Ex.5. Say if the statements true or false

1.Travelling is an essential part of many peoples’ life.

2.All means of communication appeared in the old times.

3.Many people like travelling by air though it’s not cheap.

4.Passengers on board the ship mustn’t fasten their seatbelts.

5.Only few people travel by train and tram in our country.

6. Londoners don’t use trams at all.

Ex.6.Pay attention to the word-building. Use the model to form nouns from the following words. Translate them.

Model: London +er = Londoner.

to travel +er = traveller

To teach, to tell, to receive, to move, to learn, to drive, to go, to support, to paint, to clean, to play, to make, to do, to found, to buy, to sell, to farm, to speak, to copy, to come, to mine, to wash, to visit..

Ex.7.Scan the text to find either synonyms or antonyms of:

Different- To book- Road- To be fond of- Journey by sea- Essential- Underground-

fast- flight-attendant- leave- to disappear- few- trip- to line up-

 

Ex.8.Give the 3 forms of the verbs:

To come, to see, to arrive, to enter, to meet, to reserve, to show, to know, to buy, to go, to have, to spend, to leave, to remember, to catch, to feel, to take.

Ex.9.Change the sentences using the Passive Voice and translate them.

Example: a) Londoners do not use trams.

Trams are not used by Londoners.

b) People do not buy tickets in advance.

c) A lot of travellers spend holidays at the seaside.

d) As a rule the British leave their houses during vacation.

e) Some men do not take much luggage.

f) Passengers show the boarding pass to the flight attendant

Ex.10.Fill in the gaps, mind the Passive Voice and tense.

a) This printer… connected to a computer.

b) New buses … brought in Kazakhstan last year.

c) The fax message … received yesterday.

d) Many seats … reserved every day.

e) This paper … shown the next week.

f) The documents … translated tomorrow.

Ex.11.Translate into English, using the Passive Voice.

Билеты продаются в любом месте возле вокзала. Курение запрещено в самолетах. Багаж проверяют и регистрируют на таможне. Стюардессе показали посадочный талон. Если погода будет плохая, полет будет отменен. В Лондоне теперь не используют трамваи. В Британии морские путешествия совершались очень часто.

Ex.12. Read the dialogues, give the headlines and act them out in pairs.

Dialogue 1.

Passenger: I want a ticket to Shimkent, please. Which train must I take?

Clerk: If I were you, I should take the 8.35 train.

P: Do I have to change anywhere?

C: No, no change, it’s a through train.

P: Thank you. A ticket to Shimkent, please.

C: Single or return?

P: Return please, first class.

C: Here you are.

P: Thank you. Can you tell me, what time the train leaves?

C: You’ll have to hurry if you want to register your luggage.

P: Thanks. (he hurried away)

Dialogue 2

Arman: Hi, Marat. I haven’t seen you for ages. Where have you

been, old boy?

Marat: I’ve just come from Astana.

A: Have you really? What were you doing there?

M: Oh, it was just a business trip.

A: Did you fly there?

M: Yes, I did. And it was very exciting.

A: Where did you get your ticket?

M: I went to the Air Company office and fixed up everything in

a few minutes. Then I came home, packed my things and

got ready for the trip.

A: Do you feel nervous or afraid?

M: Not a bit. Just excited.

A: How long were you up?

M: About three hours.

A: Was it very expensive?

M: Rather. But it saved me a lot of time.

 

SELF STUDY WORK. (SSW)

Ex.1. Make up your own dialogues using the following words and expressions.

a) A ticket to, to take a train, to change, single, return, if I were you, carriage, to be due to arrive, attendant, to while away the time.

b) Airport, plane, to take off, to have one’s luggage weighed and registered, stewardess, fasten the seatbelts, to be airsick, to go through customs, to be overweight.

Ex.3. Imagine that you are on a holiday in a foreign country. Choose a place and write a postcard to some friends at home.

Ex.4.Study the text in order to retell it.

TRAVELLING BY AIR

Nowadays people who go on business mostly travel by air, as it is the fastest means of travelling.

Here are some hints on air travel that may be helpful. Passengers are requested to arrive at the airport two hours before departure time on international flights and an hour before on domestic flights as there must be enough time to complete the necessary airport formalities.

Passengers must register their tickets, weigh in and register the luggage. Most airlines have at least two classes of travel, first class and economy class, which is cheaper. Each passenger of more than two years of age has free luggage allowance. Generally this limit is 20 kg for economy class passengers and 30 kg for first class passengers. Excess luggage must be paid for ex­cept for some articles that can be carried free of charge.

Each passenger is given a boarding pass to be shown at the departure gate and again to-the stewardess when boarding the plane.

Watch the electric sign flashes when you are on board. When the "Fasten Seat Belts'' sign goes on, do it promptly, and also obey the "No Smoking" signal.

Do not forget your personal effects when leaving the plane

Landing formalities and customs regulations are more or less the same in all countries.

When these formalities have been completed the pas­senger goes to Customs for an examination of his lug­gage.

As a rule personal belongings may be brought in duty free. If the traveller has nothing to declare he may just go through the "green" section of the Customs.

In some cases the Customs inspector may ask you to open your bags for inspection it sometimes happens that a passenger's luggage is carefully gone through to prevent smuggling.