- •1. Explain the meaning of the following phrases from the text?
- •Memorize Dialogue 1.
- •Work in pairs. Make your own dialogue and find out about each other's holiday plans.
- •1. Give English equivalents and use them in sentences of your own:
- •1. Phonetic Drill. Transcribe and pronounce correctly:
- •2. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •4. Fill in appropriate words (consult the list of synonyms)
- •6. Give all the derivatives to the words:
- •7. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons. Start with the following phrases:
- •8. Insert words or word combinations given in brackets below.
- •9. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs.
- •Write a summary of the text "The British on Holiday"
- •Here are a number of different things which people like to do on holiday:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •Holiday-making
- •7. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •8. Form antonyms with the help of negative prefixes:
- •2. Develop the dialogue into a monologue on the part of the traveller.
- •3. Give a summary of the information.
- •Going on a trip
- •Remember:
- •1. Choose the right word. Translate sentences into Russian.
- •2. Explain the following expressions. Reproduce the situations in which the sentences with these words occur in the text.
- •3. Give Russian equivalents for the following:
- •4. Write English equivalents for the following words and phrases. Use them in sentences of your own.
- •5. Give synonyms from the text to the following words and phrases:
- •4. Speak individually or arrange a discussion on the following:
- •Booking rail tickets
- •Text work
- •Text work
- •1. Give Russian equivalents to the following:
- •2. Form antonyms to the following words with the help of prefixes.
- •3. Give a summary of the information.
- •Information (1)
- •Information (2)
- •3. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •4. Do a bit of translator work. Compare your translation with those of your classmates.
- •5. Match the words with their definitions below:
- •6. Complete this conversation filling in the gaps with the proper prepositions.
- •8. Recall and act out the conversation you ever had with:
- •Would you like to go on this kind of holiday? Discuss your answer with your partner.
- •8. Supply one of the following verbs:
- •1. Give a good literary translation close to the text. The journey of a night time
- •2. Read the letter and use the notes to complete the reply.
- •Notes for reply:
- •3. Translate the following into English:
- •4. Write an essay "Travelling by train has a lot of advantages".
- •1. Look at this list of words to do with rail travel. Check that you know what they mean.
- •Heat and coal-dust across india by train
- •Read the article "via Rail Canada" and make a list of all the different facilities mentioned.
- •Read the text again and say whether the following statements are true or false.
- •Via rail canada
- •The Canadian
- •Your accommodation
- •Discounted fares
- •With a partner take turns to be a tourist and a sncf agent. Tourist
- •Sncf agent
- •10. In pairs, take turns to role-play the conversation between a travel agent (selling the trip you planned above) and a customer (asking about the holiday-route, itinerary, and facilities).
- •1. What would you do if:
- •Project work
- •1. Phonetic Drill. Transcribe and pronounce correctly:
- •2. Give Russian equivalents of:
- •3. Give English equivalents of:
- •4. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •5. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •6. Fill in the blanks with prepositions:
- •7. Give all the derivatives to the words:
- •10. Retell "Making the Best of Journeys" on the part of George.
- •Booking air tickets
- •Travelling by air
- •1. Find the following numbers in the texts. What do they refer to? Make a sentence about each number.
- •3. Using the information given in the text, complete each of the following sentences.
- •5. Look at this diagram indicating basic airport procedure and layout.
- •1. Read the information and then answer the questions.
- •2. Give a summary of the information.
- •At the check-in desk
- •1. Look at the list of items in the table. Discuss which of them you think travellers are allowed to bring into the countries indicated. Fill in the first two columns.
- •3. Imagine you are a uk Customs officer. How would you answer these questions?
- •Travelling to the uk from outside the eu
- •250Cc/ml of toilet water
- •4. Insert words or word combinations given in the brackets.
- •5. Flight attendants have a procedure for the different things they need to do on a flight. Look at this list of things and put them in the correct order.
- •6. At which stage would you hear the flight attendant si the following?
- •8. Now read the interview with Kim Whittle to find out if your predictions were correct.
- •9. An important part of the selection procedure for an airline is to understand the psychology of an applicant. Here are ten typical questions from a pre-interview questionnaire.
- •10. Match the questions to the multiple-choice options below.
- •Imagine you are the airline's Personnel Officer. Which of these answers would indicate a good applicant? Which would worry you? How would you deal with these worries in an interview?
- •Retell "Victoria's First Flight" in the Is' person singular on the part of Victoria.
- •Victoria's first flight
- •Read the leaflet "Mackenzie Airport Welcomes First-time Fliers". It describes the procedure for passengers at an airport. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases from the list below.
- •1. Give a good literally translation. Airport paralyzed
- •2. You are flying to Belfast on a business trip, and you have been given this form. Fill in the answer on the form. Embarkation card
- •3. Write some announcements of your own. Use the notes below.
- •4. Translate from Russian into English:
- •6. Add two or three sentences of your own to each of the following statements.
- •1. Have you ever travelled in an airplane?
- •2. Which job would you like most — pilot, flight attendant, or air-traffic controller? Which is the most difficult?
- •3. How many of these pieces of advice/recommendations are worth following? Why?
- •5. Discuss the following:
- •International travel
- •1. Comprehension questions:
- •2. Work in groups and discuss the following:
- •3. Think about your own town or city and discuss the questions:
- •1. International Airport. Read the information about Tokyo Narita Airport. Answer the following questions:
- •Tokyo narita
- •2. Read the dialogues below and make up a short text for a guide book about John f. Kennedy Airport in New York.
- •3. Airport Codes Quiz
1. Have you ever travelled in an airplane?
Divide into two groups — people who have flown before and people who have not.
The people who have flown before should discuss these questions:
Who has had the longest flight?
Who has flown the most times?
Who gets bored and who gets excited on flights?
What part of the flight do you enjoy (dislike) most?
Has anyone had any frightening experiences on a flight?
The people who haven 7 flown before should discuss these questions:
1) Would you like to fly? What would you like (not like) about flying? 2) Which part of the flight do you think would be most exciting? Which part would take you most nervous? f3) What would be the best place to sit in an aeroplane — aisle seat, window seat or in the middle of the row? At the front or at the back of the plane?
Discuss your answers with people from the other group.
2. Which job would you like most — pilot, flight attendant, or air-traffic controller? Which is the most difficult?
3. How many of these pieces of advice/recommendations are worth following? Why?
Never get to the airport too early in case the plane is late.
Always take a good long book to read on a journey.
c) Always try to get some sleep on the plane.
d) Never take more then one suitcase on a journey.
e) Always try to do some work on the plane — there won't be any phone calls to interrupt you.
0 Never drink alcohol on a plane.
4. You and your friend are looking forward to a trip to ...in summer. You insist on flying, but your friend wantsto travel by train. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by air and by train.
5. Discuss the following:
1. What makes travelling by air almost as safe as travelling by rail?
2. Do the passengers go straight to the plane? What do theyhave to do first?
3. When do students and schoolchildren pay reduced prices for tickets?
4. What information is usually given to the passengers on board a plane?
DIALOGUE 3
International travel
Colin Knapp is talking about traveling to the Far East.
Interviewer: Colin, do you travel on business very often?
Colin Knapp: 1 travel to Thailand about two to three times per year.
Interviewer: And how long is the flight from England to Thailand?
Colin Knapp: The flight is about twelve hours.
Interviewer: Uh, huh. Do you enjoy that long flight?
Colin Knapp: It's, it is OK as long as I take plenty of reading, and they normally have three to four films.
Interviewer: And do you watch all the films?
Colin Knapp: I watch all the films because I find it very difficult to sleep on a plane.
Interviewer: OK. Do you suffer from jet lag* after the flight?
Colin Knapp: Er, I suffer jet lag. In Thailand it lasts for about one day.
Interviewer: Uh-hu... and when do you return to England?
Colin Knapp: It is worse, for some reason, and is about three days.
Interviewer: So traveling back to England is less pleasant?
Colin Knapp: It is less pleasant, but that apparently is quite common.
Interviewer: OK. Erm... and what's the reason for your visits to Thailand?
Colin Knapp: It's to teach and to do some business with the University.
Interviewer: Why do you travel to Thailand to do business? Why can't you do that by telephone or fax?
Colin Knapp: Because our discussions are quite complex and it is too complex for telephone and fax.
Interviewer: OK. When you visit Thailand do you experience a culture gap?
Colin Knapp: There is a culture gap, yes.
Interviewer: Erm... can you give me any examples of that?
Colin Knapp: They are very polite people, and so there are times when you may think they agree with you, but they say "yes" because they think it is polite.
Interviewer: Ok. So the way people communicate is different?
Colin Knapp: They communicate in a different way, yes.
Interviewer: Ok. And also can you give people visiting Thailand any tips for their visit?
Colin Knapp: Erm... always try to be polite, and be respectful, and on first meeting try not to look the person in the eye too often...
* jet lag — tiredness after flying to a place where the time is different.