2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own

1)to do smb. good 1) загорать

2)personally I 2) заниматься чем-либо слишком

усердно

3)appreciate home comforts 3) лично я

4)find pleasure in … 4) иметь в виду

5)take exercises 5) приносить кому-либо пользу

6)bear in mind 6) находить удовольствие

7)to do 30 miles a day 7) преклонный возраст

8)overtire oneself 8) делать физические упражнения

9)take the sun 9) ценить домашние удобства

10)get bored 10) проходить 30 миль в день

11)to be thoroughly relaxed 11) насытиться солнцем и морским воздухом

12)soak in the sun and sea air 12) переутомиться

13)advanced age 13) основательно отдохнуть

14)as long as 14) надоесть, наскучить

15) to do smth too strenuously 15) многолюдные склоны гор для

катания на лыжах

16) crowded ski slopes 16) до тех пор, пока

3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them

1. Почему автор считает, что походы – это хороший отдых только для молодых? Вы согласны с этим утверждением?

2. Какие советы дает автор тем, кто предпочитает путешествовать на велосипеде?

3. Всем ли полезен отдых на морском побережье?

4. Какому отдыху автор отдает предпочтение: продолжительному, но один раз в год или кратковременному, но несколько раз в год? Почему?

5. Согласны ли вы с утверждением, что зимний отдых лучше летнего отдыха?

6. Какие виды отдыха описываются в тексте?

7. Как вы обычно предпочитаете отдыхать?

4. Find statements in the text you agree with

Find statements in the text you disagree with.

Give your reasons for and against

5. Discuss the text with a friend. Work in pairs

6. Speak for and against: a) active holiday-making; b) summer or winter holidays

7. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of holiday-making. Work in pairs

Text 3.

1. Read and translate the following text. Do the tasks that follow it

Trains

There are different kinds of trains: passenger trains, mail trains and goods trains. Mail trains carry mail, or post, that is letters, parcels, newspapers and magazines. Goods trains carry goods. Passenger trains carry passengers. Mail trains and passenger trains are usually combined: they have carriages for passengers and a special carriage or two for mail.

Passenger trains can be slow or fast. A slow train stops at every station. Fast trains have few stops: they stop only at very large stations. So we can call these trains respectively stopping trains and non-stopping trains.

There are local trains and long-distance trains. Local trains connect points situated not far away from each other, say, a hundred or two-three hundred kilometres. By a long-distance train you can travel very far — for thousands of kilometres. If you live in a suburb and work in a city, you have to commute, that is to travel regularly to and from work by a suburban train.

Sometimes, when travelling a long distance, you have to change trains (or make a changing), that is get off one train and board another, if there is no through train to the place of your destination.

When you are travelling a long distance, it is very convenient to go by an overnight train. Overnight trains have sleeping accommodation: they usually have "corridor cars," i. e. carriages with separate compartments (they are called sleeping cars, or sleepers). In each compartment there are two lower and two upper berths, on which you can sleep like in bed. Trains which run by day are called day coaches. You cannot sleep in these trains: they have only sitting accommodation: very comfortable soft armchairs.