- •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
Packages and special offers
Amsterdam Weekend: return flight plus 2 nights bed and breakfast and evening meal; £80 per person.
Vienna: one week package inclusive of return flight, bed and breakfast for six nights, excursion to Salzburg; per person £170.
36 Travelling abroa
Portugal (Algarve): 1 week (incl. return flight, transfer, fu board) £150 per person; 2 weeks £220 (fiilly booked for next tw months). і
Painting courses in Sorrento: 2 weeks from £250 inclusive о full board in Italian farmhouse and tuition. ■
USA Travel: Book a return fare (£450) on Globe Airlines an< up to 8 journeys on inter-state airlines within the USA for £35 pe journey. •
Round-the-world tickets: London-Sydney-London, valid on< year with unlimited stopovers as long as you keep flying in th< same direction; £750.
TRAIN FARES TO MAJOR EUROPEAN CITIES
Paris |
£40 return |
Brussels |
£38 return |
Amsterdam |
£42 return |
Vienna |
£75 return |
Zurich |
£68 return |
Lisbon |
£90 return |
Rome |
£77 return |
Frankfurt |
£65 return |
Athens |
£100 return |
Moscow (via Warsaw/Berlin) |
£200 return |
Madrid |
£72 return |
Tickets valid for two months. Journey may be broken and resumed at any point within two months.
“VALU-TOURS”
Flights to Europe:
destination |
departures |
flight time |
single fare |
economy return |
Paris |
every day 9.00, 10.30,12.00, 16.30 |
1 hour |
£45 |
£62 |
Amsterdam |
every day 10.30, 13.30 |
1 XA hours |
£50 |
£67 |
Dublin |
every day 11.45, 14.30 |
1 Vi hours |
£65 |
£91 |
Zurich |
every day 11.15, 14.45 |
2 hours |
£60 |
£82 |
Rome |
every day 9.00, 15.45 |
2 Vi hours |
£65 |
£72 |
Athens |
every day 14.45, 19.00 ' |
3 hours |
£68 |
£77 |
Madrid |
every day 11.20, 16.45 |
2 hours |
£60 |
£72 |
Brussels |
everyday 13.00, 16.45, 18.00 |
1 Vi hours |
£50 |
|
Vienna |
every day 9.00, 13.00 |
2 Vi hours |
£65 |
m |
Lisbon |
every day 14.00 |
2 hours |
£55 |
£76 |
Frankfurt |
etfery day 9.00, 17.40 |
2 hours |
£55 |
£69 |
Children under 2 — free; between 2 and 12 — half price. Economy return must be booked 14 days in advance and traveller must spend at least 1 Saturday night in the country.
Long distance flights:
destination |
departures |
flight time |
single fare |
economy return |
New York |
every day 13.00 |
7 hours |
£149 |
£289 |
Mexico City |
every day 9.00 |
10 hours |
£190 |
£375 |
Delhi |
every day 15.00 |
10 hours |
£210 |
£400 |
Bangkok |
every day 12.30 |
15 hours |
£187 |
£340 |
Singapore |
everyday 10.15 |
15 hours |
£220 |
£410 |
Hong Kong* |
everyday 14.00 |
18 hours |
£270 |
£520 |
Sydney**
everyday
10.00
28
hours
£372
£625
1
Rio
every
day 19.00
16
hours
£300
£550
1
* stopover Bahrain (direct on Suns 15.30)
** stopover Singapore
HOW TO USE THE MANUAL? 2
Unit I GLOBE TROTTING 2
DESTINATION NEW YORK 8
Guggenheim Museum 9
Brooklyn Bridge 9
Manhattan Helicopter Ride 9
Grand Central Terminal 9
The Empire State Building 10
Getting around & Safety 12
WELCOME TO LONDON 13
READING 1 3
DOES TRAVEL BROADEN THE MIND? 3
READING 2* 4
WHEN THE LOCALS ARE FRIENDLY 4
FOCUS ON SPEAKING 9
WHAT KIND OF TRAVELLER ARE YOU? 9
“CHEAPO-TRAVEL” 34
PACKAGES AND SPECIAL OFFERS 35
TRAIN FARES TO MAJOR EUROPEAN CITIES 36
“VALU-TOURS” 36
TRAIN FARES TO MAJOR EUROPEAN CITIES 40
“WORLDBEATERS TRAVEL” 41
TRAIN FRES TO MAJOR EUROPEAN CITIES 43
“ROCK-BOTTOM TRAVEL” 43
PACKAGES AND SPECIAL OFFERS 44
Unit II TRAVELLING AROUND BRITAIN 45
TOURING BY TRAIN 46
TOURING BY COACH 47
AROUND BRITAIN BY AIR 49
ROLE PLAY Discussion: TRAVELLING AROUND BRITAIN BY AIR, BY TRAIN, BY COACH 50
TRAVELLING AROUND THE USA Driving in the USA 51
EUROPE’S HIGH SPEED FUTURE 1 55
Unit III TRAVELLING BY AIR. CUSTOMS 37
TRAVELLING BY AIR? I’m Not Keen on Flying 37
PORT FORMALITIES 63
READING 2 74
ON BOARD CRIME PREVENTION 77
CHECK-IN 84
DUTY-FREE 87
SECURITY 92
TRAVELLING COMPANIONS 96
ALLOWANCES 104
CUSTOMS DECLARATION 107
LOST BAGGAGE 108
ONVERSATIONS 113
1 114
ROLE PLAY WELCOME TO THE USA! 121
Unit IV CITY TRANSPORT 123
TRAVELLING IN LONDON 123
READING 1 130
MOVE TO “BURY” LONDON TRAFFIC 130
TOURIST GUIDE. GETTING AROUND HONG KONG 135
LEXIS 138
ROLE PLAY “APPROPRIACY” * 139
READING 2* 141
ROLE PLAY “TYPES OF DRIVERS” 146
CYCLING TO WORK 147
UnitV HOTEL 148
CHOOSING A PLACE TO STAY 148
HOTEL CLASSIFICATION 152
4 158
SELF-CATERING 158
£60 to £100 162
HOTEL SERVICES AND FACILITIES 164
LONDON HOTELS 168
Budget prices in Central London 169
HOTEL INFORMATION. MAKING A RESERVATION 171
HOTEL RECEPTION Checking in at a Hotel 177
COMPLAINTS 181
Dialogue 2 159
Dialogue 3 159
CHECKING OUT • 163
PRACTICAL TRAVEL GUIDE* 168
Unit VI TEXTS FOR SYNOPSIS 171
Text 2 Rail Wail 172
Text 3 The Way We Fly Now 173
GLOSSARY 177
REFERENCES 167
Portugal (Algarve): 1 week (inch return flight, transfer, fid board) £150 per person; 2 weeks £220 (fully booked for next tw< months).
Painting courses in Sorrento: 2 weeks from £250 inclusive o full board in Italian farmhouse and tuition.
USA: economy return plus inter-state bus pass valid 30 days a) over America on the Whippet bus lines; only £400.
TRAIN FARES TO MAJOR EUROPEAN CITIES
Paris |
£40 return |
Brussels |
£38 return |
Amsterdam |
£42 return |
Vienna |
£75 return |
Zurich |
£68 return |
Lisbon |
£90 return |
Rome |
£77 return |
Frankfurt |
£65 return |
Athens |
£100 return |
Moscow (via Berlin/Warsaw) |
£200 return ; |
Madrid |
£72 return |
Tickets valid for two months. Journey may be broken and resumed at any point within two months.
“WORLDBEATERS TRAVEL”
flights to Europe:
destination |
departures |
flight time |
single fare |
economy return |
Puris |
every day 9.00, 10.30, 12.00, 16.30 |
1 hour |
£45 |
£60 |
Amsterdam, |
every day 10.30, 13.30 |
1 Vi hours |
£50 |
£65 |
Dublin |
every day 11.45, 14.30 |
1 Vi hours |
£65 |
£89 |
Zurich |
everyday 11.15, 14.45 |
2 hours |
£60 |
£79 |
Rome / |
every day 9.00, 15.45 |
2 Vi hours |
£65 |
£70 - |
Athens |
every day 14.45, 19.00 |
3 hours |
£68 |
£75 |
Madrid |
every day 11.20, 16.45 |
2 hours |
£60 |
£70 |
Brussels |
every day 13.00, 16.45, 18.00 |
1 Vi hours |
£50 |
£60 |
Vienna |
every day 9.00, 13.00 |
2 Vi hours |
£65 |
£70 |
Lisbon |
every day 14.00 |
2 hours |
£55 |
£70 |
Frankfurt |
every day 9.00, 17.40 |
2 hours |
£55 |
£65 |
Children under 2 — free; between 2 and 12 — half price. Economy return must be booked 14 days in advance and travel ler must spend at least 1 Saturday night in the country.
Long
distance flights:
destination
departures
flight
time
single
fare
econon
return