- •Модуль 2 the tourist industry Цели:
- •Entry Test
- •Учебный элемент 4 (уэ-4) The Tourist Industry
- •I. Improve your wordpower.
- •2. Mind the pronunciation:
- •3. What are the opposites?
- •4. Find the synonyms in the right column to the words given in the left column:
- •5. Match these words with the definitions below:
- •II. Reading Comprehension
- •Tourism
- •Определенный и нулевой артикли с географическими названиями и именами собственными The definite and the zero articles with geographical and proper names
- •2. Insert the definite article where necessary
- •VI. Written task
- •1. Read the text, translate it; translate extracts in italics into Russian using a dictionary in writing. Basic definitions in tourism
- •2. Answer the following questions in writing
- •3. Complete the sentences
- •VII. Intensive Reading Task
- •2. Read the text. The tourist industry
- •3. Find in the text answers to these questions:
- •4. Say what you've learned from the text about:
- •VIII*. Advanced learning
- •Учебный элемент 5 (уэ-5) Ecotourism (Environmental tourism)
- •I. Improve your wordpower.
- •1. Study your active vocabulary:
- •2. Mind the pronunciation:
- •3. What are the opposites?
- •5. Match these words with the definitions below:
- •II. Reading Comprehension
- •1. Read and translate the following text. Consult a dictionary if necessary. Ecotourism
- •III. Comprehension and Word Study
- •1. Translate into Russian
- •2. Translate into English
- •4. Complete the following statements:
- •IV. Speaking practice
- •2. Be ready to speak about ecotourism and its main principles
- •V. Grammar revision The definite article with geographic names (определенный артикль с географическими названиями)
- •1. Insert articles where necessary (explain your choice)
- •VI. Written task
- •1. Read the text, translate it; translate extracts in italics into Russian using a dictionary in writing
- •VII. Intensive reading task
- •1. Study the vocabulary list to the text
- •2. Read the text paying attention to how tourists contribute to the protection of the environment in the Alps the environmental tourist How to be an eco-friendly tourist in the Alps
- •2. Find in the text answers to these questions:
- •3. Say what you've learned from the text about:
- •4. Study the information chart and discuss the environmental issues concerning the Alps' ecosystem.
- •VIII*. Advanced learning
- •1. Study the following idioms
- •Useful phrases
- •Учебный элемент 6 (уэ-6) Regulation, research and development in tourism
- •I. Improve your wordpower.
- •1. Study your active vocabulary:
- •2. Mind the pronunciation.
- •3. Read and translate the words and their derivatives.
- •4. Match the synonyms.
- •5. Pick out the English equivalents from list a to the following Russian expressions in list b.
- •6. Make up word-combinations and translate them.
- •7. Study these words and their definitions.
- •8*. Make up topic-related sentences using the following phrasal verbs.
- •II. Reading Comprehension
- •1. Read and translate the following text. Consult a dictionary if necessary. Regulation, research and development in tourism
- •5. Join the halves.
- •6. Complete the following sentences.
- •The zero article with geographical names
- •1. Insert articles where necessary (explain your choice).
- •VI. Written task
- •1. Read the text, translate it into Russian using a dictionary. Overseas markets (bta)
- •VII. Intensive reading task
- •1. Study the vocabulary list to the text
- •2. Read an interview with Signor Pacini of the Sicilian Tourist Board who is talking about tourism in Sicily and how the regional government is trying to improve the industry there.
- •3. Read the interview again and answer the questions:
- •VIII*. Advanced learning
Определенный и нулевой артикли с географическими названиями и именами собственными The definite and the zero articles with geographical and proper names
Определенный артикль употребляется:
1. С существительными, обозначающими предметы, единственные в своем роде: the sun, the moon, the earth, the sky, the world, the cosmos, the equator, the horizon, the Milky Way, the hemisphere, the North Pole/the South Pole, the North Star, the solar system, the Universe, the Arctic Circle.
НО: планеты, названные в честь греческих и римских богов употребляются без артикля: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter
2. С названиями сторон света: the North, the South, the East, the West
НО: from North to South, from east to West
3. С названиями водных бассейнов (рек, морей, океанов etc): the Thames, the Nile, the Mediterranean, the Volga, the Black Sea, the English Channel, the Pacific Ocean
НО: Lake Baikal
НО: с названиями заливов/гаваней – без артикля: Hudson Bay, Mexican Bay, New York Harbour
4. C названиями горных цепей: the Urals, the Alps, the Andes
НО: горные вершины употребляются без артикля: Everest, Mont Blanc
5. C названиями пустынь: the Sahara Desert
6. C названиями островов: the British Isles, the Hawaiian Islands
НО: отдельные острова употребляются без артикля: Cuba, Corsica, Sicily
НО: полуострова употребляются без артикля: Kamchatka, Scandinavia.
НО: если есть слово Peninsula – употребляется определенный артикль: the Balkan Peninsula
7. С названиями некоторых местностей: the Crimea
8. С названиями некоторых стран: the Lebanon, the Argentine, the Sudan, the Congo, the Netherlands (но Holland), the Vatican
9. С названиями стран, включающих такие нарицательные существительные, как: Union, Kingdom, States, Federation, Empire, Republic: the USA (United States of America), the Russian Federation, the Roman Empire, the Irish Republic
10. А также: the Malay Archipelago, the Lake District, the Victorian time, the Far East, the Middle East, the Dark Ages – но Medieval Europe, Central Europe
Определенный артикль не употребляется:
1. Перед именами собственными, названиями городов, улиц, площадей артикль не употребляется: Africa, South America, London, France, Italy, Green Street, Pushkin Street, Fifth Avenue, Broadway
НО: the Hague, the High Street (in any city), the Strand (in London), the Wall Street (in New York)
2. Без артикля употребляются названия станций, мостов, аэропортов: Tower Bridge, Heathrow, Victoria Station, Kennedy Airport
3. Без артикля употребляются названия церквей, соборов, приходов: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey
4. А также: Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, London Zoo, Edinburgh Castle
НО: the White Palace, the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, the Royal Palace, the Empire State Building, the Kremlin, the Great Wall of China
НО: при наличии of-фразы употребляется определенный артикль: the Tower of London etc.
2. Insert the definite article where necessary
1. Terry isn’t from … Canada. He is from … USA.
2. … Nile is a river in … Africa.
3. … Pacific is between … America and … Asia.
4. My friend lives close to … Black Sea.
5. … Alps are mountains in … Central Europe.
6. I’m from … Moscow.
7. When I was in … England I visited … Westminster Abbey.
8. … Strand is a street in … London.
9. … Stockholm is the capital of … Sweden.
10. Alan is from … San Francisco which is in … West of … United States.
11. Where is … Hague?
12. … Rome is the capital of … Italy.
13. I live in … North Street.
14. … Chicago is famous for its high buildings.
15. … Wall Street is a street in … New York.
16. I come from … Lebanon.
17. … Komsomolskaya is a street in … Novopolotsk.
18. He comes from … Russian federation, from … St. Petersburg.
19. … Broadway is in … New York.
20. … Africa is much larger than … Europe.