Travelling

Travelling is one of the things which allows people to satisfy their natural aspiration to cognition of the surrounding world. Modern life is impossible without travelling. Some people travel on business, some do it for pleasure and some just look for adventures. True, we often get tired of the same surroundings and daily routine. Hence some relaxation is essential to restore our mental and physical resources. That is why the best place for relaxation, in my opinion, is the one where you have never been before. It will leave a deep and lasting impression upon you and it is a guarantee that you will enjoy your journey. Moreover, modern means of travelling allow us to cover long distances without any difficulties and to save our precious time.

To understand how true it is you’ve got to go to a railway station, a sea or a river port or an airport. There you are most likely to see hundreds of people hurrying to board a train, a ship or a plane.

To be on the safe side and to spare yourself the trouble of standing long hours in the line, you’d better book tickets beforehand. As a matter of fact, all you have to do is to ring up the airport or the railway station booking office and they will send your ticket to your place. And, of course, before getting off you have to make your preparations. You should settle all your business and visit your friends and relatives. On the eve of your departure you should pack your things in a suitcase. When the day of your departure comes you call a taxi and go to the airport or the railway station.

At last you are on your way to the destination and can escape and get rid of the same and completely annoyed surroundings. So you get a chance to have a pleasant rest especially if you have a pretty penny about you. All the world is at your disposal and you can head anywhere you want. While being on move you can get acquainted with new people, make friends with them, get some new cultural and life experience, admire the beauty of nature and just enjoy being somewhere but not at home.

For a number of reasons it is important for us to rest after hard work, but after some period of time we get tired of relaxation, we become home-sick and feel like returning home. We realize that "“East or West-home is best “, as the saying goes.

3.Answer the questions.

1.Why do people travel?

2.What is the best place for relaxation?

3.What means of travelling are there nowadays?

4.How can you get the tickets if you want to travel ?

5.What preparations do you have to do before the departure ?

6.Why is it important for us to rest ?

4.Find the synonyms.

a) to allow 1) to travel

b) cognition 2) rest

c) to look for 3) knowledge

d) relaxation 4) to arrange

e) to restore 5) a lot of money

f) precious 6) to queue

g) to stand in the line 7) valuable

h) a pretty penny 8) to reconstruct

i) to be on move 9) to let

j) to settle one’s business 10) to search

5. Fill in the gaps with the words below.

Many people like … as it gives them the possibility to satisfy their natural … to cognition of the surrounding … . True, we often get tired of … routine and do our best to … our mental and physical … . We can get to the place we want by a car, train, plane or by … . To be on the safe side and to spare yourself the trouble of standing long … in the line, you’d better … tickets … . If you don’t want … a train or a plane you can call a … . All the world is at your … , admire the beauty of nature and … every minute of your … . But in some time you become … and realize that “East or West – home is best”.

(daily; world; sea; resources; aspiration; book; taxi, home–sick; travelling; restore; rest; hours; enjoy; to miss; disposal; beforehand)

6.In each line there is one noun which does not go with the verb. Which one?

1)to drive a car, a plane, a train, a bus

2)to ride a bike, a boat, a horse, a camel

3)to get on / off a car, a plane, a horse, a train

4)to go by bus, foot, car, helicopter

5)to get into / out of a motorbike, a taxi, a car, a lorry

7.You can use the following adjectives to describe different means of transport:

reliable noisy cheap healthy

fast quiet safe slow

dangerous comfortable expensive

Means of transport	Advantages	Disadvantages
train
car
bus
ship
airplane

8.Speak about advantages and disadvantages of different means of transport.

9.Write a composition “Travelling in my life”.