- •Travel etiquette (туристический этикет)
- •Предисловие
- •Vocabulary 1: travel
- •1. Do this travel quiz, and then check your answers below. Do you travel well?
- •2. Use the verbs in bold in the quiz in the correct form to complete these sentences.
- •3. Match one of the advantages on the right to each type of holiday.
- •Speaking 1: international travel
- •2. For questions 1-15, choose from the sections of the article (a-e). The sections may be chosen more than once.
- •In which section does the writer …
- •3. Complete the collocations using one of the words from the box. Look back at the article to check your answers.
- •4. Discuss these questions.
- •Grammar 1: review of narrative tenses
- •1. Choose the correct alternative in each of these sentences. Then match them to the statements a-I about use of tenses.
- •Vocabulary 2: dependent prepositions
- •1. Adjectives with related meaning may be followed by the same preposition. Match each set of adjectives to one of the prepositions from the box. You will need to use one preposition twice.
- •2. Discuss these questions.
- •Grammar 2: cleft sentences with what
- •1. Look at the dialogues below. What does the structure beginning with what emphasise in each answer?
- •2. Rewrite the following sentences. Emphasise the bracketed part of each sentence using one of the ways shown in Exercise 1.
- •3. Study the ways of using emphasis with inversion. Translate the given sentences into Russian.
- •4. Prepare to speak on the topics below for at least a minute. Remember to use some cleft sentences. Take turns to talk about your chosen topic, and answer any questions.
- •Use of english 1: word formation
- •1. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Bag Manners
- •2. Add a prefix to each of these words to make it negative. Then complete the sentences using the negative words.
- •Speaking 2: individual questions
- •2. Arrange the tips from the article above into the lists of do’s and don’ts. Add your comments and discuss them in class.
- •3. Read the text and answer the questions below. Health Tips For Travelers
- •Speaking 3: how to survive while traveling
- •Reading 3: bad travel etiquette
- •1. Think of the people who you meet while traveling. Can you describe anyone pleasant or awful to travel with? Do you consider yourself to be a nice traveler? Why?
- •2. Read the article below. Have you ever experienced anything of the following?
- •Translation 1: travel human relationships
- •Reading 4: flight etiquette
- •1. Read the article about what travelers shouldn’t do during air travel. Plane Travel Etiquette
- •2. Prepare the ‘advice list for respectful plane travelers’ and present it to your class. Translation 2: воздушный этикет
- •Use of english 2: word formation
- •1. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits the space. There is an example at the beginning (0). Check your spelling very carefully. Holiday Hysteria
- •2. Underline the adjectives and verbs with dependent prepositions in your completed text above. There are nine.
- •2. Make your own research about cross-cultural etiquette in a country you’ve visited or would like to visit and present it to your class.
- •Speaking 4: small talk
- •1. When you first meet someone it can be difficult to know how to start a conversation, especially if your first language is not English. Study the lists of topics below.
- •Vocabulary 3: travel idioms
- •1. Study the explanations of the proverbs below. Read the examples how to use them. Do they have Russian equivalents? Do you know any more proverbs or sayings about travel?
- •2. Choose one proverb from the exercise above or the one you like about travel and write a short essay about it.
- •3. Read some more travel proverbs, travel sayings, travel anecdotes and travel quotes – that may provide some inspiration for the journey ahead.
- •4. Complete the sentences with a suitable travel and transport idiom from the box. Read the comments in italics to help you understand the idioms correctly. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Использованные источники и ссылки для самостоятельной работы:
Reading 3: bad travel etiquette
1. Think of the people who you meet while traveling. Can you describe anyone pleasant or awful to travel with? Do you consider yourself to be a nice traveler? Why?
2. Read the article below. Have you ever experienced anything of the following?
The Worst Fellow Travelers
Just like the smell of pine and an abundance of red and gold – travel is abundant during the holidays.
People who never travel are traveling. People who always travel are traveling even more. During a time of the year that is supposed to be defined by giving, kindness, and peace amongst men – I can’t help but wonder if these Christmas traits simply don’t apply to airports.
In the spirit of travel debates, I decided to write a different kind of ‘Best of’ list… the Worst Fellow Travelers:
1. Parent Who Pretends Not to Hear Screaming Child: There is nothing worse than almost drifting into sleep on a long flight when a child screaming immediately jolts you back to your middle-seat reality. Sometimes I wonder if parents have become so accustomed to their child screaming, that they no longer hear it. Regardless, I do. This is what pacifiers were invited for. Or take my mother’s advice, and always carry a ziplock bag of cheerios to keep the kid chewing, and quiet.
2. The Smelly Neighbor: Nothing can ruin a transatlantic flight quite as quickly as a smelly neighbor. Watching the ‘estimated time until arrival’ on the screen in front of you can immediately become hell if you have to keep your blanket over your face for the entire flight. On the opposite end of this spectrum – are the people that think it’s ok to spray perfume or cologne on a flight. I know you just got a great deal at duty free, but please, spray BEFORE boarding.
3. The Kicker: The sad thing about this worst fellow passenger is that it isn’t always children. Somehow, grown adults never learned that you shouldn’t kick, jab, jolt, nudge, or even touch the seat in front of you. Just leave it alone. When you need to stand up, lean on your own hand rests, don’t pull on my chair.
4. Mr. ‘I’ve Only Got a 50’: There’s always one guy that holds up drink service because he wants a glass of wine, and only has a 50 dollar bill. The rest of the plane is parched (having thrown their water bottles away before the security checkpoint) and we’re all left waiting 20 minutes while the flight attendant ‘attends’ to trying to find change for a 50, which they eventually find, but never quickly.
5. The Guy who Sits in the Wrong Seat: Inevitably, there’s always one guy that thinks he booked the bulkhead, and didn’t. Somehow, he got onto the plane first, is comfortably seated at the window reading a book, when everyone behind has to wait while the ‘assigned seats fiasco’ is figured out. Boarding passes will be presented as evidence, flight attendants will get involved, and finally, the correct owner of the bulkhead seat will snuggle in with a smug look on his face.
And perhaps the most mystifying, are people who STILL insist on plugging up the aisles when boarding the plane, no matter how many times the flight attendants ask them to let people pass.
3. Do you have any stories about bad travel etiquette? Who is the worst fellow traveler you’ve ever come across? Share your ideas with your group mates.