Time when you are allowed 4. To spend a period of days or

to be away from work or weeks away from work:

studies: - to take/ have a holiday

- holiday(s) - to take/ have a vacation

- vacation - to take/ have....... off

- break

- leave

- day off

- year off/ gap year

 

5. To be in another place, or 6. Someone who is on holiday:

to be away from work because - holidaymaker

you are having a holiday: - vacationer/ vacationist

- to be on holiday - tourist

- to be on vacation - honeymooners

- to be away on

 

II. Useful expressions:

HOLIDAYVACATION

- to return/come back from.. - have a nice vacation

- to afford a.... - to plan a … in Europe

- to holiday at home - to work at one’s vacation

- to go to..... - to get a vacation in …

- to leave/ to go on holiday - to vacation in …

- to set off on holidays - to take a vacation trip

- to book a holiday - a vacation trip

- recreative/action holidays

- package holiday

 

III. Talk about your summer vacation.

- good, excellent, perfect, marvellous, superb, amazing, incredible, restful, exciting.

- bad, awful, terrible, horrible, dull, dreadful, hellish, appalling, atrocious, horrendous, nightmarish, horrific, terrific.

- not very good, so so, uneventful, nothing special.

- to feel rested and relaxed, to have fun, to have a good time, to get away from it all, to go without a hitch, to be a big success, to be a let-down, to get fed up with, to be a total disaster.

A huge number of people travel a lot around the world. But do you know that there are different ways of travelling? Have you ever thought that people who travel may be called differently due to the ways they travel and the purpose of their trips and journeys?

Exercise 5. Study the following table about travelling and say what the peculiarities of types of travelling are. Choose from the table the best name for you as a traveller. Provide the transcription and definitions of the words and phrases. Translate them into Russian.

1. There are various types 2. Thus, people who travel

of travelling such as...may be called...

- a journey - a traveller

- a trip - a passenger

- a flight - a commuter

- a voyage - a globetrotter

- a cruise - an itinerant

- a crossing - a migrant

- a drive - a nomad

- a ride - a drifter

- a tour - a vagrant

- an expedition - a vagabond

- a trek - a well-travelled

- an outing

- an excursion

TRAVELLING

3. To seek breathtaking 4. Travellers' preferences

adventures theyvary. Some of them

decide on......choose to travel……

- making a trip

- undertaking a journey - by land

- going on a trip - by sea

- going abroad/ overseas - by air

- going for outing - by river

- going on an excursion

- going touring

- launching an expedition

- coming over to...

- exploring

- flying

- trekking

- being on the move

- crossing

- drifting

- travelling around/round

- wandering/ bumming/ swanning around/round

- rafting

- sailing

- thumbing a ride

- waving a car

- hitch-hiking

- driving

5. To make their journey exciting, they can travel either by … or by …

- boat - plane

- train - car

- coach - raft

- yacht - bicycle

- horse - motorbike

- helicopter - hot-air balloon

SET-WORK

a) Transcribe the following words.

Vacation, honeymoon, cruise, to launch, excursion, itinerant, voyage, globetrotter, nomad, vagrant, vagabond, expedition, migrant

b) Spell out the words according to the transcription.

[və'keɪʃ(ə)nə], [′autiŋ], [ra:ft], [jɔt], [′trekiŋ], ['wɔndə], [swɔn], [kə′mju:tə], ['krɔsɪŋ], ['hɪʧhaɪkɪŋ]

 

c) Explain the difference between the words.

travel – trip – tour – journey

holiday – vacation

break – leave – day off – year off

voyage – cruise – crossing – sailing

excursion – expedition – trek – hitch-hiking

going abroad – going overseas

to thumb a ride – to wave a car

ride – drive

commuter – globetrotter – traveller

itinerant – migrant – nomad – drifter – vagrant – vagabond

 

d) Exclude a word that does not match the line.

• boat – coach – raft – ship – yacht
• bicycle – motorbike – van – scooter
• train – helicopter – plane – hot-air balloon
• vagrant – itinerant – vagabond – honeymooner
• leave – year off – maternity leave – week end