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Complete the sentences using the speech patterns.

1. i hate....

2. I can't help feeling....

3. You can travel comfortably without....

4. Travelling by plane is far....

5. Learning at night is far....

6. There is nothing like....

7. There is no way to learn a foreign language so effective as....

8. No one can deny that....

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1. Я не отрицаю, что вы правы.

2. Я не могу не волноваться..

3. Я очень не люблю работать по ночам.

4. Я не люблю, когда меня прерывают в разговоре.

5. Этот метод намного легче, чем остальные.

6. Нужны годы, чтобы овладеть иностранным языком.

7. Нет такого способа для сохранения здоровья, как заниматься спортом и много ходить пешком.

8. Я предпочитаю, чтобы мне это объяснили.

9. Мне бы очень хотелось показать вам Минск.

DIFFERENT METHODS OF TRAVEL

Personally I hate seeing people off. I prefer being seen off myself and feel terribly envious of any friend who is going anywhere. I can't help feeling I should so much like to be in his place.

If you are fond of travelling you see and learn at home, though you may read about them in books and newspapers, and see pictures of them on TV and at the cinema. The best way to study geography is to travel and the best way to get to know the people is to meet them in their own homes.

Those who wish to travel, either for pleasure or on business have at their disposal various means of transport. There's, for instance, the humble, inex­pensive bicycle. Then there's the motor-cycle, with which you can travel quickly and cheaply, but for long journeys it's rather tiring. With a car one can travel comfortably for long distances without getting too tired.

There is nothing like travel byirfainejj is more comfortable, more conve­nient and of course far quicker than any other method. There is none of the dust and dirt of a railway or car journey, none of the trouble of changing from train to steamer and then to another train. Airplanes carry passengers to vari­ous parts of the world in almost as many hours as it takes days to do the jour­ney by other means.

^v But most of us still have to use trains. With a train you have speed, com­fort and pleasure combined. From the comfortable comer seat of a railway carriage you have a splendid view of the whole countryside. If you are hun­gry, you can have a meal in the dining-car; and if the journey is a long one, you can have a wonderful bed in a sleeper. Besides, do you know any place that's more interesting than a big railway-station? There is the movement the excitement, the gaiety of people going away or waiting to meet friends. There are the shouts of the porters as they pull luggage along the platforms to the waiting trains, the crowd at the booking-office getting tickets the hungry and thirsty ones hurrying to the refreshment rooms before the train starts. A train is standing at one of the platforms ready to leave. Some of the passengers are looking out of the windows watching the late-comers who are hurrying looking for empty seats. On another platform a train has just come in; some passengers are getting out, others are getting in. Those who've not taken the precaution of getting their tickets beforehand are waiting in queues at the booking office. At the bookstalls people are choosing books, magazines or newspapers for the journey at the cloakroom others are depositing or with­drawing their luggage.

No, really! Do you know a more exciting place than a big railway-station?

Luxurious ships cross seas and oceans from one continent to another.

There is no travel so fine as by boat. I love to feel the deck of the boat un­der my feet, to see the rise and fall of the waves, to feel the fresh sea wind blowing in my face and hear the cry of the sea-gulls. And what excitement, too, there is in coming into the harbour and seeing round us all the ships, steamers, cargo-ships, sailing ships, rowing boats.

You may say what you like about aeroplane flights, sea voyages, railway journeys or tours by car, but give me a walking tour any time. What does the motorist see of the country? But the walker leaves the dull broad highway and goes along little winding lanes where cars can't go. He takes paths through the heather, he wanders by the side of quiet lakes and through the shade of woods. He sees the real country, the wild flowers, the young birds in their nests, the deer in the forest; he feels the quietness and calm of nature.

And besides, you are saving your railway fare travelling on foot. No one can deny that walking is the cheapest method of travelling.

So I say: a walking tour for me.

to take the precaution of in queues to deposit luggage to withdraw luggage to snatch hasty time to spare harbour to be seasick rough highway winding heather to wander

Words and expressions

to be fond of

to feel envious of

to travel on business

to have at one's disposal

humble

inexpensive

bicycle

to do the journey to fly - flew - flying a sleeper excitement qaiety luggage to look out of to get in (out)

Notes on synonyms

travel n: the act of travelling for the purpose of discovering something new or in search of pleasure; e.g.He is writing a book about his travels in Africa.

journey n: the act of going from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time. e.g. it's a three days' journey by train. Going on a journey is always exciting.

voyage n: a rather long journey, esp. by water or air; e.g. The idea of an Atlantic voyage terrified her: she was sure to be seasick all the time.

trip n: a journey, an excursion, freq. a brief one, made by land or water;

e.g.

Did you enjoy your weekend trip to the seaside?

tour л: a journey in which a short stay is made at a number of places, the traveller finally returning to the place from which he had started, e.g. On our tour

we visited Oxford, Cambridge and then came back to London.

cruise n [kru:z]: a sea voyage from port to port; e.g. The Mediterranean cruise promised many interesting impressions.

hitch-hiking n: travelling by getting free rides in passing automobiles and walking between rides; e.g.. Hitch-hiking is a comparatively new way of trav­elling which gives one a chance to see much without spending anything.

Ex. I

^v Questions on the text.

1. What means of travel do you know? 2. Why are many people fond of travelling? 3. Why do some people like travelling by train? 4. Do you like travelling by train? What makes you like/dislike it? 5. What are the advan­tages of a sea-voyage? 6. What are the advantages of hitch-hiking? 7. What kind of people usually object to travelling by air? 8. What are advantages or disadvantages of travelling by air? Have you ever travelled by air? How do you like it? 9. What do you think about walking tours? 10. What is, in your opinion, the most enjoyable means of travel? 11. What way of travelling af­fords most comfort for elderly people? (Give you reasons). 12.Do you think travel helps a person to become wiser?

Ex. II

Fill in appropriate words (consult the list of synonyms): 1. I'd be delighted to go on a sea^TblJt my wife has never been a good sailor, so we can't join you. 2. Last week we made.a wonderfuli?.^pto the mountains. It took us four hours by coach. 3.The ItaliarT^was really exciting. We visited a number of wonderful towns and then returned to Rome. The ip:*¹ back to Moscow by railway took us about three days. 4. It is delightful to come ashore after a long X. and to feel solid ground under one's foot. 5.Many times on his longU'.,'in, th'e^efSths of Africa, in the jungle of the Amazon he faced danger, starvation and death. 6.At the beginning of ₍the last century going from Petersburg to Moscow was described asiS#Now it is but a night's-h" by night train, a six hours'-;.^ by day train or an air⁷:.. of an hour and a half. 7.I'm just reading a very amusing book about a pleasure party making a Ca­ribbean... in somebody's yacht. 8.Young people are naturally fond of... as a way of visiting new places and seeing things: it is cheap and gives one a feel­ing of freedom and infinite horizons. 9. I'm told you're going on a^.io the Far East. lO.Theyre planning a⁴?"* on some Baltic resorts. They've a new car, you know. 11. You're looking pale. A... to the seaside will do you good.

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