- •Предисловие
- •Topic 1: management of time
- •Topic 2: leisure
- •At (your) leisure – if you do something at your leisure, you do it slowly and without hurrying:
- •The British at leisure
- •Leisure activities in the uk
- •Leisure and Activities of American Youth
- •Topic 3: travelling
- •Different Means of Travel
- •At the railway station
- •At the airport
- •Topic 4: higher education
- •East Siberian State Academy of Culture and Arts
- •Vocabulary (positive/negative). Useful patterns
- •Studying at University in the uk
- •Living at university
- •Why study in the usa?
- •Topic 5: conservation, protection and environmental issues
- •World Heritage Site
- •18 April – The World Heritage Day
- •Study a table showing the countries with ten or more World Heritage Sites.
- •Natural
- •Topic 6: technology in our lives
- •How Technology Affects Our Everyday Lives
- •Negative Consequences of Using Technology
- •Topic 7: music in our lives
- •If you want to know more about pop music, read the texts. The History of Pop Music: Part I
- •The History of Pop Music: Part II
- •Список литературы
- •Содержание
- •Для заметок Для заметок
Topic 3: travelling
Discussion
1. Why are many people fond of travelling?
2. Travelling is adventure, isn’t it? Comment on the saying, “Adventure keeps people from growing stale and old; it develops our imagination, it gives us movement and change which are necessary to our life”.
3. How often do you travel? Where do you like to go?
4. What means of travel do you know?
5. What is, in your opinion, the most enjoyable means of travel?
Match two parts to form a proverb. Give their Russian equivalents.
Every country has |
the welcomer home |
East or West |
like home |
There is no place |
its customs |
The wider we roam (travel) |
home is best |
Key Vocabulary
Study the meanings and use of these items of your essential vocabulary:
Travel – the act of travelling, especially a long one in distant or foreign places, either for the purpose of discovering something new or in search of pleasure and adventure.
Journey – the act of going from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time: It is a three-day journey by train.
Voyage – rather long journey, especially by water or air: I’d love to go on a voyage.
Trip – a journey, an excursion, freq. a brief one, made by land or water: Did you enjoy week-end trip to the seaside?
Tour – a journey in which a short stay is made at a number of places, the traveler finally returning to the place from which he had started: On our Southern-England tour we visited Windsor, Oxford, Cambridge, Stratford-on-Avon and then came back to London.
Cruise – a sea-voyage from port to port, esp. a pleasure trip: The Mediterranean cruise promised many interesting impressions.
English |
Russian |
travel by plane (train, ship, cruiser)
travel all over the world |
путешествовать на самолете (поезде, корабле, круизном лайнере) путешествовать по всему миру |
traveler |
путешественник |
go on journey (trip, voyage) |
отправляться в поездку (путешествие, морское путешествие) |
make a journey (trip, voyage) |
совершать поездку (путешествие, морское путешествие) |
plane |
самолет |
check in |
проходить регистрацию |
change from plane to plane |
пересаживаться с самолета на самолет |
reserve |
оставлять за собой, забронировать |
reservation |
предварительный заказ |
make a reservation for a train (plane) |
забронировать место на поезд (самолет) |
book |
забронировать, заказать заранее |
ticket a single ticket a return ticket |
билет билет в один конец билет в оба конца |
ticket-office |
билетная касса |
time-table |
расписание |
railway terminal |
железнодорожная станция |
airport |
аэропорт |
inquire after (about) |
осведомляться, спрашивать о ком-либо |
inquiry-office |
справочное бюро |
train passenger fast or express through long-distance local |
поезд пассажирский скорый прямого сообщения дальнего следования пригородный |
carriage |
вагон |
sleeping carriage |
спальный вагон |
compartment сar |
купейный вагон |
car with numbered berths |
плацкартный вагон |
berth upper lower |
место верхнее место нижнее место |
departure (time) the train’s departure |
оправление отправление поезда |
luggage |
багаж |
luggage-rack |
полка для багажа |
buffet-car |
вагон-ресторан |
refreshment room |
буфет |
miss the train (plane, bus) by 5 minutes |
опоздать на поезд (самолет, автобус) на 5 минут |
catch a train (plane, bus) |
успеть на поезд |
land |
приземляться |
take off |
взлетать |
go through the Customs |
проходить таможенный досмотр |
queue |
стоять в очереди |
cabin |
каюта, кабина |
rough |
бурный (о море) |
sea-gull |
чайка |
sea-sickness be seasick be a bad (good) sailor
be travel-sick (in any kind of transport) |
морская болезнь страдать морской болезнью плохо/хорошо переносить морское путешествие плохо переносить (любой вид транспорта) |
ship on board a ship |
корабль на борту корабля |
be due at (place) |
должен прибыть в (назначенный пункт) |
sights (places of interest) |
достопримечательности |
go sightseeing = do the sights |
осматривать достопримечательности |
sacred places |
святые места |
сustom |
обычай |
values |
ценности |
improve health at the resort |
улучшать здоровье на курорте |
get adrenalin going |
получать адреналин |
enjoy oneself |
хорошо проводить время |
broaden the mind |
расширять кругозор |
impression |
впечатление |
make an impression on |
производить впечатление |
get impressions |
получать впечатления |
go on business |
ехать в командировку |
Discuss with your partner the reasons why people travel. Use the following hints. Add your own arguments if there are any.
- to discover new places;
- to see the sights;
- to meet interesting people;
- to make friends;
- to learn languages;
- to get education;
- to go on business;
- to learn the history and culture of various peoples;
- to learn customs, traditions, values, ways of life;
- to visit sacred places;
- to improve health at resorts;
- to swim and sunbathe at the seaside;
- to have a rest;
- to enjoy themselves;
- to visit relatives and friends;
- to admire world wonders;
- to get the adrenalin going;
- to get new impressions;
- to relax;
- to broaden the mind.
Now read the dialogue: