8. Make notes about the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by different means of transport. Then write a text similar to the one above, giving your own opinion.
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advantages |
disadvantages |
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Road, train, sea, air |
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9. In these two dialogues find the following information:
1) Where does Ann live? 2) Where does she want to travel? 3) How long is she going to stay there?
1. Complete the first dialogue. Catching a train
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Good morning. (a)……. the times of trains (b) …….. Newcastle, please? |
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Afternoon, evening? When (c) …… ? |
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About five o’clock this afternoon. |
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About (d) …… . Right. Let’s have a look. There’s a train that (e)…… 4.45, and there’s (f) …… at 5.25. |
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And (g) …… get in? |
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Back at King’s Cross at 7.15 and (h) ……. |
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Thanks a lot. |
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2. Ann goes to the ticket office. Put the lines of the conversation in the correct order. | |
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Hello. I’d like a ticket to Newcastle, please. |
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I want to come back this evening, so a day return. |
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How do you want to pay? |
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Return, please. |
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Here’s your change and your ticket. |
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Single or return? |
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Twenty, forty, sixty pounds. |
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Day return or period return? |
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Cash, please. |
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Forty-eight pounds fifty, please. |
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Thank you. |
Try to remember the conversations. In pairs, practise saying them.
10. Work in pairs. Continue the dialogue between a travel counsellor and a customer at the tour agency according to the logical scheme. When you are ready, join up with another pair and compare your variants.
-Welcome, sir! Can I be helpful in any way?
-I’d like to go on a tour to … (Great Britain, Italy, Egypt etc.) …
Scheme:
asking for information-offering something
regretting and declining an offer of something- asking about preferences
saying what you prefer-advising someone
saying you are curious
Formulas:
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Asking for information Could you tell me … (please)? Will you kindly tell me …, (please)? Can you help me? Do you happen to know …? I’d like to know, (please) about… |
Offering smth Would you like…? Could (can) I offer you …? What would you say to…? Won’t you have…? |
Regretting It’s a (great) pity … I regret … I’m sorry but … |
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Declining an offer of smth Not for me, thanks I won’t, thanks Not this time, thanks I’m not sure I can That’s very kind, but I won’t… |
Asking about preferences Do you prefer … or …? Would you rather … or…? Which would you prefer … or…? Which seems better to you? Do you find … or …more enjoyably? |
Saying what you prefer I’d prefer … I’d rather … I like … more than … I have a strong preference for … |