Vocabulary

Task 4. A. Give Russian equivalents to the English words and study the word combinations:

- to spend one’s holiday travelling

- the ruins of ancient towns

- a picturesque place

- for a change of scene

- to discover

- to listen to different musical rhythms

- to spend one’s time doing smth

- city dweller

- to bathe and laze in the sun

- a holiday-maker

- to take pictures

- sights of a city

- to be reminded by the photos

- sleeping and dining cars

- convenient

- an advantage (a disadvantage)

- pleasure trips

- on board a ship

- healthful

- to get to know people

B. Make up your own sentences using vocabulary.

Task 5. A. Synonyms and antonyms. Find in the text or think of:

Synonyms: vacation, travelling, very old, a townsman, appropriate, pleasing, colourful, to find, benefit, abroad, places of interest, excursionist (sightseer)

Antonyms: ancient, similar, villager, cheap, native, disadvantage, harmful,

B. Find the words in the text according to their definitions. Fill in the table.

	A. a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation
	B. a person who goes on holiday
	C. to swim or paddle in a body of open water or a river, esp. for pleasure
	D. one of the earth's large land masses
	E. an interesting or famous place, that is usually visited by tourists
	F. excitingly different, strange or unusual; esp. from a distant and tropical country
	G. to rest lazily
	H. a territory distinguished by its people, culture, language, geography, etc
	I. a travelling from one place to another
	J. dealing or concerned with another country, area, people, etc

Grammar

Task 6. Word formation. Look at the words and fill in the table

Word	Prefixes	Base word	Suffixes
comfortable picturesque destination uninteresting musical disadvantage traveller fastest reminded discover

Task 7. A. Find examples with grammar concerning adjectives’ degrees of comparison and translate them into Russian.

B. Choose the right variant and explain your choice

1. Travelling by train is slower than by plane.

Travelling by train is more slow than by plane;

2. The more you study, the more better you will pass your exams.

The more you study, the better you will pass your exams;

3. The most good way to study geography and foreign languages is to travel.

The best way to study geography and foreign languages is to travel;

4. The Russian grammar is more difficult than the English one

The Russian grammar is difficulter than the English one;

5. Moscow is more large than St. Petersburg.

Moscow is larger than St. Petersburg;

6. Travelling by air is the most fast and the most convenient way, but it is the most expensive too.

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

C. Check yourself consulting the rules: