Vocabulary exercises
Exercise 2. Give Russian equivalents to the following.
1. trader; 2. esplanade; 3. customer; 4. benefit; 5.decade; 6. to cater; 7. owner; 8. setback; 9. destination; 10. vast
Exercise 3. Give English equivalents to the following.
1. площадка для прогулки; 2. потребитель, клиент, покупатель; 3. выгода, польза, прибыль; 4. тенденция к повышению; 5. владелец, собственник; 6. задержка (развития), регресс, препятствие; 7. угроза; 8. место назначения, предназначение; 9. cтрого; 10. затруднять, пре-пятствовать, мешать
Exercise 4. What sights of Kazan do you prefer? Why?
Exercise 5. Match up pictures and expressions.
Happy, in love, angry, sad, shy, sleepy, tired, hot, cold, thirsty, hungry
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Exercise 6. Translate the following sentences.
1. I belong to the middle class.
2. Many tourists travel to the tropics, both in the summer and winter.
3. Mass tourism has developed with the improvements in technology.
4. There has been an up-trend in tourism over the last few decades, especially in Europe.
5. There have been a few setbacks in tourism.
6. Cox & Kings was the first official travel company.
Exercise 7. Make up sentences using the table and translate them into Russian.
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1. Many tourists…..
2. I……
3. Some people……
4. This dictionary…..
5. I…..
belong
travel
comprises
prefer
apply
a. ……. to the tropics, both in the summer and winter.
b. …….. to the middle class.
c. …… simple beach vacation.
d. ……. about 80 thousand words.
e. …..brakes.
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1. Ostend…..
2. The British origin of tourism……
3. The trees…..
4. Bali in Indonesia…..
5. The names of the historic resorts…..
are reflected
was popularized
is reflected
are visited
a. ……. by people of Brussels.
b. ……..in the pond.
c. ……in many place names.
d. ……. the dominance of English customer.
e. ……both in summer and in winter.
1. Tourists…..
2. June…….
3. I……
4. Mass tourism……
5. There……
have
has
a. ……. 30 days.
b. …….. developed with the improvements in technology.
c. …… a wide range of budgets and tastes.
d. ……. been a few setbacks in tourism
e. ……a pleasant time.
Exercise 8. Finish up the sentences using the correct words and word combinations from the right-hand column.
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B
1. Cox and Kings was
a) on the 11th of September in 2002.
2. Heiligendamm was
b) caused by Indian Ocean earthquake.
3. In USA terrorist attacks and threats were
c) formed in 1758.
4. Tsunami in 2004 was
d) founded in 1793.
5. Hotel Bristol was
e) well-established palace hotel.
Exercise 9. True or False statements.
1. Cox & Kings was the first official travel company.
2. In Nice, France, one of the first and worst-established holiday resorts on the French Riviera, the long esplanade along the seafront is known to this day as the Promenade des Anglais; in many other historic resorts in continental Europe, new, bad-established palace hotels have names like the Hotel Bristol, the Hotel Carlton or the Hotel Majestic – reflecting the dominance of Russian customers.
3. Mass tourism has developed with the improvements in technology, allowing the transport of small numbers of people in a long space of time to places of leisure interest, so that smaller numbers of people could begin to enjoy the benefits of leisure time.
4. There has been an up-trend in tourism over the last few decades, especially in Europe, where international travel for short breaks is common.
5. On 28 April 2010 Va-bank noted that "the WHO estimates that up to 500,000 people are on planes at any time."
6. The improvements in technology stopped or hampered tourism in the area for a time.
Exercise 10. Describe the following picture.
Exercise 11. Tell about the leisure travel using the following plan.
Industrial Revolution;
Cox and Kings travel company;
The British origin of tourism;
Famous places to visit
Exercise 12. Tell about the mass tourism the following plan.
Factors of the development;
The first seaside resorts in the USA;
Early resorts in Continental Europe;
The up-trend in modern tourism;
Setbacks in tourism in the past
Exercise 13. Translate the following questions.
1. Почему возникновение туризма связано с Индустриальной Революцией?
2. Какие современные курорты Вы знаете?
3. Кто принадлежит к среднему классу?
4. Какие города самые популярные в мире