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  1. Convenient b) difficult c) safe d) uncomfortable e) reliable

f) cheap

  1. The train journey was very… . It only cost five pounds.

  2. The bus stop is outside our house. That’s very… .

  3. We sat on hard seats for 3 hours. The journey was… .

  4. I’ve got two small children and a dog, so, it’s … to use public transport.

  5. Bye! Have a … journey, and call me when you get home!

  6. We don’t have any problems with our car. It’s very … .

6. Read and translate the dialogue “Making enquiries at a travel agency”

Travel agent: Good morning madam. Can I help?

Customer: Ah yes. I hope so. I’ve got a bit of a problem actually. I want to go…er…to Edinburgh for the Festival and I’m not too sure of the best way to get there. I’ve got a car but it’s…er…not in very good condition and I was just wondering first of all if you could tell me how long you think it’d take me to drive up there.

Travel agent: Well, if you go up the motorway I suppose about eight hours.

Customer: Eight hours!

Travel agent: Mm, it’s a long way.

Customer: Yes, it is a long way and I suppose the petrol prices the way they are at the moment it’d be a bit expensive too.

Travel agent: Well, well yes. It’d probably cost you about £ 10, depends on your car.

Customer: Yes, the car’s the trouble. I don’t know what kind of condition I’d arrive in. Tell me…Now what about coach?

Travel agent: It’s very good. It costs about £14 in fact from London to Edinburgh.

Customer: Mm. that’s not too bad.

Travel agent: Very reasonable. But it takes about ten hours.

Customer: What about the train then?

Travel agent: Yes…let me see. It takes five hours in fact from London to Edinburgh and it costs £ 21 single.

Customer: £ 21 single?

Travel agent: Mm. Well it’s a lot of money but of course you can sleep at night and so on.

Customer: What I’d like to do of course is to go by plane. Can you tell me about that?

Travel agent: Mm-mm. yes, of course the London to Edinburgh single…let me see…£ 38 but of course it only takes just over an hour. It takes seventy minutes.

Customer: Really?

Travel agent: Yes..

Customer: Wonderful. That would be a wonderful start to the holiday.

Travel agent: Mm. shall I book you a ticket?

Customer: Well, look I tell you what. I really should think about it. Thanks so much for your help but I think I’ll…I’ll come back to you if that’s O’K.

Travel agent: Mm-mm…

Notes: I wonder if / what/ why… - цікаво чи/ що /чому…

It takes…to get/to drive - це займає …, щоб добратися

First of all – перш за все

7. Make up a similar dialogue and present it together with your partner.

8. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs (the Present Simple, the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect).

Jason Peters is 1) (be) a wildlife cameraman. He 2) … (film) wild animals for documentary programеs on TV. For fifteen years, as part of his job, he 3) … (explore) the world’s jungles and rain forests. Snakes 4) … (bite) him more times than he can remember and alligators 5) … (attack) him, too. At the moment he 6) … (prepare) to go back to Amazon. He 7) … (love) filming there but another reason is that his girlfriend, Carmen, 8) … (live) in Manaus, near the Amazon. Peter and Carmen 9) … (work) together when they can. They 10) … (film) in Venezuela several times. While they were there, they lived with the Matis Indians. “The Matis 11) … (eat) monkeys”, says Jason but they 12) … (not eat) some animals which are part of their religion. At the moment I 13) … (study) them and the Amazon people and I 14) … (try) to compare the two. I 15) … (find) books about the Amazon people to help me but there is nothing about the Matis. I’ll have to write something myself!

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