- •1. 1. A) Look at the cartoon below. Do you find it funny and true to life? (илл. 7.1.1)
- •2. A) You are going to hear a speech by Neilia Pierre, an American High School student. Look at the glossary and decide what her speech is about.
- •3. A) Look at the way Nelia organized her speech. What means to make her speech logical and reader-friendly did she use?
- •4. Choose the appropriate conjunction in each case.
- •5. A) Look through the statistics below. Do the statistics in the chart surprise you?
- •2. What other leisure time activities, if available and affordable, would you like to participate in?
- •3. A) Test your prepositions knowledge. Fill in the gaps in the statements below with prepositions.
- •4. A) What prepositions are the verbs below followed by?
- •1. Work in pairs. Describe the pictures below. What do they have in common? (илл. 7.3.1-7.3.6)
- •2. A) Read the etymology of the word tourism and answer the questions below.
- •3. A) Listen to an expert talking about tourism. What type of tourism hasn’t been mentioned?
- •4. Look through the definitions again and find the words that mean:
- •5. A) Read the information again and answer the questions below.
- •4. A) Put the statements from the interview together.
- •5. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
- •1. Work in pairs. Look at the picture below. Do you agree with the reasons? What would you change or add to the banner? (илл. 7.6.1)
- •2. Work in pairs. You are planning to visit a foreign country you’ve never been to. What kind of information will you need before leaving? Make a list of questions to ask your travel agent.
- •3. A) Read a forum page from www.Tripadvisor.Com. What kind of website is it? How is the language of forums different from standard English?
- •4. A) Could you answer any of the questions in the forum? Would you make a good destination expert on Belarus?
- •2. A) Listen to Marylin Wexler and David Sierge talking about their jobs as travel agents. How different is their work? Is their attitude to work similar or different?
- •3. Complete the summaries of the interviews below.
- •4. Look at the phrases below. Are they used by travel agents or their clients?
- •5. A) You are going to role-play a conversation at the travel agency. Get your cards from the teacher. You have 3 minutes to prepare for the conversation.
- •1. Read the nursery rhyme. Choose the correct idea(s) behind it. For Want of a Nail
- •2. A) Read an excerpt from a Sound of Thunder, a short story written in 1952 by an American science fiction and mystery writer Ray Bradbury. Discuss the questions that follow in pairs.
- •3. How do you think the story will develop? Work in pairs. Write the summary of the story including the ending you’ve invented.
- •1. Work in pairs. Look at the illustrations in this lesson. What can you say about the place they describe.
- •2. A) What kind of information do you expect to find in a travel brochure for a National Park or Conservation?
- •3. Work in groups. Discuss which part of the brochure the information below would go to.
- •4. A) Work in groups. Decide which information block each student is going to write.
- •1. Work in small groups. Follow the steps below to produce a travel brochure.
- •4. Critical stage
4. A) Could you answer any of the questions in the forum? Would you make a good destination expert on Belarus?
b) Work in small groups. Provide your significant input! Answer the questions in the forum and the questions on your list about Belarus.
Note: Be creative. Recommend the sources the tourists can apply for information to if you don’t know the answer. Use your personal experience to give recommendations. Don’t sound too formal.
LESSON 7: GET YOURSELF AN AGENT
Active vocabulary: travel agent |
Communicative area: at the travel agency |
1. Look at the cartoons below. In pairs discuss what happened to tourists and why they have got themselves into trouble. What should they have done in order to be prepared for their trips? ( илл. 7.7.1 -7.7.3)
2. A) Listen to Marylin Wexler and David Sierge talking about their jobs as travel agents. How different is their work? Is their attitude to work similar or different?
b) Work in pairs. Did Marylin or David mention the following? According to the interviews what do these words have to do with the job of a travel agent?
fare, concierge, complainers, Internet, Oprah show, F.B.I. agent, language lessons, international community, family reunion, Chlorophobia
c) Listen again and check.
3. Complete the summaries of the interviews below.
Marylin Wexler has been a travel agent for (1) years. Her work used to be very different because today people can do part of the travel agent’s job themselves using the (2). Today she gets more challenging tasks, like a 13 family members’ (3) or an Arctic Circle trip. Most of work comes from twenty regular clients, who are (4) on travelling and trust Marylin’s opinion. She loves the (5) she works for and professional colleagues are her best source of information.
Marylin considers her (6) to be the best part of her job, though some can be rather unpredictable. Most of them (7) Marylin’s work and even send her souvenirs.
David Sierge’s job is arranging (8) trips. He agrees that his job is one of the (9) in the word and the reasons for it are the following. He doesn’t bring (10) home from work, because there’s actually nothing to be stressed about. His job is to help people make their lives better by bringing their (11) to life and that makes David feel excited. Even the (12) do not trouble David. He’s eager to help the ones that have real problems and doesn’t bother with the unpleasant people (13) with their lives. One more plus of David’s job is everyday (14) communication, which proves to him that the world is small.
4. Look at the phrases below. Are they used by travel agents or their clients?
Welcome to Happy Trails Travel Agency. Are you travelling alone? What is the purpose of your trip? What holidays do you have on offer? I need help planning my vacation. I have some brochures here that you might like to look at. Could you tell me something about it? And how long does the tour last? Sure, what do you want to know? When is the man's departure date? How much money is in your budget for this trip? What tour would you recommend? Great! You’ve been very helpful. OK, let me just take down your details. That’s my job! Take care!