7. Перечитайте текст, сосредоточив внимание на его важнейших деталях, и выполните нижеследующие задания.

7.1. Выберите правильные варианты ответов на поставленные вопросы (на каждый вопрос – только один правильный ответ).

1. What don’t tour operators do?

a) develop and put together tour packages

b) give city orientations to guests

c) do market research

d) promote their tours and advertise them

e) publish colourful brochures, booklets and travelogues

2. What statement about travel agencies doesn’t correspond to reality?

a) travel agencies are retail tourist companies

b) travel agencies are often called travel shops

c) travel agencies produce and sell their products themselves

d) both “a” and “b”

e) both “b” and “c”

3. Where are tourist information offices located?

a) at major airports,

b) at railway stations

c) in hotels

d) at holiday or leisure centers and many tourist attractions

e) all of the variants given

4. Where are travel agency outlets located?

a) in hotels

b) at airport terminals and railway stations

c) in big department stores and in office sites

d) at large factories and plants

e) all of the variants given

5. Among free-lancers there are…

a) guides and guides-interpreters

b) tourist information office clerks

c) animators

d) travel writers

e) “a”, “c” and “d”

7.2. Заполните таблицу, указав специализацию каждого типа туристических компаний.

	COMPANIES	DESCRIPTION
1	tour operators
2	travel agencies
3	tourist information offices
4	travel agency outlets
5	free-lancers

7.3. Определите, истинно или ложно каждое из нижеперечисленных утверждений (относительно текста). Пометьте каждое предложение как “T (true)” или “F (false)”. Откорректируйте ложные утверждения.

1. Some tour operators may act like travel agencies.

2. Among tour operators there are major airlines and shipping companies.

3. American Express Company is the oldest tour operator in the world.

4. Travel agencies do not make individual travel arrangements.

5. Separate tourist services of travel agencies do not include travel insurances and theatre tickets.

6. If a travel company has got an outlet at a factory or in an office building, it means that it serves employees of those companies.

7. Free-lancers have got licences and pay taxes.

7.4. Дайте развернутые ответы на поставленные вопросы, опираясь на содержание текста.

1. How do tour operators promote their tours?

2. Why are travel agencies called travel shops?

3. What do tourist information office clerks do? What sort of information do they give?

4. What is an outlet?

5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a free-lancer?

6. What do travel writers do?

7. What kind of companies employ guides, guides-interpreters and escorts?

8. Подготовьте развернутые высказывания (от 25 развернутых предложений) в ответ на вопросы, заданные ниже. Задание, помеченное звездочкой, выполнять не обязательно.

1. What type of tourist company would you like to work for? Explain your choice.

2.* If you happen to know any foreigners having some travelling experience, ask them to tell you a few words about the tourist company that served them. Share this information with your groupmates/instructor.

Часть IX.

Туристское страноведение

Text 1. Means Of Transport For Adventure Travel

1. Убедитесь, что Вам понятны слова и выражения, перечисленные ниже. Если необходимо, воспользуйтесь словарем.

• to get around

• to reach one’s destination

• to set out for

• airplane / plane

• apart

• adventurous

• to skip

• the locals

• to be afraid of

• contribution

• global warming

• alternative

• adventure travel

• public transport

• independent travel / individual travel

• drawback

• on the other hand

• by train

• to move around

• rail tracks

• to take the bus

• advantage

• for instance

• subway

• guidelines

• public transport map

• payment type

• discount cards

• overland

• vehicle

• urban area

• developed country

• disadvantage

• highway

• remote

• to end up

• distant

• motorbike

• to go offroad

• an overland truck

• excitement

• last but not least

• by bicycle

• by boat

• densely forested

• passenger ship

• cruise

• cargo ship

• to take passengers