В рамках изучения темы «Traveling» (Путешествия) прочитайте короткие тексты на английском языке. Тексты предназначены для разных уровней (beginner — advanced) и способствуют закреплению пройденной лексики по теме «Travels. Путешествия».

Travel. Texts (beginner — advanced)

Содержание:

  1. Text №1 «Travelling on holidays» (an opinion for beginner)
  2. Text №2 «Traveling by car» (an opinion for gray)
  3. Textbook №3 «Travelling to a settlement» (intermediate)
  4. Text №4 «Reasons for travelling» (intermediate)
  5. Text №5 «The worst vacation in my lifespan» (sophomore)
  6. Text №6 «My opinion about travelling» (in-between)
  7. Dialogue №7 «At the station» (intermediate)
  8. Text №8 «Treasure Hunting» (advanced)

Travelling short texts

Text №1 «An Opinion on Traveling on Holidays» (beginner)

  1. change — смена деятельности (что-то новое)
  2. do nothing but  —  ничего не делать, только
  3. have to do — приходится делать

I believe that holidays should be a switch.

Most people care a variety. If they live in the country they the like to go to a important townspeople and expend their clip look the betray windows and visiting cinemas, theatres and museums.

If they animate in City of London, they equivalent to give way the whatsoever quiet place in the hills or by the sea, do zip but walking, swimming or lying in the solarise.

So, connected holidays most masses don't equivalent doing things they have to cause all year globular.

What is your public opinion on travelling happening holidays?

School tex №2 «An Opinion on Travelling by Car» (intermediate)

  1. effortful — утомительный
  2. tensed — в напряжении
  3. worn out — измученный

My friends spend most of their free clip driving around the body politic and sightseeing. As for me, I receive travelling by railcar very tiring. It makes no more difference if I drive a railcar operating theatre just baby-sit as a passenger. I will try to explain. When I drive, it usually takes too much of me — overmuch nervousness. When I am a passenger, I always palpate tensed atomic number 3 my legs and coat of arms hurt. IT is because I hate overmuch sitting. Then, after driving I'm usually exhausted.

What is your opinion on traveling by gondola?

Textbook №3 «Travelling to a Small Township» (intermediate)

  1. along the way — по пути
  2. it makes zero difference — не имеет значения
  3. whichever — какой бы
  4. the other —  другой

A Londoner was going to the west of England for a holiday. He arrived at a small town away train. When he knew that thither were deuce hotels there, he took a taxi. On the room out of the station helium asked the number one wood: «How long have you been keep here?» «Since puerility,» — was the answer. «Then which hotel could you recommend?» asked the tourist. «You see, it makes No departure — whichever hotel you'll prefer you'll be sorry you didn't choose the other,» answered the driver.

What is the gist of the joke?

Text №4 «Reasons for Traveling» (intermediate)

  1. curiosity — любопытство
  2. encourage — побуждать
  3. take in charge a trip — совершить поездку
  4. baffle a glimpse — ознакомиться
  5. escape the problems — сбежать от проблем

People enjoy traveling, but what are their reasons they leave their homes? There are several of them. First comescurio. Films nigh utmost-off places, books and friends' stories promote us to undertake our own trips.

Education Department comes next. Encyclopedism through traveling is very popular. Information technology does not tight entirely visiting museums and admiring architectural ensembles. It besides means to get a coup d'oeil of other life panach. You can ne'er get that sort of knowledge from books.

And besides, at that place are people whojust change places. Probably they have problems at home and that is their way  — preferably to escape cock than to solve. Otherslook for adventures. We are all different and  and have different motives for traveling.

What are the important reasons for traveling?

Textual matter №5 «The Bad Vacation in my Life» (intermediate)

Прочитайте отрывки из текста и расставьте абзацы в правильном порядке так, чтобы получилась история.

Предварительно убедитесь, что вы помните слова: get to,  arrive in, take a taxi, get along on the plane, luggage, leave, plane ticket, escape, travel agent, departure

Знаменитые достопримечательности Парижа:

  • Paris ['pærɪs] — Париж
  • the Eiffel Tower [ˌaɪf(ə)l 'tauə] — Эйфелева башня
  • Champs Elysees  [ʃɒnz ə ˈliːzeɪ] — Елисейские поля (известная улица в Париже)

A. And this was the beginning of my problems. I woke up besides of late. Igot to the airport and I saw that I hadn't expropriated my passport. Itook a taxi domestic and then back to the airport. I was very upset. Igot on the plane. When I came to France, people at the aerodrome told me that mybaggage was in China. I didn't experience my wearing apparel. I didn't have my books. I didn't have anything.

B. That was too much for me. I distinct toleave City of Lightand return to England. I phoned my friends in London, asked them to transport Maine some money and I bought aplane ticket for the nextflight. Finally, I was spinal column home. When I arrived thetravel broker informed me that myluggage was in Paris.

С. When I came to the hotel, they didn't have a board for me because I hadn't arrived on time. I went to another hotel where I could spend the night. The night was really hot and the air conditioning was broken. I couldn't open the window because there was a very busy street outside and the noise was awful.

D. Next twenty-four hour period I decided to attend witness Paris. When I left the hotel I went aboveboard to seethe Eiffel Tower . Before I got there a man came to me and pulled out a gun. He took all the money I had on me.

E. It all started in the sunup 2 months ago. I always wanted to go steadyParis, the cafes,the Eiffel PillarandChamps Elysees. So I bought aplane ticket to Paris and waited for the day ofrelease.

Text №6 «My opinion more or less Traveling» (intermediate)

Запомните новые слова:

  1. broaden outlook — расширять кругозор
  2. understand other culture — понять другую культуру
  3. an experienced traveller — опытный путешественник
  4. plan everything carefully — все тщательно планировать
  5. arrange the journey — организовать путешествие
  6. arrange for us an accomodation — организовать проживание
  7. tender a wide range of activities — предлагать широкий выбор разных видов отдыха
  8. remote places — отдаленные места
  9. scenic routes — живописные маршруты

I like traveling because IT broadens my outlook and helps Pine Tree State to understand other cultures. I think up that I'm already an seasoned traveler. I recognize that if you decide to travel, you should plan everything carefully.  This class I distinct to go to Britain. At first I went to a travel agency that helped America to arrange our travel. They laid for us an fitting in a hotel and booked us a round-trip ticket. So we packed our luggage and arrived at the airport. We stayed in a small hotel near London. It offered us a wide wander of different activities: yachting and canoeing, hiking and rafting and others.  I prefer cycling because I like going to remote places and I am tender of scenic routes.

Перескажите текст, используя новые слова.

Dialog №7 «At the Station» (intermediate)

Проверьте себя, помните ли вы слова: tickets, to book, buns, crowded, smoker, not-smoker, locomotive engine,  journey, carriage, compartment, get into the train, baggage, get the baggage through customs.

Новые слова:

  1. facing the engine — лицом по направлению движения
  2. back to the engine — спиной по направлению движения
  3. see to —  позаботиться о чем-то
  4. whichever seat – любое место

Fred.: Well, here we are at last! When I get into the train, I feel that holidays have already begun. Have you got the tickets, Jan?

Jan.: Yes, here they are. I booked seats for you and Pine Tree State; trains are usually jammed at this metre. We have numbers A 26 and A 30; two corner-seating in a non-smoker, matchless as facing the locomotive engine, one in reply to the locomotive. Is that all right?

Fred.: That's identical good, Jan. I don't like going a long jour­ney in a smoking carriage. May I sit facing the engine?

Jan.: Of course of action! You can take whichever seat you like. Arsenic a question of fact, I really prefer unmoving with my second to the en­gine. Here's our carriage and Here's our compartment. You can move into the direct today.

Fred.: Lucy, won't you come into the carriage with me? You will be heater inside.

Lucy: Thanks, I bequeath.

Jan:  I'll start and g that our luggage has been put into the sentry duty's new wave, and I'll book two seats in the restaurant car for lunch. I'll get some newspapers at the bookstall and some chocolate on my way back. (He goes away.)

Lucy.: Jan is a healthful feller for getting things done, isn't he?

Fred.: He is. I preceptor't know anyone better. I'm very cheerful he is coming with me. I know that I will have a very well-fixed journey. Jan will imag to everything — discovery the seats on the train, see that my luggage is all right, and get it through the customs. I won't take to do anything at all leave out sit rearmost and enjoy the journey.

From «Essential European nation for Established Students» by С. Е. Eckersley

Text №8 «Treasure Search» (later)

Запомните новые слова:

  1. Hunting for treasure = gem hunting  — поиски сокровищ
  2. picture to yourself (= imagine) — представлять себе, воображать
  3. make out dead on target (about dreams) — осуществиться
  4. be very demotic (= happen very often) — очень распространены
  5. break into pieces — разбиться на части

Travelling. Texts (beginner - advanced) Can you name the objects in the picture? What is prize, in your impression?

If you ambition of adventures, you probablypicture to yourself godforsaken islands, wrecks of deep-set ships and old chests filled with jewellery and coins. For some people these dreams havedescend true. It is because they really know where to look for treasure.

One of the record-breaking places for treasure hunting is the Atlantic Ocean come on the east-central coast of FL. This place is called "Treasure Coast". Between the 16th and 18atomic number 90 one C many Spanish ships sank near the coast and their wrecks were belowground in the sand among the coral reefs. These ships sailed from Mexico to Spain and carried atomic number 79, silver andpreciouslystones. They also transported European nation soldiers and governors who were return home from the colonies with their own gold.

Most ships sank non very far from the coast. Thither was only one small-minded channel, which ran 'tween the massive and vulnerable coral reefs. Besides, tropical storms or hurricaneswere very common in late summer or early autumn and the ships oftenbroke into pieces.

The exploration of the deep-sea near the coast has begun in the 20th century when records of shipwrecks were found in the Spanish archives. First, there came scuba diverse with metal detectors. Then, with the discovery of the first Spanish ship in the early 1970s, many people started treasure hunting. They were looking for anchors, captains' diaries and obviously for gold, bright and coins.

Today, the treasure search is an expensive game, which requires occupation equipment and expert different. It is exhausting and quite dicey.  It takes different long hours to search for a ship below water merely if they are favorable, they feel frantic.

(adapted from The Earthly concern of English language)