- •Липецкий государственный педагогический университет
- •Липецк, 2006 unit 1 why do people travel?
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •5. Look through the list of words below and classify them into two groups: “a short journey” and “a long journey”.
- •6. Put one of the words below in each space. Use each word only once.
- •8. Think of at least 5 words to go into each blank.
- •9. Use the following words to make as many compounds as possible.
- •10. Match the verbs on the left with nouns on the right.
- •11. Choose the best word to complete the sentences.
- •12. Fill in the gaps with correct prepositions.
- •13. Say it in English.
- •Reading
- •1. Read the text (the paragraphs are out of order). Then do the tasks which follow. Sum up the reasons for travelling that Mark Wallington mentions in his essay.
- •2. Travelling On Your Own.
- •1) Read the following text to find out how the writer prefers to travel and why.
- •2) Now complete these statements by choosing the answer you think fits best.
- •3) Discussion Points:
- •Why do people travel?
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •Reading
- •More Than One Way to Travel
- •Listening
- •Have your say
- •2. Comment upon the following quotation:
- •III reading
- •Remember the pattern
- •Writing
- •Have your say
- •Act it out
- •The Best Way to Travel
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •8. Divide the following means of transport into 3 groups: transport by air, water, on land.
- •9. Read the short passage below and decide what the missing words are.
- •10. A) Match the expressions on the left to their explanations on the right.
- •Listening
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •5. Give at least 3 alternatives for each blank.
- •6. Choose the correct answer.
- •7. Read the passage and work out the missing words.
- •8. Give English equivalents.
- •Joke Time!
- •9. The following sentences describe what you do when you go to an airport to catch a plane, but they are in the wrong order. Read them carefully and put them in the right order.
- •What is jet lag?
- •Reading
- •1. You are going to read the true story of how Nigel Hughes flew to Brazil by accident. How do you think this could have happened?
- •I Flew to Brazil by Accident
- •2. Pre-reading task.
- •1) What for you is most important from an airline? Put the following in order of importance:
- •2) Flying is probably one of the safest ways to travel, but there can be problems. Discuss what can go wrong on the ground and in the air.
- •Travellers’ Tales
- •Have your say
- •2. Sum up all the arguments for and against flying.
- •3. Have you ever travelled by air? Share your experience with the class. Act it out
- •I’m not Keen on Flying
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •2. British English or American English? Complete the table.
- •3. Match the nouns in the middle with the words on the outside.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with correct prepositions.
- •5. Complete these sentences.
- •Joke Time!
- •Reading
- •Writing
- •2. What are the advantages and the disadvantages of railway travel?
- •2. British English or American English? Classify the words into 2 columns:
- •8. Read the passage and put the sentences in the correct order.
- •Reading
- •1. Read the text and put the paragraphs in the correct order under the headings:
- •2. Read the text and fill each gap with one of these words:
- •The Road to Ruin
- •Writing
- •Vocabulary Work
- •1. Replace these words and expressions from the text you have just read with words or expressions of your own.
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following:
- •3. Find words and expressions for these definitions.
- •Writing
- •Have your say
- •Act it out
- •Unit 3 are you an experienced traveller?
- •An experienced traveller
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •Reading
- •1. A) Read this advice from a travel book and complete the sentences.
- •2. The leaflet below gives advice to students on travelling round Europe by train. After reading it, read the questions below and choose the answer which you think fits best. Eurorailing
- •Writing
- •Vocabulary
- •In sight
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •1. Transcribe and read the following words.
- •Valise, commodious, reverie, saloon, exhilaration, harbour, disillusioned,
- •2. Could you do this crossword puzzle?
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions.
- •8. Are the following statements true or false? Can you correct the false ones?
- •9. Read the passage and fill in the gaps with any suitable words or expressions.
- •Writing
- •Listening
- •Have your say
- •Unit 4 does travel broaden the mind?
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •6. Fill in the gaps to complete the phrases. Give alternatives where possible.
- •Reading
- •4. Choose one of the quotations below and comment upon it.
- •When in Rome
- •Getting ready for the round-table talk writing
- •Listening
- •Have your say
- •Brush up everything you have done
- •And get ready for
- •The Round-Table Talk
- •On travelling.
Writing
Write the reproduction “Hitch-Hiking in the Snow”
LISTENING
Understanding Spoken English 2004 Car Commercials p.6
HAVE YOUR SAY
1. Do you have a car? Would you like to own one? Why or why not?
2. Have you ever been on a driving tour? Share your experience with the class.
3. “Should we look to road or rail for our transport needs?” Have a class discussion debating the issue.
V
WALKING
READING
Read this article and do the task below.
For the next 13 months Ffyona Campbell will be walking 37 km a day, every day, in a walk that will take her from Cape Town to Algiers. Her 14,400-kilometre hike will raise money for educating African children.
STEPPING ACROSS AFRICA
Ffyona Campbell is just 24. In recent years she has been walking round the world. She left home at 16 after an argument with her parents and ended up walking the length of Britain. She was only 19 when she walked across America for New York to Los Angeles, and at 22 she walked across Australia in 95 days.
During this time she had lost several sets of toe-nails and grown so accustomed to a family of blisters that she has given them names – Harry and Freda. The walking has also strained her thigh – bones, hip – joints and pelvis so much that doctors say her pelvis shows the stresses of a woman of 80.
Next month Ffyona is taking her 80-year-old pelvis to Africa to walk the 14,400 km from Cape Town in the South to the Mediterranean coast at Algiers in the North. She’ll find herself walking on every kind of route, from soft tracks across a treeless desert to muddy roads through thick rain forests. She plans to do it in 394 days, averaging 37 km a day (excluding rest days). She will be taking 60 pairs of socks, 30 pairs of Hi-Tec training shoes, and 50 bottles of shampoo.
The shampoo is vital. During the past 8 years of walking she has learned many things about herself. One of them is that she goes to pieces if she doesn’t keep clean. This time she has decided to walk in comfort, so she raised £ 50,000 for a Land Rover which will follow her through Africa. The Land Rover will have two drivers, and she will have support, a place to sleep, and a shower.
Ffyona will be collecting money, as well as spending it. Like her first walk across Britain, this is a sponsored walk for a charity which will be using the cash for the education of African children.
There will be dangers, particularly for a lone woman. She says she is going to try to be “as unattractive as possible”.
Boredom is another problem. She carries a Walkman, but she finds she has problems with what she calls “smell mirages”, where she thinks she can smell food in the middle of nowhere.
Then there is the pain. Although she hardens her feet in salt water, she had blisters throughout the whole Australian walk.
“I’m trying to treat the African walk as a nine-to-five job,” she says. “The trick is to take it a day at a time, and never to think about how much there still is to do before the end.”
Decide if these statements are true or false. Change any which are false.
Ffyona has been walking in different parts of the world since she left school.
She will be walking from North to South.
She will be walking alone.
She will be walking non-stop.
She will be taking extra shoes.
She will be collecting money for a charity.
Answer the questions.
What physical problems has Ffyona experienced as a result of her walking?
Why will she find herself walking on every kind of route?
What do you think her greatest problem will be?