Task 2. Translate and comment on the following.

- India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said: "Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse." Is it similar to the opinion expressed by Winston Churchill?

Task 3. Discussing.

1.What is democracy?

2. Speak about the role of the media in democratic states.

3. Ground your opinion about the meaning of the expression given at the top of this unit:"The measure of a civilized society is how we educate our young and care for our old."
                                             UNIT 6

TRAVELLING

 All roads lead to Rome.

 So many countries so many customs.

 It’s better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Everybody needs a vacation. Travel and tourism is an entire service industry based on this idea. Travel and tourism, in basic terms, is all of the transportation and accommodations necessary for travel.

Travel and tourism includes travel agencies, airlines, rental car companies, hotels and restaurants; everything you need to feel relaxed and comfortable while you are away from home. Travel and tourism is entirely based on the quality of service provided. This is why it is critical for people working the travel industry to have the skills they need to be efficient and effective.

Because travel and tourism is a very broad industry and the duties performed by different individuals are complex, training is required for many of the occupations in the field. Travel agents in particular, must have specialized training. Travel agents must be familiar with all of the codes and computer systems used by airlines, trains and car rental companies.

Pre-reading tasks

A. Phonetic drills.

 [ɔ]                                    [ɔ:]                                                [ǝu]

lost                           abroad                               boat

offer                         porter                                road

long                         fortune                              hotel

stop                          sort                                    code

dollar                       for                                     mostly

[e ]                                    [ei]                                  [ɛǝ]

jet                            weigh                                fare

check                       make                                 air

ever                          train                                  there

help                          stay                                   declare

ferry                         daily                                  area

B. Put the words into the gaps.

 Trip, route, voyage, flight, journey, travel, tour

1. It’s a good idea to take break during a _____especially if your driving for a long way.

2. My son is going on a school _____next month.

3. The _____from London to New-York takes 8 hours.

4. I felt seasick during the______.

5. Do you prefer to _____ by car or by train?

6. My friends have just come from a_____ of Scotland.

7. I had to take different_____ to work this morning due to the roadworks.

C. Put these holidays in order of preference. Discuss why you’ve chosen that order.

An activity holiday; a beach holiday; a self-catering holiday; a camping holiday; a package holiday; a holiday near your home.

Read and translate the text

                                Package Holidays

Travelling in foreign countries is truly a great experience. Learning about other cultures, religions, cuisines, traditions, meeting new people, discovering landscapes, architecture and places –what can be more exciting?

Throughout the history, people travel all over the world for the variety of purposes. However, it is only in the last fifty years people have been travelling in such huge numbers for pleasure. Until this century only the very rich and leisured people in society had the free time and the money to travel outside their own local area. For instance, it is known that wealthy Romans went to seaside resorts in Greece and Egypt. In the 19^th century the education of the aristocracy was not complete without Grand Tour of Europe’s cultural sites. With the railways and the industrial revolution in Britain working-class people began to travel. A typical family holiday was a day’s trip to the seaside.

Things started to change for ordinary people when in 1860 Thomas Cook of Leicester England organized the first package tour. He offered customers a return trip between Leicester and Loughborough. The first package tour of Europe was organized by Cook in 1855 and some years later he was undertaken world-wide tours, although with small groups. By 1939 an estimated one million people were travelling abroad for holidays each year. By the 1960s cheap package holidays which combined flights, mostly charters, transfers and accommodation provided for most people in the UK to have affordable travel abroad. In the last decades of the 20th century tourism has really taken off. Growing affluence, faster planes and improved facilities mean that more and more people travel abroad every year.

Nowadays everybody can be a traveler and choose a tour according to his taste and purse. There is a big choice of perfect package tours for families, parish, business, school and university groups as well as sport teams, senior, disabled people and others. Travel agencies take care of booking rooms, site visits and routes, specialist tour and guide reservations in castles and museums and other important details to make trips enjoyable and stress-free.

Words and expressions

to travel by air/train/ship – путешествовать самолетом/поездом/пароходом (морем)

to travel first class/economy class – путешествовать первым классом/туристским классом

trip – поездка

business trip – деловая поездка

to go/come on business – уезжать/приезжать в командировку

to make a trip – совершить поездку

voyage – путешествие (морское или на самолете)

to go on a voyage – отправляться в путешествие

journey – путешествие, поездка

boat/ship/steamer/ferry – лодка/корабль/пароход/паром

cruise – круиз, морское путешествие

destination – место назначения

Assignments

Task 1. Answer the questions.

1. What was the first trip like?

2. Why did privileged people travel to Europe?

3. Who invented the package holidays?

4. What is included in a package holiday?

5. What kind of package holidays can be found now?

Task 2. Imagine you are in a travel agency. Below are some answers that the travel agent gave to your questions. Choose the best question to match each answer.

1. That includes flights, hotels, transfers, meals and all taxes.

2. That’s 800 dollars.

3. No. You have to change in Rome.

4. It’s with Air France.

5. At 4 pm, but check-in is at 2 pm.

6. You can see the Pyramids, take a cruise down the Nile and try camel

riding.

7. It’s usually hot and sunny at this time of year.

8. About 12 hours.

9. Yes, as long as you stay in the tourist areas.

Task 3. Match the words with the correct definition.

route     pack     package holiday    travel agent  departure lounge    check in customs  sightseeing

1.____ put the things you are taking with you into your suitcase

2.____ the area of an airport where passengers wait to board their planes

3.____ have your ticket checked and hand over your luggage when you travelling by plane

4.____ a kind of holiday where the accommodation, travel, etc are all

organized to you

5.____a person at the resort who looks after people on a package holiday

6.____ the way you go when you are travelling

7.____ the people who check what you are bringing into the country

8.____visiting interesting places, buildings, etc in an area while on holiday

TRAVELLING BY AIR

Pre-reading tasks

A. Answer the questions.

1. Have you ever travelled by plane?

2. When did you fly by plane last time?

3. Where did you go?

4. How long did it take to get there?

5. What are the duties of an air-hostess?

6. Were the meals served during your flight?

7. Did you enjoy your trip?

8. Do you like travelling by plane?

9. Which is the best/worst airline you have flown?

B. Which of these things irritate you the most when flying? Rank them in order of most and least irritating.

1) Sitting next to someone who talks non-stop; 2) cancellations ; 3) dirty toilets; 4) strikes; 5) bad weather; 6) long queues at the check-in; 7) delayed or lost luggage; 8) no trolleys avail sitting next to small children; 9) bad food.