4. Find the synonyms

1. throng, trade, to attract, to greet, fashionable, inn, inscrutable, due to

2. to welcome, hotel, commerce, because of, mysterious, to fascinate, crowd.

Reading

TEXT 1 2000 years Before Christ, in India and Mesopotamia

Travel for trade was an important feature since the beginning of civilisation. The port at Lothal was an important centre of trade between the Indus valley civilisation and the Sumerian civilisation.

TEXT 2 600 BC and thereafter

The earliest form of leisure tourism can be traced as far back as the Babylonian and Egyptian empires. A museum of historic antiquities was open to the public in Babylon. The Egyptians held many religious festivals that attracted the devout and many people who thronged to cities to see famous works of arts and buildings.

In India, as elsewhere, kings travelled for empire building. The Brahmins and the common people travelled for religious purposes. Thousands of Brahmins and the common folk thronged Sarnath and Sravasti to be greeted by the inscrutable smile of the Enlightened One – the Buddha.

Activities

1. Choose the right variant

1. The first purpose of travelling was:

   1. Leisure

   2. Trade

   3. Religion

2. What new form of tourism made its appearance in the time of the Babylonian & Egyption empires?

   1. Leisure tourism

   2. Mass tourism

   3. Medical tourism

3. What kind of museum was open in Babylon?

   1. A museum of Babylonian history

   2. A museum of religious festivals

   3. A museum of historic antiquities

4. What attracted people interest to Egypt?

   1. Religious museum

   2. Religious festivals

   3. Religious places

5. What did kings of India travel for?

   1. Religious festivals

   2. Making wars

   3. Empire building

6. What became a particular pursuit of pleasure in Greece?

   1. Religious festivals and sport

   2. Large town and seaports

   3. Travel writing and guidebooks

7. Where did the first guidebooks appear?

   1. in India

   2. in Egypt

   3. in Greece

2. Fill in the gaps with the right word from the box

trade hold attract coupled list devout

thronged trace back advertisement promote

1. The origins of modern tourism … to the beginnings of civilization.

2. In 1985, the authorities decided to … an annual ice-snow festival in Harbin.

3. People …. the streets to see the President.

4. How can service innovations help … cultural tourism?

5. She was real … Catholic.

6. Seventy per cent of the country’s … is with Europe.

7. She recently placed an … in the local paper.

8. The government is trying to … tourists to the country.

9. I need time to … all countries I have ever visited.

10. The sleeping car and restaurant car were … together.

3. Complete the texts using the words from the box

A.

site directing healing appearance pleasure

guidebooks religious writer inns