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PART II. TRAVELLING.

Ex. 1. Read the text. As you read it note down facts to complete the grid bellow. Compare your notes with the rest of the group. Then continue the grid with information about other means of travelling you know well

Different means of travel

I’m extremely fond of travelling and I feel terribly envious of any friend who is going anywhere. I don’t know exactly what method of travelling I prefer.

Somebody says there is nothing like travelling by air; it is more comfortable, more convenient and far quicker than any other method. There is none of the dust and dirt of a railway or car journey, none of the trouble of changing from train to train. And flying is a thrilling thing.

Somebody prefers to travel by train. With a train you have speed, comfort and pleasure combined. From the comfortable corner seat of a railway carriage you have a splendid view of the countryside. If you are hungry, you can have meal in the dining-car; and if a journey is long you can have a wonderful bed in a sleeper. And besides, you can’t find any place that is more interesting than a big railway-station. May be a big sea port…

It’s fine to travel by boat. I love to feel the deck of the boat under my feet, to see the rise and fall of the waves; to feel the fresh sea wind blowing in my face and hear the cry of the sea-gulls. And it’s very exiting to come into the port and see round us all the ships: cargo-ships, sailing ships, rowing boats. But some people don’t like sea trip because they feel sea-sick, when the sea is rough.

I can say a lot about air flights, sea voyages or railway journeys but I want to say a word or two for walking tour. Walker goes along little winding lanes where cars can’t go. He takes mountain paths, he wanders [wondes] by the side of quite lakes and through the shade of woods. He sees the real country, the wild flowers, the young birds in their nests, the animals in the forest; he feels the quietness and calm of nature.

And besides, you save your money travelling on foot. You can’t deny that walking is the cheapest method of travelling.

I don’t know what kind of travelling I like best of all. I’m fond of travelling itself, no matter what method it is.

Ex. 2. Practice reading the following word combinations. Use them in your own sentences

to be extremely fond of smth., to feel terrible envious of smb., there is nothing like, traveling by air (by boat, by train, by car…), to have speed,