.
- •Have you ever complained about hotel service? If you have, whom did you talk to? Were your problems solved? Share your experience with groupmates.
- •Draw a picture of a hotel bedroom with some drawbacks. Give the name to the guest who was given such room and had to complain about it
- •Using the verbs below say what other things the Housekeeping staff should have done.
- •Some hotel guests are experiencing problems. Match eac. Problem (1-14) with a suitable reply (a-n).
- •Make up short conversations between a customer and hotel staff about the following problems:
- •Who do you think is responsible for dealing with each of the above problems:
- •Read the tetter and answer the questions after it.
- •Read the conversations between the receptionist in the Hotel International dealing with complaints. Dialogue 1
- •Dialogue 2
- •Dialogue 3
- •Answer the questions:
- •Role-play a conversation between a displeased customer and a helpful polite receptionist
- •Write a letter of complaint to your tourist agency or to the hotel manager.* You may need to make use of the following words and phrases:
- •Unit VI texts for synopsis
- •MePs Vote for Money-Back Deal for Air Passengers
- •Three Held over Firearms Smuggled on Dover Ferry
- •Glossary
- •References
- •Going through Customs
Two friends are speaking about meeting their forme schoolmate at the airport.
to get a telegramme from; he is to come by plane; not І know exactly by which plane; to ring up the airport; with so man] flights it looks like I shall have to spend the whole day at the air| port; that runs counter to my plans: I’ve got a ticket to the theatre for tonight; I may have to be up all night; j
There are many planes from ... arriving daily; to know th® flight number 6r some other information that might be helpful;! there are two non-stop direct flights from ... to ...; one is due at 9
m., the other at 7.30 p.m.; there is a flight via ... which is due some time in the afternoon; the flight may be delayed or cancelled due to weather conditions; to have to wait for hours.
PORT FORMALITIES
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< Nowadays people who go on business mostly travel by air as it Che fastest means of travelling. Passengers are requested to arrive the airport two hours before departure time on international his and an hour on domestic flights as there must be enough e to complete the necessary airport formalities. Passengers must glster their tickets and their luggage.
Most airlines have at least two classes of travel, first class and fCimumy class which is cheaper. Each passenger has a free luggage lllowance. Generally in this country this limit is 20 kg for economy fllfts passengers and 30 kg for first class passengers. Excess lug- №e must be paid for extra.
Each passenger is given a boarding pass to be shown at the departure gate and again to the stewardess when boarding the plane.
Landing formalities and customs regulations are more or less the same in all countries. While still on board the plane the passenger Is given an arrival card to fill in.
After the passenger has disembarked, officials will check his passport and visa. In some countries they will check the passenger’s certificate of vaccination. The traveller is also requested to go through an AIDS check within ten or fourteen days of his arrival in the country. If the traveller fails to do so, some strict measures could be taken by the authorities including imprisonment (in some countries) or payment of a considerable penalty.
When the formalities have been completed the passenger goes lo the Customs for an examination of his luggage. Customs officers are civil servants who have power to examine your luggage and even search you. The Customs regulations state what articles are liable to duty and what are duty-free. Some articles which are liable lo duty are allowed to be brought in duty-free if the traveller does not exceed a certain fixed quota. Such items are mentioned in a duty-free quota list. Articles, which may not be brought in the country or taken out of it are included in a prohibited articles list.
If the traveller has any articles which come under Customs restrictions he is expected to declare them. That is, he is asked to
name the item, stating its value and other particulars. The dec!* tion is made either orally or in writing on a declaration form. the traveller is charged some duty on some of his articles, he given a receipt. As a rule personal belongings may be brought; duty-free.
In some cases the Customs officer may ask you to open yo, bags for inspection. It sometimes happens that a passenger’s 1 gage is carefully gone through in order to prevent smuggling. It the Customs officer’s job to carry this out efficiently and in pleasant ar manner as possible. You will wish this examination to " finished quickly, and if you cooperate by giving full and truth replies, you should have no trouble at all. After you are throu_ with all Customs formalities the Customs officer will put a stai on each piece of luggage or chalk them off.