- •1. 1. A) Look at the cartoon below. Do you find it funny and true to life? (илл. 7.1.1)
- •2. A) You are going to hear a speech by Neilia Pierre, an American High School student. Look at the glossary and decide what her speech is about.
- •3. A) Look at the way Nelia organized her speech. What means to make her speech logical and reader-friendly did she use?
- •4. Choose the appropriate conjunction in each case.
- •5. A) Look through the statistics below. Do the statistics in the chart surprise you?
- •2. What other leisure time activities, if available and affordable, would you like to participate in?
- •3. A) Test your prepositions knowledge. Fill in the gaps in the statements below with prepositions.
- •4. A) What prepositions are the verbs below followed by?
- •1. Work in pairs. Describe the pictures below. What do they have in common? (илл. 7.3.1-7.3.6)
- •2. A) Read the etymology of the word tourism and answer the questions below.
- •3. A) Listen to an expert talking about tourism. What type of tourism hasn’t been mentioned?
- •4. Look through the definitions again and find the words that mean:
- •5. A) Read the information again and answer the questions below.
- •4. A) Put the statements from the interview together.
- •5. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
- •1. Work in pairs. Look at the picture below. Do you agree with the reasons? What would you change or add to the banner? (илл. 7.6.1)
- •2. Work in pairs. You are planning to visit a foreign country you’ve never been to. What kind of information will you need before leaving? Make a list of questions to ask your travel agent.
- •3. A) Read a forum page from www.Tripadvisor.Com. What kind of website is it? How is the language of forums different from standard English?
- •4. A) Could you answer any of the questions in the forum? Would you make a good destination expert on Belarus?
- •2. A) Listen to Marylin Wexler and David Sierge talking about their jobs as travel agents. How different is their work? Is their attitude to work similar or different?
- •3. Complete the summaries of the interviews below.
- •4. Look at the phrases below. Are they used by travel agents or their clients?
- •5. A) You are going to role-play a conversation at the travel agency. Get your cards from the teacher. You have 3 minutes to prepare for the conversation.
- •1. Read the nursery rhyme. Choose the correct idea(s) behind it. For Want of a Nail
- •2. A) Read an excerpt from a Sound of Thunder, a short story written in 1952 by an American science fiction and mystery writer Ray Bradbury. Discuss the questions that follow in pairs.
- •3. How do you think the story will develop? Work in pairs. Write the summary of the story including the ending you’ve invented.
- •1. Work in pairs. Look at the illustrations in this lesson. What can you say about the place they describe.
- •2. A) What kind of information do you expect to find in a travel brochure for a National Park or Conservation?
- •3. Work in groups. Discuss which part of the brochure the information below would go to.
- •4. A) Work in groups. Decide which information block each student is going to write.
- •1. Work in small groups. Follow the steps below to produce a travel brochure.
- •4. Critical stage
4. Look through the definitions again and find the words that mean:
A not having a large effect or influence B with deeply pessimistic outlook or feeling C the quality of being light enough to be carried D journey on foot, especially through mountainous areas F a health resort near a spring or at the seaside I a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers M Informal uncommonly large P a journey to a sacred place Q a search for an alternative
5. A) Read the information again and answer the questions below.
Which type(s) of tourism
1. are the most expensive? 2. don’t involve big travel expenses? 3. put the traveller’s life at risk? 4. involve reconnecting with nature? 5. have recently become or are becoming more popular? 6. involve travelling to a remote area? 7. could involve taking part in some kinds of rituals? 8. relate to personal development: intellectual or spiritual? 9. involve visiting the sites, that have become famous after certain events? 10. don’t necessarily include travelling abroad?
b) Discuss the questions below in pairs.
Which type(s) of tourism
1. isn’t suitable for a family with young children? 2. would orderly people enjoy? 3. have you or your family enjoyed? 4. would you like to experience? 5. wouldn’t make you interested? 6. you and your partner would agree on trying together?
6. Write a definition for:
armchair tourism, coastal tourism, winter tourism, hobby tourism, shopping tourism, sports tourism
LESSON 5: DECODING A PHOTOGRAPH
Active vocabulary: off-road |
Receptive grammar: complex gerund constructions |
Communicative area: summarizing, giving opinion |
1. a) Work in pairs. Try to name as many jobs in tourism as you can. Use a dictionary. Compare your list with the list of your partner.
b) Would you like to have a job in tourism? Why?
c) What is your idea of a "good job"?
2. a) The people in the pictures below work as tour guides. Discuss the questions in pairs. (илл. 7.5.1-7.5.4)
What does a job of a tour guide involve? What are the main responsibilities of a tour guide? What is the most difficult part of the job?
b) Look at the pictures again. Where do you think these tour guides work? What kind of tours do they offer? What are the other places tour guides can work at?
3. a) Listen to the introduction to the interview with one of the tour guides in the pictures. Check your ideas for ex.1 and answer the following questions. Which tour guide is being interviewed? Were you right about his/her job?
b) What do the words below have to do with the tour guide’s job?
off-road, scouting the rout, degree in business, wilderness medicine, one-way flight, handlebars straightened, anecdotes
c) Listen to the interview again and take notes to summarize Andrew’s answers to the following questions.
1. Where do you work?
2. What does your job involve?
3. Why did you choose this job?
4. Did you have the appropriate education?
5. Why did you have to travel so far?
6. What is the best and the worst part in your job?