For example:

1. Traveller on foot: ¹1. Travelling on foot is

lives constantly in present exhausting: you get

nowhere fast.

3. Make a list of the facts that prove that the only way to travel is on foot.

4. Give antonyms to the following words:

Early, huge, to forget, to give, never, high, end, delicious, true, weariness.

5. Which words go together according to the text?

air sleep

cable mountain

huge weariness

physical travellers

true travel

satisfying railways

6. Are these statements true or false?

1. In the 20-th century people foigot how to use their ears.

2. Men and women moved about in cars.

3. The future history books might also record that we didn’t use our arms.

4. Air travel gives you a cat’s-eye view of the world.

5. When you travel at high speeds the present means every­thing.

6. At the beginning of his journey a traveller feels a delicious physical weariness.

7. He knows that sound satisfying sleep will be his.

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Camping is the ideal way of spending a holiday

There was a time when camping was considered a poor way of spending a holiday: OK for boy scouts and hard-up studentsbut hardly the thing forsophisticated, comfort-loving adults. The adults have at last discovered that the boy scouts have been on to a good thing all these years. If you go camping it no long­er means that you will be bitten to death by mosquitoes; have to drink brackish coffee; suffocate or freeze in sleeping bag;hump huge weighson your back. Camping has become the great pursuit of motorists the world over. All the discomforts have been miraculouslywhisked awav.

For a modest outlay,you have a comfortable,insulated tent. For a not so modest outlay you can have a holiday caravan with bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen. The portable furniture is light and comfortable. What more could you want?

No wonder the great rush is on. You see, camping has so much to offer. You enjoy absolute freedom. You have none of the headaches of advance hotel booking or driving round and round a city looking for a room. There are no cold hotel break­fasts, no surlvstaff to tip. For a small sum you can enjoy com­forts which few hotels can provide. Modem camp sites are well equipped with hot and running water and even shops and dance floors. Low-cost holidays make camping an attractive proposi­tion. But above all you can simply get up and go.Conversely.you can stay as long as you like. You are the boss!

And there is sheer fun of it — especially if you have a family. Mooing arounda stuffy hotel room wondering what they are going to give you for dinner is atediousbusiness. By compari­son, it’s so exciting to arrive at camp site,put up vour tentand start getting a meal ready. You are active all the time and you are always close to nature. Everything is so nice and peaceful. Camping provides you with a real change from everyday life. You get up earlier, go to bed earlier, develop a hearty appetite. You have enormous opportunity to meet different people and to share your pleasures with them. People are so friendly when they are relaxed. For a few precious weeks in the year you reallyadopta completely different wav of life. And that’s theessenceof true recreation and real enjoyment.

Comprehension questions:

1. Has camping always been popular with adults?

2. Did adults consider camping a good or poor way of spending a holiday?

3. What sudden discovery did adults make about camping?

4. Does camping always mean having to put up with many discomforts? *

5. What facilities are provided for campers now?

6. Does camping have much to offer?

7. Are there any comforts at modem camp sites?

8. Why do people prefer a camp site to a hotel?

9. What makes spending a night beside a clear stream so ro­mantic?

10. Camping provides you with a real change, doesn’t it?

11. What’s the essence of true recreation and enjoyment?

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’ 1. Phonetic Drill. Transcribe and pronounce correctly:

Sophisticated, mosquito, suffocate, pursuit, miraculously, portable, surly, conversely, tedious, enormous, essence, head­ache.