327. Step 4 Vocabulary practice

328. Susan recently went to the USA for three weeks. On her trip she had to understand some of the words and expressions which are used in the USA but not in the UK. The words below below are all to do with travel.

329. Task 1. Find the pairs of synonyms and put them under the correct headings.

     Model: British driving licence		American driving licence
     Puncture city centre line queue freeway parking lot	hood sidewalk car park gas petrol driver’s licence	driving licence flat motor way estate car station wagon	pavement underground downtown subway bonnet

330. Do you know any other words that are different in British and American English? Make a list of them.

331. Task 2. Each blank in the text below contains one missing word which is strongly associated with another word nearby. The missing words are below.

332. Use the words below to fill the gaps in the text

     cry soak dine

     spare stuff style

     far effort good

     time images walk

     hand/hands entertainment

333. Sail away

334. Ask anyone to name the ultimate luxury holiday and the chances are that they’ll say ‘a cruise’.

335. It conjures up (a) __of elegantly-dressed couples promenading on a moonlit desk. Of rich, elderly people with time on their (b)__and a desire to see the world in (c)__. But although the romance of the golden age of cruising remains, the average age of today’s passengers is 37 - a far (d)_ from the be-shawled, blanketed image of yesteryear.

336. The superb range of leisure activities and wealth of (e)__has made cruising a godsend for families. Parents can relax and enjoy themselves in the sure knowledge that their children are in (f)__hands in the ‘kid’s centre’.

337. But for young and alike the appeal of a cruising holiday is the ability to move effortlessly from one place to another. To this end cruise lines have put a lot of time and (g) __ into developing their shore excursion programmes.

338. Nowadays they can include such activities as trucking in the Malaysian jungle, catching fish in the fjords, landing on a mighty glacier or clambering over Greek ruins. That is, if you’ve got time to (h)__with so many exciting on-board activities to choose from. Passengers can try their (i) _ at anything from aerobics to scuba diving. Evening entertainment continues (j)__into the night with casinos, cinemas and discos just a short (k)__away from their cabin. Another major advantage of cruising is the superb standard of food. You can wine and (1)__through to the early hours. If none of this appeals and you wish only to while away the (m)__as you (n)__up the sun, why not consider one of cruising’s unusual destinations and take trip to Alaska? Sailing through the dazzling blue whiteness, spotting a whale or a bear in the (o) ____of which memories are made.

339. Sum up the information in the text Answer the questions.

340. Have you ever been on a cruising holiday? If so describe it

341. Task 3. Connections. All these words are connected with transport Put them into logical sets

     Sea	Rail	Air	Road	Phrasal verbs
     e.g. cruise	platform	steward	highway	break down

     liner sail long-haul platform toll runwa compartment make

     registration number see off jet bag run out of break down crossing

     round about ticket collector station wagon drop off highway starboard set off guard

     harbor gangway cruise press on stop over self-drive stand-by track

342. Check up the meanings of the words in the dictionary, if necessary.

343. Imagine that you recently accompanied a group

344. of travellers on a trip involving several means of transport. Write a short account of the trip using as many of the words above as you can.

345. Task 4. Phrasal verbs (two-part verbs). Study the following information.

346. Two-part verbs are formed by combining a verb with preposition (or particle) to change its meaning:

347. I get up at 6 o’clock.

348. The plane takes off at 7.30.

349. A verb can be used in the same sentence as a preposition without, changing its meaning: I took the book off the table. In this case, ‘take’ and ‘off do not make a two-part verb.

350. The same combination of verb and particle can have more than one meaning:

351. The plane took off (leave the ground).

352. He took off his jacket (remove).

353. I can take 5 per cent off the price of a ticket (discount).

354. Phrasal verbs can be separable. The object can be placed between the verb and the particle:

355. The travel agent sorted out her itinerary (sort out-organise).

356. The travel agent sorted her itinerary out.

357. The object always goes at the end if the verb is inseparable:

358. A tour guide will look after the group.

359. A tour guide will look after them.

360. Some verbs have three parts:

361. The holiday didn’t live up to our expectations.

362. 4.1 Put the words in the right order to make correct sentences.

1. around/London/looked/she

2. there are new airline safety regulations: can’t/ get/ tour/ operators

3. for/ made/ nearest/ taxi/ the/ we.

4. the/ chance/ she/ at/ jumped/ to visit the Himalayas.

5. old/ an/ he/ into/ ran/ friend/ at the airport.

6. checked in/ before the flight/ forty-five minutes/ we.

7. in Dubai/ flights to Hong Kong/ stop over.

8. fell through/ their trip/ at the last minute.

9. backed out/ but/ we had a deal/ the hotel chain/ we thought.

10. after/ broke even/ finally/ the hotel/ three years of losses.

444. 4.2. Put the underlined words into the correct order.

1. If s easy around to New York get on the subway.

2. the chance at jumped she to work as a tour guide.

3. down the bus the broke in the middle of the high street.

4. the bill the cashier worked out.

5. It’s a tour rep’s responsibility the guests after to look.

6. At the airport the guests up tour reps pick.

7. the itinerary up she drew.

8. her uncle her up put for a few nights.

445. Check the meaning of the two-part verbs in the above sentences:

446. 4.3. Join the verbs and prepositions and make phrasal verbs to replace the words underlined in the sentences below.

VERBS call (2) cut (2) make hang (2) miss pick put (2) set look sort work

PREPOSITIONS around down off (4) out (4) up (5) on (2)

1. I’ll write a bill for you.

2. That hotel needs to reduce the number of staff it employs.

3. She calculated the answer.

4. The Italian group leaves for London at 9.15 p.m. today.

5. Pierre lost the chance of working on Concorde.

6. Due to bad weather they cancelled the boat trip.

7. They postponed their trip to the Seychelles when John became redundant.

8. Their train was late and so they had to wait at the station for two hours.

9. The hotel manager promised to collect Sally at the airport when she arrived to start her new job.

10. One of the nice things about being an air steward in that you can visit your friends unexpectedly.

11. Students often rely on friends and relatives to give them accommodation when they travel.

12. When Sandra finished the phone calk she remembered that she had not told her boss about the new guests.

13. When you need to read a file on the computer, you must access the file.

14. She tidied and organised her papers.

15. The telephone company disconnected their phone

4. Use the two-part verbs from previous task to fill the gaps in the text.