9. Listen to the story (sb p.55 ex.2) and insert the missing words.

On 5 May 1931, my uncle, August Courtauld, was spending his 150th day alone on the 1) ____ ____. Since the last week of March, his tented igloo had been covered by snow; his food was now running out. There was no light, and he was smoking tea-leaves in his pipe. On that day, his paraffin primus stove gave its last 2) _____. Suddenly there was an appalling noise like a bus going by, followed by a confused 3) _______. The voice of his expedition leader came down the ventilator pipe, and his five-month incarceration through an Arctic winter was over. If he hadn't been rescued, he would almost certainly have had to walk back to his base alone, with no 4) ________ whatsoever - that is if he'd been able to dig himself out! But August never regarded it as an 5) ________; never said he wished he hadn't gone. He had, after all volunteered to stay alone at the ice cap station, and take 6) _______ of the weather there, something which had never been done before.

Uncle August was a member of an expedition which had gone to Greenland in the summer of 1930 to map the coast and mountain 7) _______. It was also important in considering the setting up of a regular air route over Greenland to North America, to see what the weather was like on the ice cap, 8) ________ in winter. There was, however, more to the expedition than that. Its members had an average age of 25. Many of them had not long ago been at university, and there was a clubbable 9) _____ of youthful adventure among them. But the air of gentlemanly amateurishness could be 10) ________: most significantly, and in contrast to Scott's expedition to the South Pole, they learnt how to use dogs for 11) __________.

Speaking

10. Topics for Discussion

• Are you a tourist or a traveler? What is the difference?

• What do you gain from travelling experience? Can travel broaden the mind? How?

• How much do the tourists really learn about the countries they visit?

• Outline the advantages and disadvantages of tourism development.

• Why is eco-tourism becoming very popular nowadays?

• What are the pros and cons of travelling: alone / with a companion / in a group with a guide?

11. Describe a recent personal travel experience using the collocations about travel adventures from this unit.

12. Work in pairs or in small groups. Read and discuss the following quotations / proverbs. What do you think they mean? Do you agree or disagree with them?

• To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

• He travels the faster who travels alone.

• I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake.

• Love to travel, but do not make the road your home.

• The best journeys are not always in straight lines.

• Journey through your day with efficiency, hope and a sense of humour.

• Don't rely on others to show you the way, carry your own map.

• Turn the obstacles on your path into stepping stones.

• If we could have everything that lay along our path in advance, we mightnever set out on our journey.

• Walk too fast or be too impatient and you will miss much.

• You can travel all over the world, but unless you have a receptive mind you might as well save your fares and stay at home.

• If you lose your way it is better to ask and feel a fool for five minutes than not ask and remain a fool for the rest of your life.

• You can collect the nuts that have been provided along the way,  but you must crack them yourself.

• Just because you take to the sea and cross the world, it doesn’t guarantee that you will come by treasure.

• You might not be able to change the world itself on your own, but you can play an important part in changing how we treat it.

• Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

• One must expect to smile and also to weep on the road to happiness.

• You can trudge wearily along the well-worn path,or become gloriously lostin the woods that lie either side.

• The path of error can become the path of truth, if only error is recognised.

13. Make a presentation on the topic “The best travelling destination”. Provide information about culture and habits of a chosen country, give advice about places to visit, travel, accommodation, eating habits, shopping, sightseeing, popular activities, things to bring and souvenirs to buy.

There are many English language websites relating to the theme of travel and adventure that might help you:www.nationalgeographic.com

Writing

14. In a paragraph of 50-70 words, summarise in your own words as far as possible which factors, according to both texts (ex.8 in section Reading), should be taken into consideration by anyone thinking of going on a tour to Antarctica.

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