- •Class 1 why do people travel? unit I
- •Why do people travel?
- •Adventure is necessary
- •Goodbye comfort, hello adventure
- •Rebecca Mellotte swaps the corridors of Whitehall for a 4wd journey to the heart of Africa
- •Why be a tourist?
- •Class 2 planning holidays
- •Planning holidays
- •Get things straight by Gemma Fielding
- •Travel basics: intro.
- •10. Read and sum up the article “Package holidays close to extinction as more travel companies merge” in 8-10 sentences.
- •Package holidas close to extinction as more travel companies merge
- •Read and sum up the article in 10-15 sentences. Diy holidays: around the world in three years
- •Alexandra Lennane offers the best and worst experiences and advice for those doing it themselves
- •12. Render this article in English. Use the topical vocabulary. Do you agree with the author? любимые страны туристов
- •Class 3 ways of holiday-making ways of holiday-making
- •Ways of holiday-making
- •Modern holidays
- •One in three do not protect their skin from the sun
- •The only way to travel is to travel on foot
- •Camping is the ideal way of spending a holiday
- •23. Read the newspaper article entitled “Third of workers refuse to take all their holidays”. Sum it up in 7-10 sentences.
- •Third of workers refuse to take all their holidays
- •Class 4 travelling alone
- •Good companion or bad karma?
- •Your travelling buddy can make or break a trip. Rob Penn discovers how some find out the hard way
- •Family holiday? I'd rather go with workmates
- •Class 4 tourism
- •45. Read the text. Why is it entitled like that? Does tourism really ruin everything that it touches?
- •Death by tourism
- •Does tourism ruin everything that it touches
- •A brief history of tourism
- •Tourism today
- •Vanishing acts The world's treasures are under siege as never before. So get out and see as many as possible—before they disappear.
- •48. Read the article. Sum it up.
- •Damage control Despite their bad reputation, tourists can also be one of the world's greatest forces for preservation.
Family holiday? I'd rather go with workmates
The Daily Mail
28th August 2005
A third of parents would rather take their work colleagues on holiday than their own children, a new survey reveals.
As many as two in three families admitted they had difficulty accommodating everyone's tastes and expectations when planning a break, the poll from Virgin Holidays' Taste of Adventure concept found.
As many as 32 per cent of the 600 parents questioned said they were happier going away with office colleagues than their kids.
A total of 34 per cent of parents got so stressed planning a family holiday that they preferred to stay at home, while one in four parents said holiday planning was more stressful than moving house.
Psychologist Dr Sheila Keegan said: "Organising family holidays can be a notoriously difficult and intense time in the family calendar.
"Expectations are high, with a year's worth of stress to relieve and the pressure to have a good time. But different family members want different things and this can lead to blow-ups.
"Families don't spend all their time in each other's pockets during the year, so why do we assume that it will be easy just because we're on holiday?
"Teenagers miss their mates, and their PlayStations. Parents often fret about their work; they can even miss their work colleagues. Tensions between couples that are diluted when at home can flare up in the hot-house holiday environment."
She added that it was possible to create a holiday that everyone enjoyed, but it needed careful planning.
Class 4 tourism
45. Read the text. Why is it entitled like that? Does tourism really ruin everything that it touches?
Give the summery of the text.
Will anything put a stop to the growth of tourism?
Fill in the table. What are the effects of tourism?
Do you agree that the tourist industry will soon be the largest industry in the world?
Death by tourism
by Arnold Baker
Does tourism ruin everything that it touches
At the entrance to one of the ruined temples of Petra in Jordan, there is an inscription chiseled into the soft red rock. It looks as if it has been there for centuries. It could have been carved by one of King Herod’s soldiers, when they were imprisoned in the town in 40 BC. But closer inspection reveals that it is not so ancient after all. It reads: Shane and Wendy from Sydney were here. April 16th 1996.
The ruins of Petra were discovered in 1810 by a Swiss explorer, and a recent report has just concluded that ‘they are in grave danger of being destroyed by the unstoppable march of tourism’. More than 4,000 tourists a day tramp through Petra’s rocky tombs. They wear away the soft red sandstone to powder and (occasionally!) scratch their names into the rock.
It is not just Petra that is under threat of destruction. Millions of tourists a year now travel the globe, and vast numbers of them want to visit the world’s most treasured sites: the Parthenon, the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge, the national parks of Kenya. The tourist industry will soon be the largest industry in the world, and it has barely reached its 60th birthday. Many places that once were remote are now part of package tours. Will nothing put a stop to the growth of tourism?