- •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.
Listening
Understanding Spoken English 2004 “Away from Home” p.4
Have your say
1. Read the extract below and then comment upon this quotation: “I should like to spend the whole of my time in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.” (William Hazlitt)
Adventure is necessary to us all. It keeps us from growing stale and old; it stimulates our imagination. It gives us that movement and change which are necessary to our well-being.
One of the objects of travel is to go in search of beauty. The beauty spots of the world are magnets which draw pilgrims year after year. Yet even more valuable to the traveller is the knowledge which he gets of his fellow men by going among people of different enthusiasms. It is the story of the stay-at-home who is always ready to call someone else “queer” because his ways are a little different; the much travelled man has sympathy to be able to understand another point of view than his own. Frequent travel to other countries by all sorts and conditions of men and women would be the best possible insurance against war.
And then there is for the traveller the great joy of coming home again. He who never leaves his home sees all its imperfection; but the voyager, when his lust for sew Scenes is satiated, turns his thoughts towards home with longing and affection. However humble his home may be, it contains all the things with which he is most familiar. He loves them, and being parted for a little while from them increases his desire for them. So the traveller, besides the delight of travel, has the additional satisfaction of a fuller appreciation of his home.
(From “Fifty Model Essays” by Joyce Miller)
2. Comment upon the following quotation:
“When we are young we travel to see the world, afterwards to make sure it is still here.”
(Cyril Connoly)
III reading
1. 1). Read the passage from “Along the Road” by Aldous Huxley. Learn the new vocabulary.
2). Do you believe that some people really travel out of snobbery? Have you met such people? What do you think of them?
WHY NOT STAY AT HOME?
Some people travel on business, some in search of health. But it is neither the sickly, nor the men of affairs who fill the Grand Hotels and the pockets of their proprietors. It is those who travel “for pleasure”, as the phrase goes.
And do they find their happiness?
I think not, for tourists are, in the main, a very gloomy-looking tribe. Only when they can band together and pretend, for a brief hour, that they are at home, do the majority of tourists abroad look really happy. One wonders why they come abroad.
The fact is that few travellers really like travelling. If they go to the trouble and expense of travelling, it is not so much from curiosity, for fun, or because they like to see things beautiful and strange, as out of a kind of snobbery. People travel for the same reason as they collect works of art: because the best people do it. To have been to certain spots on the earth's surface is socially correct; and having been there, one is superior to those who have not. Moreover, travelling gives one something to talk about when one gets home. The subjects of conversation are not so numerous that one can neglect an opportunity of adding to one’s store.
NOTES
expense, n
spending (of money, time, energy, etc.); cost,
e.g. I want the best you can supply, you need spare no expenses.
at the expense of (= at the cost of)
e.g. He has become a brilliant scholar but only at the expense of his health.
(usu. pl) money used or needed
e.g. travelling expenses; Illness, holidays and other expenses reduced his bank balance to almost nothing.
expensive, a
causing expense; costing a great deal
expensively, adv
neglect, v
pay no attention to; give no or not enough care to
e.g. neglect one’s studies/ children/ health
omit or fail (to do sth)
e.g. He neglected to say “Thank you”.
neglect, n
neglecting or being neglected
e.g. neglect of duty; the garden was in a state of neglect
neglectful, a
in the habit of neglecting things
e.g. neglectful of his appearance
pretend, v
make oneself appear (to be (doing) sth), either in play or to deceive others
e.g.. pretend to be asleep; They pretended not to see us.
say falsely that one has (as an excuse or reason, or to avoid danger, difficulty, etc.)
e.g. pretend sickness
pretence, (AmE also pretense), n
pretending
e.g. under the pretence of friendship; It's all pretence.
pretext or excuse; false claim or reason
false pretenses
e.g. get money by/ on/ under false pretenses
pretender, n
person who has a claim (to a throne, etc.) that not everyone agrees to
pretension, n
(often pl) (statement of a) claim
e.g. He makes no pretensions to expert knowledge of the subject.
being pretentious
e.g. Pretension is his worst fault.
pretentious, a
claiming (without justification) great merit or importance
e.g. a pretentious student/ speech
snob, n
(derog) person who pays too much attention to social class, and dislikes or keeps away from people of a lower class
snob appeal (= power to attract the interest of snobs)
person who is too proud of having special knowledge or judgement, and thinks that sth liked by many people is no good
e.g. a music snob who only likes Mozart. It's not really a very good make of car, but it does have a certain snob value (= is greatly admired by a particular set of people)
snobbery, n
the behaviour of snobs
snobbish, a (also snobby, a)
typical of a snob, esp. in being too proud about one’s social position
snobbishness, n
snobbishly, adv