For the 3d year students

 

Tourism 

Twenty years ago not many people travelled overseas for their holidays. The majority of people stayed to have holidays in their country. Today the situation is different and the world seems much smaller.

It is possible to book a holiday to a seaside resort on the other side of the world. Staying at home, you can book it through the Internet or by phone. The plane takes you straight there and within some hours of leaving your country, you can be on a tropical beach, breathing a super clean air and swimming in crystal warm water of tropical sea.

We can travel by car, by train or plane, if we have got a long distance tour. Some young people prefer walking or hitch-hike travelling, when you travel, paying nearly nothing. You get new friends, lots of fun and have no idea where you will be tomorrow. It has great advantages for the tourists, who want to get the most out of exploring the world and give more back to the people and places visited. If you like mountains, you could climb any mountains around the globe and there is only one restriction. It is money. If you like travelling, you have got to have some money, because it is not a cheap hobby indeed. The economy of some countries is mainly based on tourism industry. Modern tourism has become a highly developed industry, because any human being is curious and inquisitive, we like leisure, visit other places. That is why tourism prospers.

People travel from the very beginning of their civilization. Thousands years ago all people were nomads and collectors. They roamed all their lives looking for food and better life. This way human beings populated the whole planet Earth. So, travelling and visiting other places are the part of our consciousness. That is why tourism and travelling are so popular.

Nowadays tourism has become a highly developed business. There are trains, cars and air jet liners, buses, ships that provide us with comfortable and secure travelling.

If we travel for pleasure, by all means one would like to enjoy picturesque places they are passing through, one would like seeing the places of interest, enjoying the sightseeing of the cities, towns and countries.

Nowadays people travel not only for pleasure but also on business. People have to go to other countries for taking part in different negotiations, for signing some very important documents, for participating in different exhibitions, in order to exhibit the goods of own firm or company. Travelling on business helps people to get more information about achievements of other companies, which will help making own business more successful.

There are a lot of means of travelling: travelling by ship, by plane, by car, walking. It depends on a person to decide which means of travelling one would prefer.

 

 

 

 

 

Questions:

1. Did the majority of people leave their country to spend holidays twenty years ago?
2. Can we book a holiday to a seaside resort on the other side of the world today?
3. Is it possible to book a holiday to a seaside resort on the other side of the world from home?
4. What means of travelling do you know?
5. What countries depend mainly on tourism?
6. Why does tourism prosper?
7. Where do people like going on vacation?
8. What is the most interesting means of travelling for you? Why?
9. Why do most travellers carry a camera with them?
10. What does travelling give us?
11. How does travelling on business help you?
12. What are the means of travelling?

 

Vocabulary:

overseas — заграница
majority — большинство
to seem — казаться
to book — заказывать
resorts— курорт
straight — прямо
a tropical beach — тропический пляж
to breathe — дышать
to hitclbhike — путешествовать автостопом
advantage — преимущество
to explore — исследовать
to climb — взбираться, карабкаться
restriction — ограничение
indeed — действительно
curious — любопытный
inquisitive — любознательный
leisure — досуг
jet-air liner — реактивный самолет
security — безопасность
variety — разнообразие
city-dweller — городской житель
to take pictures — фотографировать
castle — крепость, замок
waterfall — водопад
to remind — напоминать
picturesque — живописный
to broaden one's mind — расширить кругозор
take part in negotiations — принимать участие в переговорах
exhibition — выставка
in order to — для того чтобы
to push the goods — рекламировать товары
achievement — достижение
successful — успешный
advantages and disadvantages — преимущества и недостатки
according to — согласно

 

Grammar test

 I. Use the right forms of the verbs

1) If she (give) us more grammar drills, we (know) English better.

2) If they (not arrive) at the airport so late yesterday, they (be) in Moscow today.

3) If Peter (not cheat) at his test, he (not get) a bad mark. But he did!

4) If Spanish ( be ) my native language, I (understand) this song.

5) The children (go) to the forest last Sunday, if the weather (not be) rotten that day.

6) My father (become) a sportsman if he (not break) his leg in his youth.

7) It’s raining heavily. I wish the weather (be) fine.

8) I spent the whole evening alone. I wish my friend (come).

II. Make up your sentences in the Subjunctive.

1) They didn’t catch the train and came late. If…….

2) He is ill-mannered. That’s why he has no friends. If…….

3) The horror film was awful. It gave me the creeps. If…….

4) Steve drives dangerously. I won’t go with him. If…….

III. Translate the sentences.

1) Если бы не сильный ветер, мы бы сейчас пошли на море.

2) Я бы не приняла этого важного решения, если бы не папина помощь.

3) Если бы не привкус лука, я бы попробовал это блюдо.

4) Если бы не новое расписание, она бы не пропустила урок английского языка в прошлую пятницу.

IV. Use the right forms of the verbs

1) What a nice dress! I wish I (have) enough money to buy it.

2) If she (give) us advice, we (follow) it with pleasure.

3) If they (not come) to school so late yesterday, they (not be punished) today

4) If Peter (not help) me with my test, I (not get) a good mark. But he did!

5) If French (be) my native language, I (understand) this article.

6) The children (go) to the Zoo last Sunday, if the weather (not be) rainy that day.

7) Steve (become) a surgeon in his youth if he (not be) afraid of blood.

8) I spent the whole evening alone. I wish my friend (phone).me

V. Make up your sentences in the Subjunctive.

1) The shop assistant was very rude and we didn’t buy anything. If…….

2) She is so kind That’s why s he has a lot of friends. If…….

3) The detective story was  horrible It gave me the creeps. If…….

4) Yesterday I had a terrible head-ache and I forgot about granny s birthday. If…….

VI. Translate the sentences.

1) Если бы не сильный туман, мы бы добрались до вершины горы. (но мы не сможем )

2) Я бы не согласилась с ним тогда, если бы не веские аргументы (strong arguments).

3) Если бы не привкус сыра, я бы не выбрал это блюдо. Оно было великолепным.

4) Если бы не новое расписание, мне не пришлось бы вставать завтра в семь утра.

Раскрывая скобки, напишите каждое предложение два раза, образуя условные предложения II и III типа.

ОБРАЗЕЦ. If you (to be) free, I (to come) to see you.

Second Conditional II. If you were free, I should come to see you.

Third Conditional III. If you had been free, I should have come to see you.

1. If you (to be) busy, I (to leave) you alone. 2. If my friend (to come) to see me, I (to be) very glad. 3. If mother (to buy) a cake, we (to have) a very nice tea party. 4. If we (to get) a telegram from him, we (not to worry). 5. If you (not to work) hard, you (to fail) the exam. 6. If I (to live) in Moscow, I (to visit) the Tretyakov Gallery every year. 7. If I (to get) a ticket, I (to go) to the concert. 8. If I (to live) near a wood, I (to gather) a lot of mushrooms. 9. If my father (to return) early, we (to watch) TV together. 10. If she (to know) English, she (to try) to enter the university.

Образуйте условные предложения.

1.     He is busy and doesn’t come to see us… — If…

2.     He was busy yesterday and didn’t come to see us… — If …

3.     I can’t translate the article because I have no dictionary. — If…

4.     I didn’t translate the article yesterday because I had no dictionary. — If…

5.     The box is heavy. I think I will take a taxi. — If…

6.     The box was heavy. I couldn’t carry it. So I took a taxi. — If…

Образуйте условные предложения.

1.     She didn’t study well last year and received bad marks. — If …

2.     He broke his bicycle and so he didn’t go to the country. — If…

3.     She speaks English badly, she has no practice. — If…

4.     I had a bad headache yesterday, that’s why I didn’t to want to see you. — If…

5.     I am expecting my friend to come, that’s why I can’t go to the cinema with you. — If…

6.     The ship was sailing near the coast, that’s why she struck a rock. — If…

7.     The sea was rough and we can’t sail to the island. — If…

8.     They made a fire and the frightened wolves run away. — If…

9.     We lost our way because the night was pitch-dark. — If…

10.                       It is late and I have to go home. — If…