HOLIDAY PLANS

Student A Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions to find the missing information in the following tables.

Name:	Peter Brown	Name:	Amanda Smith
Destination:	Sweden	Destination:
Travel plans:	by boat	Travel plans:	by air
Date of departure:		Date of departure:	22 August
Length of stay:		Length of stay:
Plans while on holiday:	visit Stockholm	Plans while on holiday:
	see an elk
	meet a nice Swedish girl

 

Name:	Kevin Blake	Name:	Anne Harris
Destination:		Destination:	Scotland
Travel plans:		Travel plans:
Date of departure:	1September	Date of departure:
Length of stay:	1 month	Length of stay:	2 weeks
Plans while on holiday:		Plans while on holiday:	climb Ben Nevis
			look for the Loch Ness monster
			visit Edinburgh

Before you start, work out which questions to ask, e.g.

Where is Amanda Smith going on holiday? etc.

When you have finished, compare your tables. You can also discuss your own holiday plans.

Student B Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions to find the missing information in the following tables.

 

Name:	Peter Brown	Name	Amanda Smith
Destination:		Destination:	Australia
Travel plans:		Travel plans:
Date of departure:	14 July	Date of departure:
Length of stay:	3 weeks	Length of stay:	6 weeks
Plans while on holiday:		Plans while on holiday:	Visit Alice Springs
			see a kangaroo
			go surfing

 

Name:	Kevin Blake	Name:	Anne Harris
Destination:	India	Destination:
Travel plans:	by air	Travel plans:	by car
Date of departure:		Date of departure:	21 June
Length of stay:		Length of stay:
Plans while on holiday:	see the Taj Mahal	Plans while on holiday:
	eat a real curry
	visit Calcutta

Before you start, work out which questions to ask, e.g.

Where is Peter Brown going for his holiday? etc.

When you have finished, compare your tables. You can also discuss your own holiday plans.

U N I T III T R A VE L L I N G

Grammar:Infinitive

 

Travelling

Millions of people all over the world spend their holidays travel­ling. They travel to see other countries and continents, modern cities and the ruins of ancient towns, they travel to enjoy picturesque places, or just for a change of scene. It is always interesting to discover new things, different ways of life,to meet different people, to try different food, to listen to different musical rhythms.

Those who live in the country like to go to a big city and spend their time visiting museums and art galleries, looking at shop windows and dining at exotic restaurants. City dwellers usually like a quiet holiday by the sea or in the mountains, with nothing to do but walk and bathe and laze in the sun.

Most travellers and holiday-makers take a camera with them and take pictures of everything that interests them - the sights of a city, old churches and castles, views of mountains, lakes, valleys, plains, waterfalls,forests; different kinds of trees, flowers and plants; animals and birds.

Later, perhaps years later, they will be reminded by the photos of the happy time they have had.

People travel by train, by boat and by car.

All means of travel have their advantages and disadvantages. And people choose one according to their plans and destinations.

If we are fond of travelling,we see and learn a lot of things that we can never see or learn at home, though we may read about them

in books and newspapers, and see pictures of them on TV. The best

way to study geography is to travel, and the best way to get to know and understand the people is to meet them in their own homes.

Vocabulary

the ruins of ancient towns - развалины древних городов

picturesque - [ ] - живописный

to change the scene - сменить обстановку

a city dweller - городской житель

to laze in the sun - нежиться на солнце

a holiday maker - отдыхающий

a sight - достопримечательность

a castle - крепость

to be reminded by photos of-вспомнить, глядя на фотографии

a destination - конечный пункт путешествия