
- •Unit I. Travelling. Topical vocabulary
- •Reading comprehension
- •Travel advice
- •The travel bug
- •Vocabulary
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1.Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passsage below.
- •2.Explain the difference between ….......
- •3.Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below. Some words must be used more than once.
- •4. Complete the sentences with the words in the boxes.
- •5. Match the words from the boxes in Exercise 4 with the definitions.
- •Complete the phrase with words from the box.
- •Replace the underlined word(s) with a word or phrase with a similar meaning.
- •Match the words from Part II of Topical Vocabulary with the definitions.
- •Suggest synonyms for:
- •Describe your own attitude to travelling using as many words from topical vocabulary as possible. Writing postcard
- •Listening comprehension
- •Vocabulary study
- •A Strong Desire To Travel
2.Explain the difference between ….......
(a) hotel and B&B; (c) tour operator and travel agent;
(b) seasick, airsick and carsick; (d) at sea and at the seaside.
3.Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below. Some words must be used more than once.
Trip travel journey cruise tour voyage flight
(a) For general advice about ______ , go to a travel agent.
(b) One day I would like to do _____ by train and ship across Russia to Japan.
(c) We're going on a _____ of Europe, visiting 11 countries on five weeks.
(d) We went on a three-week _______ round the Mediterranean. The ship called at
Venice, Athens, Istanbul and Alexandria.
(e) He once went by ship to Australia. The ______ took 31/2 weeks.
(f) I’m going on a business ________ to Paris next weekend.
(g) Air France _______ 507 from Paris to New York will be taking off in ten
minutes.
(h) The _________ from Heathrow Airport to the centre of London takes about 45
minutes by underground.
(i) On our first day in NY we went on a three-hour ____ of the city by bus, which
showed us the main sights.
(j) During our stay in Paris we went on a day ___________ to Disneyland.
4. Complete the sentences with the words in the boxes.
journey tour trip |
My wife’s gone on a business ______ to Tokyo.
We went on a four-week _______ of South-East Asia.
My ______ went to work takes half an hour.
crossing
cruise
voyage
Captain Cook died on his third _______ to the Pacific.
We’re going on a two-week Caribbean __________ .
The ______ from the island to the mainland takes.
drive flight ride |
It’s a 12-hour ______ from London to Bangkok.
My dad gave me a ________ into town.
If you use the motorway, it’s a four-hour _____ .
excursion expedition trek |
10. Sir John Hunt led the successful 1953 Everest _______ .
11. My feet hurt when I got back from the three-day ______ .
12. We’re going on a class _____ to York next Friday.
5. Match the words from the boxes in Exercise 4 with the definitions.
1 journey in an aeroplane …………………
2 act of travelling from one place to another …………………
3 holiday on a ship in which you visit many places …………………
4 journey in a car …………………
5 hard journey, often on foot …………………
6 journey across water …………………
7 journey with a specific purpose …………………
8 long journey for a special purpose …………………
9 long journey by sea or in a space …………………
10 journey on a horse or bicycle, or in a car, bus, etc. …………………
11 short journey that a group makes for pleasure . . ………………
12 journey for pleasure in which you visit many places …………………