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3. Translate the sentences according to the pattern.

Pattern:

The more you read, the better you understand the language. Чем больше ты читаешь, тем лучше ты понимаешь язык.

1)The more you travel, the better you can understand the other people’s customs.

2)The lower the price of holiday packages is, the easier it is for travel agents to sell them.

3)The more you travel, the more you know.

Remember:

The Future Continuous Tense

+	—	?
shall/will +be+	shall/will+ not+be+	Shall/Will + Sub.+be+
Participle I	Participle I	Participle I?
I shall/will be	I shall/will not be	Shall I be travelling? —
travelling.	travelling.	Yes, I shall. No, I shall
I’ll be travelling.	I shan’t/won’t be	not/shan’t.
	travelling.	Will she be travelling? —
		Yes, she will. No, she will not/
		won’t.

1.The Future Continuous Tense обозначает действие в процессе, которое будет совершаться в определенный момент в будущем.

2.Переводится глаголами будущего времени несовершенного вида.

3.Этот момент в будущем может быть определен:

а) такими обозначениями времени, как: at five o’clock, at noon, at midnight, at that moment, from six till seven, all the time, the whole evening, all day long и т. п.

I shall still be working at six o’clock. Я еще буду работать в шесть часов.

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б) другим будущим действием, выраженным глаголом в Present Indefinite в придаточных предложениях времени и условия.

I shall still be working at six o’clock when you come.

Я еще буду работать в шесть часов, когда ты придешь.

4. Read and translate the following sentences.

	Future Indefinite		Future Continuous
1.	I shall go on a two-day	1.	I shall be taking a two-day trip
	trip tomorrow.		when you arrive.
2.	What will you do tomorrow?	2.	What will you be doing from
			three till seven o’clock tomorrow?
3.	Ted will not watch TV	3.	Ted will not be watching TV the
	tomorrow.		whole evening.
4.	We shall go to the seaside	4.	We shall be going to the seaside
	next summer.		at that time in June.

5.Choose the right form of the verb.

1)I (am climbing, shall climb, shall be climbing) a rock now.

2)My brother (will be riding, will ride, rides) a horse at 11 o’clock tomorrow.

3)They usually (travel, will travel, have travelled) by plane.

4)In February we (shall go, go, shall be going) to London.

5)My father (will come, will be coming, comes) at 7 o’clock tomorrow.

6.Open the brackets.

1)Don’t come to my place tomorrow. I (to write) a composition the whole evening.

2)Where you (to travel) in August?

3)You (to ride) a horse tomorrow.

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4)Tomorrow I (to begin) doing my homework as soon as I come from the university. I (to do) my homework from three till six.

5)When John (to go) to a travel agent tomorrow he (to buy) a “last minute” package holiday.

1.Scan text 1 and divide it into logical parts.

2.Headline the logical parts.

Text 1

TRAVELLING

Travelling is necessary to us all. It keeps us from growing stale and old by giving us that movement and change, which are necessary to our life. Every child spends a large proportion of its time in a dream about trees, or the sea, or central Africa, or some other subject.

One of the objects of travel is to go in search of beauty. The beauty-spots of the world are magnets drawing travellers year after year. More valuable to the traveller is the knowledge, which he gets from other people. It is a stay-at-home who is always ready to call someone else “queer” because his ways are different. The more a person has sympathy with all sorts of ways, the easier it is for him to understand another point of view. The other motivation factors for travelling are leisure, business, health, congresses and other meetings, study and religion.

Many people plan to go on a two-day trip for the weekend. If young people are away from home they may go home to stay with some relatives or friends. Some people prefer to go to the seaside by car, as it is very comfortable and rather cheap. Some people like to travel by plane, by train or by ship.

Today, travel agents offer all kinds of holidays to all types of people, as nearly everybody can afford some sort of holiday. Travel agents’ windows are full of ads (advertisements), especially during the summer months. Active pursuits are water sports, rock climbing, and excursions by bike, horse riding or simply walking to faraway places. Travel agents think that their customers consist of certain

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types of people. For each type, they try to offer the “right” price in the “right” country. All this must be planned very carefully. So, while most people are still busy buying Christmas presents, the travel agents have already decided where their customers will be going next summer, what kind of things they will be doing there and how much money they will be spending on their holidays.

A package holiday is a holiday, which is arranged by a company at a fixed price, which includes travel, hotels, and meals. It is very popular. In many countries if you go to a travel agent you can buy a “last minute” package or package holidays that someone has cancelled for up to 50% less than the original cost.

In spite of the many advantages which travel agents can offer, there are still quite a few people who “go it alone”, choosing their own destination and booking their tickets and accommodation themselves.

Travel agencies started long ago. Thomas Cook was one of the first travel agents. He started to organize excursions by train in the middle of the last century. Later on, he also organized excursions from England to the European continent. The first tour in the modern sense was put together by Thomas Cook in England, in 1841, and the firm of Thomas Cook and Sons has remained one of the famous names in the tourist industry.

Sometimes the agents are right (people will be doing exactly what the travel agents have planned for them) but sometimes they are wrong. All this makes their business rather risky, because if they make mistakes, they can lose a lot of money.

Notes:
1. to keep smb. of us from growing		не давать «застаиваться»
stale and old		и стареть
2. queer	странный, чудаковатый
3. go it alone		идти своим путем
4. to put together		зд.: организовывать

3.Fill in the proper words or phrases.

1)One of the objects of travel is to go ... ... ... ... .

2)It is a ... who is always ready to call someone else “queer”.

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3)The motivation factors for travelling are ..., ..., ...., .... and ... .

4)Many people plan to go on ... for the weekend.

5)Some people prefer to go to the seaside by ..., as it is very comfortable and rather cheap.

6)Some people like to travel by..., others — by ... or by ... .

7)Active pursuits are: ..., ..., excursions by ..., horse or... to faraway places.

8)For each type of people ...try to offer package holidays.

9)A package holiday is a holiday, which is arranged by ... at a..., which includes ..., ..., and ... .

10)A “last minute” package is a package that someone ... ... for up to ...% less than the original cost.

11)A few people who “go it alone”, choosing their own ... and

... their tickets and ... themselves.

12)... was one of the first travel agents.

13)The first tour in the modern sense was organised by Thomas Cook in ..., in ... .

4.Make up the questions to which the following sentences might be the answers.

1)Travelling keeps us from growing stale and old.

2)The beauty-spots of the world are magnets drawing travellers year after year.

3)The other motivation factors for travelling are leisure, business, health, congresses and other meetings, study and religion.

4)Some people prefer to go to the seaside by car because it is very comfortable and rather cheap.

5)Some people prefer to travel by plane, by train or by ship.

6)A package holiday includes travel, hotels, and meals.

7)Thomas Cook was one of the first travel agents.

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5.Review tasks.

1)Prove your friend that it is necessary to travel.

2)Prove that there are many reasons for travelling.

3)Describe your last travelling.

4)Explain why you prefer/ don’t like a package holiday.

Work at your Grammar

Remember:

The Past Continuous Tense

+	—	?
was/were+	was/were not+	Was/were + Sub.+Participle I?
Participle I	Participle I	Was I travelling? —
I was travelling.	I was not travelling.	Yes, I was. No, I was not.
They were	They were not	Were they travelling? —
travelling.	travelling.	Yes, they were. No, they
		were not.

1.The Past Continuous Tense обозначает действие в процессе, которое происходило в определенный момент или отрезок времени в прошлом.

2.Переводится глаголами прошедшего времени несовершенного вида.

3.Этот момент в прошлом может быть определен:

а) такими обозначениями времени, как: at five o’clock, all day yesterday, at that moment, from five till six, all the time, the whole evening, all day long и т.п.

It was raining at noon. В полдень шел дождь.

б) другим прошедшим действием, выраженным глаголом в Past Indefinite.

It was raining when I left the house. Шел дождь, когда я вышел из дома.

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1. Read and translate the following sentences.

	Past Indefinite		Past Continuous
1.	I went on a three-day trip	1.	I was taking a three-day-trip
	yesterday.		when you arrived.
2.	Who worked at the library	2.	Who was working at the library
	yesterday?		from three till seven o’clock?
3.	Ann didn’t watch TV	3.	Ann wasn’t watching TV the
	yesterday.		whole evening yesterday.
4.	They played football last	4.	They were playing football when
	Sunday.		I came home.

2.Change the sentences using the Past Continuous Tense.

1)She stayed at this hotel yesterday.

2)We took a two-day tour in the evening.

3)A tourist is riding a horse now.

4)What are you doing now? — I’m drinking tea.

5)My friend will be flying to London at five p.m. tomorrow.

3.Open the brackets.

1)Yesterday we (to make) a journey.

2)Yesterday at six o’clock we (to make) a journey.

3)I (not to play) the piano yesterday.

4)I (not to play) the piano at four o’clock yesterday.

5)He (not to read) a book when father came. He (to do) his homework.

6)When we were in the country last summer, I (to go) to the river every day.

7)When Henry (to walk) about the forest, he (to find) a fox cub.

8)They (to drink) tea when John (to come) home.

9)The old man (to think) about his plan when he (to fall) asleep.

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10)Yesterday at two o’clock my friend (to have) dinner at the canteen.

11)Last year I (to go) to the United States.

Remember:

Употребление артикля с именами собственными

Определенный артикль употребляется перед названиями:

1)музеев, ресторанов, кафе: the Prado; the Louvre; the Victoria

2)рек, oзер, морей, океанов: the Nile; the Thames; the Atlantic Ocean; the Black Sea; the Baikal

3)пустынь и горных хребтов: the Sahara; the Alps; the Himalayas

4)групп островов: the West Indies; the Azores; the Philippines

5)следующих стран, местностей, городов: the Ukraine; The Crimea; the Caucasus; the Transvaal; the Congo; the Netherlands; the Argentine; the Hague

6)cудов, гостиниц, английских и американских газет и журналов: the “Titanic”; the Metropol Hotel; The Daily Worker; The Timber Trade

Артикль отсутствует перед:

7)названиями городов, стран и континентов: Switzerland; Moscow; France (но the U.K.; the USA); Europe

8)именами людей, а также, когда перед именами собственными стоит нарицательное существительное, обозначающее звание, или существительное, служащее принятой формой обращения: Princess Diana; Professor Brown; Doctor White; Mister White

9)названиями отдельных горных вершин, озер: Lake Ontario (but the Ontario); Everest

4.Put in the definite article where it is needed.

1)...Neva flows into ...Gulf of...Finland.

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2)...Atlantic is very deep.

3)...Kazbek is ...highest peak of ...Caucasus.

4)...Himalayas are covered with snow.

5)...USA is ...largest country in ...America.

6)...Crimea is washed by...Black Sea.

7)...Europe and ...America are separated by...Atlantic Ocean.

8)...Nile flows across ... north-eastern part of ... Africa to

...Mediterranean Sea.

9)...Philippines are situated to ...south-east of...Asia.

10)...Thames flows in...U.K.

11)...Russia occupies... eastern part of...Europe.

12)...Washington is the capital of...United States of America.

5.Fill in the definite article where it is needed.

HOTEL TROPICANA

The Hotel is located in ...Pattaya lying to ... south-east of ...

Bangkok.

...Pattaya in the 1960s was just a little fishing village. ...Vietnam War saw the start of Pattaya’s international reputation, for the fledging resort was used as an official centre for the US forces.

... Hotel Tropicana covers an area of over 7 acres, which is filled with palms, lawns, and waterfalls. It is situated across the beach. ...

Hotel Tropicana offers a great variety of daring sportswater skiing, windsurfing, para-sailing and scuba — diving.

The hotel is designed and decorated in a typical Polynesian style. It comprises 186 twin rooms, 6 junior and 14 deluxe rooms. Every room is spacious, fully furnished and equipped with all your needs in mind.

Near the hotel ... Mai Kai Supper Club is located. It offers various kinds of ... European delicacies in a magnificent Polynesian atmosphere. Other food outlets include ...Chinese restaurant “...Dragon Room” and ...South Sea Coffee Shop.

Besides those facilities mentioned above, the hotel also provides one conference room, a gift shop, a beauty salon and a sauna, a photo processing lab, money exchange, safe deposit boxes.

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Note:

all your needs in mind — все, что вам нужно

Dialogue

1. Read the dialogue and translate it.

HOLIDAYS IN SWITZERLAND

GEORGE: Good evening, Mary. I’m glad to see you. Come in. MARY: Hello, George! I haven’t seen you for several weeks.

You’ve been away from home, haven’t you?

GEORGE: I’ve been in Switzerland. I got back yesterday. MARY: I hope you had a good holiday. Did you enjoy yourself? GEORGE: Very much. Shall I show you some of my photo-

graphs?

MARY: Oh, do please. I like looking at photographs! GEORGE: Here they are. This is the plane that took me to Swit-

zerland.

MARY: Oh, you went by air, didn’t you? Do you like flying? GEORGE: Yes, I like flying. I think it’s much better than travel-

ling by train and steamer. And of course flying is much quicker. Here’s another photograph.

MARY: That’s you, isn’t it? Who’s the girl at your side? GEORGE: That’s a girl who was with me in the plane. We be-

came quite friendly and spent a lot of time together. MARY: And who’s the girl in this photograph?

GEORGE: She’s a girl who was staying at my hotel in Interlaken. I became quite friendly with her, too!

MARY: Well, here’s another girl! That’s three. Who’s this girl? GEORGE: She’s a girl who climbed several mountains with me.

She was staying at my hotel too. She’s very fond of climbing, so we often went climbing together!

MARY: You like the girls and the girls like you. What’s this? It’s a train, isn’t it?

GEORGE: Yes, that’s a train on the railway that goes up the Jungfrau.

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