16. Make up a story according to the plan:

1. Travelling in our days.

2. Means of traveling.

3. Your experience of travelling.

a) planning of a trip;

b) preparation to the journey;

c) on your way out;

d) pastime during your journey;

e) on the back.

8. “Home, sweet home”.

17. Speak on the topic “Travelling”.

Additional part

18. Translate the text. Discovery of the new world

Today we take for granted that the world is round. In the fifteenth century, however, most people believed the world was flat. They thought that monsters on the edge of the earth waited for anybody who sailed outside the limits of known territory. People laughed at or jailed others who dared think that the world was in the shape of a globe.

There were educated persons, however, who thought that the world must be round. An Italian named Christopher Columbus was bold enough to push this notion, and ask for money to explore the seas, and find what he thought would be the other hemisphere of the earth. Italy refused to support him.

At that time, spice merchants were looking for an easier route to Asia. They traveled south past Africa, around the Cape Horn, and continued eastward. Christopher Columbus convinced Queen Isabella of Spain that it would be easier to sail directly west and find the rich treasures of India and Asia. A new route would be found, he said, and possible new lands for Spain.

Columbus first asked Queen Isabella for help in 1846, but it was years before she agreed. Finally, on August 3, 1492, he and ninety men set sail on the flagship Santa Maria. They sailed west. Three long months went by. On October 11^th, ten o’clock at night, Columbus saw a light. The next morning at dawn they landed.

From the “Indians” they learned that the island was called Guanahani. Columbus christened it San Salvador and claimed it immediately for Spain.

When they landed on the island that is now Cuba, they thought they were in Japan.

Columbus died a rich and famous man, but he never knew that he discovered the New World.

To take for granted – принимать как само собой разумеющееся

Hemisphere – полушарие

Spice – пряности

19. Listen to the text and choose the right variant of the answers: a business trip

Last November Susan Mack went to Spain on business. She spent the first two days at a trade fair in Madrid. Then, on the third, she saw some of the sights and bought some leather goods. On the forth day she had an appointment with a transport company in the north of the country. As she did not want to waste any time she booked a return ticket on the 9.30 flight to San Sebastian.

After a marvelous lunch in a restaurant overlooking the sea, Senor Criado drove her to the airport for the 5.15 flight back to Madrid. At 4.45 she heard the announcement. The flight was cancelled. No one knew the exact reason. Susan was furious. There was no train until the next morning and she had to be in Toledo a city south of Madrid for an appointment at 10.00 a.m.

She thought for a while of all the possibilities. Then, suddenly, she overheard s conversation between two men. She listened hard – and finally understood that they wanted to make a party of four to share a taxi back to Madrid. She immediately asked if she could join them and they soon found a forth person, an old priest, to complete the party.

1. Why did Susan Mack go to Spain?

a) to see the sights;

b) on business;

c) to take part in the fair;

d) to buy some leather goods.

2. Which of the statements correct?

a) She spent all the time in Madrid.

b) She stayed in the north of the country.

c) She didn’t return to Madrid.

d) She had an appointment with a transport company in the north of the country.

3. Why did she book a return ticket?

a) It was less expensive.

b) She was afraid there would be 110 tickets.

c) She didn’t want to waste time.

d) The number of the tickets was limited.

4. The flight was cancelled because of …

a) the bad weather;

b) someone was late for the flight;

c) the reason unknown;

d) the plane had broken.

5. How did she manage to get to Madrid?

a) She shared a taxi with an old priest.

b) She went to Toledo first.

c) She shared a taxi with a party of three.

d) She took a train.

Describe the way parents feel and behave when their son , daughter is preparing for a journey while he/she is away Traveler.

If a child prepares to go abroad his parents attempt to do utmost for his child not to face with the troubles on his way .From the text I read we could see how parents help his 15 old son to get ready for the trip , it was the first trip in his life he was excited about future traveling His father worried about him and pressed on him different maps , travel books and so on , The traveler was in 3 places such as London , Paris , Highlands, For the trip to Paris he learned even some phrases , it didn’t hold water. The author hung on every word of his son get proud of him, in his 15 years he could see many places the author could have never dreamt of , got the story and saw the other people living. The author had never been abroad except Canada , so he was to hear thrilling stories of his son.

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