- •Английский как второй иностранный язык Учебное пособие для студентов 4 курса
- •Seasons and Weather
- •Seasons and Weather
- •Seasons of the year in england
- •John Ruskin
- •Samuel Johnson
- •Weekends and Holidays. Travelling
- •Pretty Days
- •It’s pleasant to sit on the beach
- •A Letter From the Countryside
- •Holiday Plans
- •The text you are going to read has no title. Can you give it a title?
- •The British Holidays
- •After Summer Vacation
- •The ambassador
- •What opinion do you agree with?
- •Exercise 15. A great number of people are fond of travelling and yet they say: "East or West, home is best" or "There's no place like home".
- •You can travel around
- •At the station
- •Travelling by air
- •Julie: No. I’ve only been in a boat once. I sailed down the river Thames on a sightseeing tour…But in any case I’d rather be sea-sick than dead.
- •Travelling by sea
- •Lesson № 40
- •The Beach
- •Waiting at the airport
- •Cost to cost
- •The Girl with Green Eyes
- •Illnesses and their Treatment
- •Treating a Patient
- •Coping with Stress
- •Health and Medical Care
- •Profile: Peter Parker
- •A Visit to the Doctor
- •A Victim to One Hundred and Seven fatal Maladies
- •Sightseeing
- •Some Glimpses of London
- •Sightseeing
- •The Great Fire
- •Impressions of England
- •A Visit to Moscow
- •Syktyvkar
- •Lesson 33
- •Sport and Games
- •What Makes all People Kin
- •Sports and Games Popular in England
- •How Healthy Are You?
- •Olympic Games
- •Unit 3 Present Continuous
- •Unit 4 Simple Present part one
- •Unit 5 Simple Present part two
- •5. Mistaken Identity
- •Unit 6 Simple Past part one
- •2.Where Were You in ’62?
- •3.Wasn’t That a Beautiful Wedding?
- •4. Who Was That Man You Were Talking To?
- •5. It Was Raining When She Saw Him
- •Unit 6 Exercises
- •Look! The Leaves Are Starting to Fall
- •Unit 8 Simple Past part two
- •Unit 11 Exercises
- •Unit 13 Present Perfect
The Beach
A few years ago I was going through the process of splitting up with my first serious girlfriend. She went away to Greece for the summer and when she came back she’d had a holiday romance with some Belgian guy. More than that, that guy was going to show up in London some time over the next few weeks. After three terrible days and nights, I realised that I was dangerously close to losing my head. I biked over to my dad’s flat and asked him to give me enough cash to leave the country.
On that trip I learnt something important. Escape through travel works. Almost from the moment I boarded my flight, life in England became meaningless. Seat-belt signs lit up, problems switched off. Broken armrests became more important than broken hearts. By the time the plane was in the air I’d forgotten England ever existed.
Here are some reasons for travelling. What reason did Alex travel for?
to escape boredom
to run away from a broken heart
to broaden your experience of the world
to learn languages
to get a suntan
to live out your dreams
to take a break from your career
to visit historical places
to raise money for charity
Have you ever travelled for any of these reasons?
Exercise 26.
Read the extract from Gerald Durrell’s book “My family and Other Animals”. Say what each of the family members took.
We all travelled light, taking with us only what we considered to be the most important things. When we opened our luggage for Customs inspection, the contents of our bags were a fair indication of character and interests.
Thus Margo’s luggage contained a lot of fine and thin garments, three books on slimming, and a very large number of small bottles each containing some elixir guaranteed to cure acne.
Leslie’s case held a couple of roll-top pullovers and a pair of trousers which were wrapped round two revolvers, an air-pistol, a book called “Be Your Own Gunsmith,” and a large bottle of oil that leaked.
Larry was accompanied by two trunks of books and a brief-case containing his clothes.
Mother’s luggage was sensibly divided between clothes and various books of cooking and gardening.
I travelled with only those items that I thought necessary to make my journey interesting: four books of natural history, a butterfly net, a dog, and a jam-jar full of caterpillars.
Thus, by our standards fully equipped, we left the clammy shores of England.
Can you say that the contents of your bags are a fair indication of your character and interests?
Exercise 27.
Waiting at the airport
Four people answered these questions:
How do you feel when you’re in an airport?
What do you do while you’re waiting for your flight?
Although I enjoy airports, I usually feel slightly nervous and worried because there is a flight. In airports I find it’s necessary always to stay near the departures or the arrivals notice boards so that you’re always quite sure when you have to go to your gate and that you’re going to go at the right time and not get lost.
I normally feel very bored when I’m waiting at airports. Flights always seem to be delayed these days, anyway, so you have to wait for very long periods. If I’ve remembered to take a good book with me, I sometimes sit there and read, or else I suppose I would maybe go and wander round some of the shops or wander round looking at the duty free goods for sale.
I always find airports very exciting places to be. I like the whole atmosphere, I like the feeling of people travelling, going to far-away places, it’s just really exciting. I really enjoy waiting at airports, I like to wander round, see the planes taking off and landing, looking around seeing where people are going, what people are doing. I find it very easy to fill up the time at airports usually.
Well, I fly a lot between here and Australia, so waiting at airports is just a normal thing for me. Luckily I love to read, I always take a good book with me, and if a flight’s delayed, which often happens to me, then it’s a chance to have a good read.
Can you answer the same questions about yourself?
Which passenger would you like to travel with? Why?
Exercise 28.