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READ. THINK. ANALYZE. TRANSLATE. ANSWER QUESTIONS.

Read the text and answer the following questions.

Tourism has developed much in the 20-th century. The truth is that tourists who go to far-away and tropical countries often do nature much harm. Now the travellers are told not only to watch wildlife around them but try to protect nature at the same time. Special guides are trying to teach lovers of nature how to behave. In the past many travellers tried to shoot animals. Today they can only watch them and take pictures of them.

Facts show, however, that even this is not always good for the animal world. For example, the people of Kenya have agreed to turn their land into animal reserves. Now it appears that the leopards in the Parks cannot have a good rest at night because tourists drive in their cars late at night. The hotels on the Pacific coasts throw such bright light at night that big green turtles come out from the sea cannot lay their eggs. Tourist hotels are sometimes built in the jungle and the monkeys jump from the trees to the hotel roofs. Beautiful butterflies in the Mexican highlands make homes in the trees. Crowds of tourists come to look at the butterflies and trample the ground under the trees. Tens of thousands of Europeans come every year to the canary Island to watch whales. Their boats frighten the whales who dive so deep that they often drown. The government has decided to limit the number of boats with tourists. They also try to make people understand that we can have more by protecting nature, than by using it carefully.

Questions:

1. 1). Has tourism developed much since the beginning of the 20-th century?

2. 2). What is the real truth about tourists who go to far-away and tropical countries?

3). How do the travellers behave themselves while wandering through from place to place and searching beauty of nature as a source of their enjoyment and entertainment?

4) What are special guides trying to teach lovers of nature?

3. 5) How has tourist^/ s attitude to wildlife and nature changed since that time in the past?

4. 6). Even taking pictures is not always good for the animal world, is it?

5. 7). Has the situation in Kenya changed for the best since its people turned their land into animal reserves?

6. 8). What bothers the leopards in the Parks to have a good rest at night?

7. 9). What is the reason for big green turtles that come out from sea not to lay their eggs?

10). Where are sometimes tourists hotel built?

11). Who makes homes in the trees in Mexican Highlands?

12). Why does the ground under the trees in the Mexican highlands turn out to be spoilt with trampling?

13). Where do tens of thousands of Europeans direct themselves while on holiday?

14). What makes whales dive deep into the waters of the Canary Island? What courses their death?

15). What steps does the government undertake to change the situation with drowning of whales?

16). In what case do people have more: when boating and frightening the animals or while protecting nature?

Put all kinds of questions to the sentences given below.

1. Once a group of young men decided to go on a trip to London.

2. They were ready to do the sights of London when they arrived there.

3. It took them about ten hours to get from California to London.

4. Thousands of people travel every day either on business or for pleasure.

5. Travelling by air is the fastest and the most convenient way, but it is also most expensive too.

6. On board large ships and small river boats people can visit foreign countries and different places of interest within their own countries.

7. Travelling by car gives you some advantages: e.g. you needn^’ t reserve your tickets, carry heavy baggage, and you can stop wherever you wish and spend at any place as much time as you like.

8. I like to sit on the beach watching the sea and enjoying the sunset.

9. It is possible to rent a room or a furnished house for a couple of weeks there in the area of a popular English coastal resort.

10. Speed, comfort ad safety are the main advantages of trains and planes and they are the reason why many people prefer them to all other means.

Give answers to these questions:

1. Have you travelled a lot? When did you travel by plane last? Where did you fly? Your friends came to wave you good-bye, didn^’ t they? What did they wish you?

2. Do you get air-sick on board a plane? What can be recommended as a preventive against air sickness? Where do the passengers feel more safe, in the front or at the back of the plane?

3. Would you make a tour of the United States if you had a chance? What way to see the sights in a strange town and a country you haven^/ t been to earlier is the best? What places would you see first when in the US? Are there any recommended sightseeing routes for tourists.

4. Have you ever been abroad? How did you travel? If you were to go to abroad, how would you travel? Do you know what formalities travellers do have to go through when going abroad? Where do they have their visas checked, their luggage weighed and labeled and then registered, their declaration forms filled.

5. Who checks tourist^’s visas, offers them a cup of tea, asks them if they have something to declare, asks them if they have something liable for duty, asks them to show their certificates?

6. How did you feel on board the ship when you travelled by sea last? Were there many passengers on board the ship? Did you get on board the ship long before it sailed off? Do you get sick on board the ship? What would you recommend travellers not to get sea-sick – to take some medicine, to go to one^’ s cabin and lie down, not to eat at all or stay at home?

7. Have you ever travelled by sea? Was it a pleasure cruise or did you travel on business? What ship was it? Was it a liner or a small boat? What did you do most of the time when on board the ship? Was the sea calm or rough? Were you sea-seak or did you feel well?

8. Did you take a camera along? Did you take pictures when on board the ship? Did they come out well? If you went abroad, would you take-along a camera or would you buy picture post-cards with the view of the places you visited? Why? Did you enjoy the voyage? Would you like to make a sea trip next year?

9. Visitors are not allowed to take pictures in some museums. Why? Picture taking from the plane is forbidden. Why?

10. For what do some tourists take along a compass? Is it easy to lose one^/ s way in a town you have never been to before? Why would you recommend tourists to make a guided tour of the town? What would you do if a visitor from another town came to see you and you wanted to be hospitable?

11. Is it advisable to book accommodation on the day of one^/ s arrival or to do this in advance or before hand? It is more convenient to book a room by phone or by sending a telegram? Do people travelling alone usually take a double room or a single one? Do guests tip servants when they are checking in? If you want to have your suit pressed, do you ring for a doorman? If you are going to leave the hotel, do you notify a maid? Who is in charge of rooms, a maid or you?

Look through the text and discuss the problem of:

• The difference between a city hotel and a boarding house

• The meaning of the notion «a paying guest»

• The routine of checking in

• Various services you can get at the hotel

• It is customary to pay tips the attendants

A reminder for paying guests.

No businessman can avoid being a paying guest every now and

then. According to dictionaries a paying guest is « a person staying at an inn, a boarding house or a hotel and paying for accommodation». An inn is a country pub where apart from drink and meals you can get lodgings (that is rooms). Board and lodging (board means meals) can also be provided by a boarding house. A boarding house, as you know, is a private house with rooms to let. But businessman prefer city hotels.

In big cities there are a lot of good hotels, if you do not want to get

disappointed, it is advisable to book accommodation beforehand by fax or telephone, especially if you are visiting the town during the summer months. If you do not book accommodation beforehand, you may have to leave the hotel because it is fully booked up. That would be an unpleasant experience, especially if you arrived late at night.

Rooms in most hotels have all modern conveniences: telephone,

central heating, electricity, cold and hot water, electric stoves, toilets, a private bathroom, and a hot and cold shower. Service is usually quite satisfactory.

You can take a single room, a double room or a suite, charges varying accordingly. If you can^/t stand the noise of the street, do not take an outside room, ask for an inside one.

What is the routine of checking in? Supposing you have booked at a

large hotel. Your taxi stops at the entrance to the hotel. The doorman (also called porter) and a bell-boy help you with the luggage. You enter the hotel and go straight to the reception desk to get registered. You speak to the receptionist (he is in charge of rooms) and tell him that you booked accommodation by phone three days ago and give him your name. The clerk consults the register, makes sure that you did phone, and enters your name, nationality and permanent address to register. Then he asks you to sign your name. If you have to fill in any form and your handwriting is not too good, you should print. And do not forget to put your signature at the bottom of the form.

When you are through with formalities, the bell-boy takes you and your luggage up in the lift and shows you to your room. Now that you have been settled in a hotel room and had been given the key of it, you become a regular hotel guest. (Note that the word paying is dropped if this situation is clear).

At the hotel you can get various services. If you want to have your

suit pressed or dry-cleaned, your shirt ironed or your laundry done, you should ring for the maid and she will see to it that everything is done. You can also have your meals served in your room (it is service that sees to it).

In the lobby there are a lot of offices: a booking-office, post and

telegraph offices, an information desk. Besides, there are a news-stand, a book-stall, a kiosk selling picture postcards and souvenirs. Cosmetics and liquor are sold too, but with a sales tax. At the airport you can buy them tax-free.

At the information desk you can enquire about the departures and arrivals of trains an flights, about telephone numbers and addresses of offices and private individuals and about a lot of other things.

At the booking-office they can book for you seats at the theatre or on the plane, or hotel accommodation in another town.

In the same building there are also restaurants, bars, cafeterias, beauty parlours, gyms and swimming-pools. There is also a laboratory where guests can have a film developed without going out.

On every floor there is a comfortable lounge. Bills are usually paid at weekly intervals, as it is more convenient for the management. The guests intending to leave the hotel should notify the management before noon on the day of their departure, but it is advisable to do so earlier, in fact the earlier the better. When you are ready to check out, you tell the desk clerk to get your bill ready.

When leaving the hotel, it is customary to tip the attendants. The safe rule to follow is from ten to fifteen per cent of the bill. The tip is always given with a word of thanks. And one other thing. Do not take along the key, which is often the case with absent-minded guests, but leave it at the desk.

If you are travelling by car, you can get accommodation in a highway motel. Staying at a motel has a lot of advantages. You do not have to flight the city traffic to get a comfortable bed for the night, you just drive up to the door of your room. You also avoid the garage fee, tips and other charges of a hotel stay, which is a great advantage for low-income travellers. Motels are well constructed and comfortably furnished. Most of them have conditioners, TV and room service. There are such additional attractions as children^’s playgrounds, open-air picnic facilities and tennis courts, to say northing motels there is a garage (that is a roadside petrol station and service station combined).

Discussion

Read the text, answer the questions and retell it.

Modern life is impossible without travelling. Thousands, of people travel every day either on business or for pleasure. They can travel by air, by rail, by sea or by road.

Of course, travelling by air is the fastest and the most convenient way, but it is the most expensive too. Travelling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages. You can see much more interesting places, of the country you are travelling through. Modern trains have very comfortable seats. There are also sleeping cars and dining cars which make even the longest journey enjoyable. Speed, comfort, and safety are the main advantages of trains and planes. That is why people prefer them to other means.

Travelling by sea is popular mostly for pleasure trips. On board large ships and small river boats people can visit foreign countries and different places of interest withing their own country. Trips on the Volga, the Dnieper, the Yenisei, the Black Sea are very popular today.

As for me I prefer travelling by car. I think it^’ s very convenient. You needn^’ t reserve your tickets. You needn^’t carry heavy suitcase. You can stop wherever you wish and spend at any place as much time as you like. Every year my friend and I go somewhere to the South for holidays.

The Black Sea is one of the most wonderful place which attract holiday-makers all over the world. There are many rest-homes, sanatoria, and tourist camps there. But it is also possible to rent a room or a furnished house for a couple of weeks there. Sometimes, we place ourselves in a tent on the sea shore enjoying fresh air and the sun all day long. As a rule I make new friends there. In the daytime we play volleyball, tennis, swim in the warm water of the sea and sunbathe. In the evening I like to sit on the beach watching the sea and enjoying the sunset. I^/ m fond of mountaineering. So I do a lot of climbing together with my friends.

Time passes quickly and soon we have to make our way back. We return home sunburnt and full of impressions.

1. Is travelling popular today? What means of traveling do you know?

2. Which means of travelling are the most popular with the passenger? Why? Which is the fastest way of travelling?

3. Have you ever enjoyed travelling by sea? Is It always enjoyable to travel by sea?

4. Have you seen a storm on sea? What feelings did you experience then?

8. 5. Where do you stay when you go to the South?

6. What is the best time for travelling and tourism?

7. What advantages do you find in travelling by railway (air, car, ship, bike)?

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