4 Аттестация Nick's Trip to the South and Back

Exercise 1.Read and translate the text.

Last summer Nick spent his holidays in the Crimea. He went there by plane. He booked his ticket in advance. He rang up the air-travel booking office and reserved a seat for the fifteenth of July. "Will you come for your ticket yourself or do you want it delivered?" asked the booking-office clerk. "I'd like my ticket delivered, please," said Nick, because he did not want to waste his time going to the booking office and standing in a queue. The plane to Yalta took off at 9 a.m., but he had to be at the airport an hour before to register his ticket. His plane was TU-134. It is a comfortable modern plane. Nick's seat was near the porthole and he could see how they took off in St. Petersburg and landed in Yalta. They were flying at a height of six thousand meters, so Nick could see only clouds through the porthole. The hostess offered the passengers some snacks and soft drinks. The flight was very pleasant. It took Nick only three hours to get to Yalta. The way back wasn't so pleasant. Nick could not get a ticket for a plane. He had to stand in a long queue to get a ticket for a plane. When at last his turn came, he said to the booking-office clerk: "Please, I want a ticket to St. Petersburg for the fourth of August." "I am sorry," said the booking -office clerk, "there are no tickets for a through train to St. Petersburg. I could give you an upper berth on a train to Moscow, and in Moscow you will have a changing." Nick thought a little. "Oh well, that's all right," he said," give me a ticket for the Moscow train. After all, there are a lot of trains going from Moscow to St. Petersburg every day, so I hope I will have no problems punching the ticket." He was right. When he arrived in Moscow, he consulted the time-table and saw that there were ten trains to St. Petersburg. It did not take him long to punch his ticket. He just had time to drop into a bar and have a snack before his train started. The train was comfortable. Nick had a lower berth in a separate compartment. In the morning he was in St. Petersburg.

Exercise 2.Answer the following questions.

1. Where did Nick spend his holidays? 2. How did he travel to the Crimea? 3. How did Nick book a ticket? 4. What date did he reserve a seat for? 5. Why did Nick have his ticket delivered? 6. Why did he have to be at the airport an hour before taking-off time? 7. What height was the plane flying at? What could Nick see through the porthole? 8. What did the hostess offer the passengers? 9. Was Nick's way back as pleasant? Why not? 10. Why did Nick have to make a changing in Moscow? 11. What accommodation did Nick get on the train to Moscow? 12. It was not difficult for Nick to punch his ticket in Moscow, was it? Why?

Exercise 3.Fill in prepositions where necessary.

1. You needn't go ... the booking-office: it is possible to book ... phone ... advance. 2. Please, I want two lower berths ... the Almaty express ... Saturday, the second ... May. 3. I was looking ... the porthole and saw how our plane took ... . 4. I can give you one upper berth ... a separate compartment. 5. The train ... Astana leaves ... eleven-twenty-three. 6. When did you last travel ... railway? 7. Arriving ... the station where he was to change ... the Almaty train, he went ... the inquiry office to find out what platform his train started ... . 8. Our plane took ... ... nine o'clock ... the morning. 9. It takes you only an hour to get ... Aktobe ... plane. 10. I could not get a ticket ... a plane and had to stand ... a long queue to get a seat ... a train ... Paris.

Ситуационные задачи

Вариант 1

Вы в гостях у своего английского знакомого. Расскажите ему о своем рабочем дне. Задайте соответствующие вопросы о его распорядке дня.

Вариант 2

Вы находитесь в гостях за рубежом. Расскажите о Казахстане

Вариант 3

Вы находитесь в гостях в Великобритании. Расспросите своего друга о его стране.