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For tourist yearning to escape the crowd, wander off the beaten track and get back to nature Suriname increasingly looks a promising choice. Nobody in Suriname claims that the country boasts the best sand, sea and sun in the Caribbean. But that, in a way, is precisely the point: there aren’t hoards of people either.
As Henk Essed, director of the Suriname Tourism Foundation, observes: “We don’t really need masses of tourists like we have in the rest of the Caribbean”. Instead, Suriname’s modest tourism sector focuses on what makes the country different. The biggest attraction for visitors seeking something out of the ordinary is the wealth of wild-life. Large tracts of the country are still covered by virgin rainforest, home to a huge range of flora and fauna.
There is great potential to develop ecotourism as one of the major sources of income in the new future, says Harold Sijlbing, manager director of Stinasu, an organization which promotes conservation of wildlife and ecological awareness.
3. Find in the text words and expressions which can mean the same:
go where there are not many people
go to places tourists normally don’t go
live a natural, rural style of life
a choice which could be a very good one
a boast which is used for listing the good qualities of a place
crowds, in a negative sense
tourist industry (formal)
a common collocation: looking for something different/unusual
large amount of (formal)
areas of land, collocates with large, vast, huge
original and natural
plants and animals (Latin), a fixed phrase
holidays that respect the environment
4. Translate this vocabulary into English, memorize it for further use in your speech:
a scheduled flight, a charter flight, business class(route), economy class (route), via Amsterdam, inclusive (all-in) package, extra(s), apes fare, value for money, budget fare, restrictions, non-refundable, cancellation fee, stopover, transfer, crossing, to go on a cruise, to cruise about, the holiday of a lifetime, a berth, to give a wide berth, a shared cabin, a single(double) cabin, a deluxe cabin, upper deck, exotic, to get away from it all, to get around, unlimited mileage, to go as you please, accommodation, self-catering, chalet, holiday-makers, guest house, inns, to put up at an inn, B and B, half-board, full-board, destination, to yearn, to escape the crowd, to wander off the beaten track, to wander off, to get back to nature, a promising choice, hoards of people, tourist sector, to seek something out of the ordinary, the wealth of, tracts, virgin rainforest, flora and fauna, ecotourism, ecological awareness, to promote conservation of wildlife.
? 5. Use active vocabulary to express these sentences more briefly, as in the example.
Example: It was a regular flight which the airline runs everyday.
1. I hate those special flights where everyone is booked to the same holiday destination.
2. It was a ticket you have to book 30 days in advance to get the cheaper fare.
3. The ticket allowed us to spend up three nights in Singapore on the journey from London to Sydney.
4. You can get a bed on the ferry in a little room with three other beds.
5. We hired a car, with as many miles as we wanted.
6. When you get there, the bus or taxi to your hotel is included in the cost of a holiday.
7. It was a special cheap fare, but there were some things you were not allowed to do.
6. Match the words on the left with the words on the right to form meaningful units.
1) bed a) catering
2) full b) for money
3) large c) rainforest
4) promising d) tracks
5) deluxe e) around
6) self- f) mileage
7) exotic g) choice
8) getting h) island
9) escape i) and breakfast
10)virgin j) board
11) value k) cabin
12) unlimited l) the crowd
? 7. Find the English equivalents to:
туристи (відпочиваючі), плата за повернення квитка, рейсовий чартер, жадати/прагнути, втекти від повсякденності, екологічна обізнаність, квиток придбаний в касі попереднього продажу, блукаючи у віддалі від протоптаних шляхів, плавати за певним маршрутом, скупчення людей, необмежена відстань у милях, піти і загубитися, комплексна туристична поїздка, транзитний квиток, втекти від натовпу, самообслуговування, додаткова плата, зупинитися у готелі, безліч, сільський будиночок, подорожувати, переїзд по воді, відпочинок, що пам’ятаєш усе життя, знайти щось надзвичайне у повсякденному, пансіон, первозданний тропічний ліс, блукати у пошуках, зупинка в дорозі.
8. Which expression do you associate with each of the holiday below? Each expression may go with more than one type of the holiday.
to rough it to lounge around
a real learning experience a cosy atmosphere
an exhilarating experience to keep on the move
to be your own boss to go as you please
to sleep under the stars to be out in the wilds
to spend a fortune on entrance fees to just drift along
1 self-catering 5 trekking holiday
2 camping up 6 cruise
3 staying in an inn or a guest house 7 sightseeing holiday
4 skiing holiday 8 holiday with car hire
?9. Choose the best alternative to complete each sentence.
1. On the London-Tokyo flight there is sometimes a………. at Anchorage. (flying visit/stopover/stay).
2. His wife has flown to Singapore on a business……….(journey/travel/excursion/ trip).
3. Richard is very amusing traveling………(companion/friend/colleague/partner).
4. Have you seen the ancient……….(remainders/remnants/ruins/wrecks) in the desert.
5. Nothing happened at all. It was a very………(uneventful/insignificant/incidental) holiday.
6. From the top there was a wonderful………(spectacle/sight/view/look) of the whole valley.
7. In the 19th century, David Livingstone, the Scottish……… (explorer/tourist/ globetrotter/rambler/sightseer) tried to find the sources of the Nile.
8. The company arranges daily……… (pilgrimages/campaigns/itineraries/ excursions) to the island to see the penguins.
9. St. Tropez is one of the most popular tourist………(spas/resorts/packages/ charters) in the South of France.
& 10. Read the information about hotel types. Discuss the best accommodation for your future rest.
HOTEL TYPES
Hotel is a place where a traveller may find food and shelter. The ideal hotel has big rooms, with comfortable beds and good facilities, including a business center. It should be as near to the centre of the town as possible but within easy reach of the airport. There are several types of hotels.
1. Luxury hotel — it provides every facility a wealthy guest might need.
2. Resort hotel - it is situated in a place where tourists like to stay, often near the sea, lake or in the mountains. Guests usually book it in advance.
3. Commercial hotel — it is often situated in a town centre, and provides accommodation for travelling businessmen, only for one or two nights.
4. Congress hotel — it provides everything necessary for large meetings and conferences, with a lecture theatre and exhibition facilities.
5. Airport hotel — it provides accommodation for people going to or coming from other countries, usually only staying in for one night.
6. Country house hotel — it is situated in pleasant scenery, and provides comfortable but informal accommodation for people who want to relax in a quiet place.
7. Guest house — it provides low-priced accommodation, usually on a small scale, for holiday visitors or for long-stay guests.
8. Mold — it is built specially to provide a service to motor-luls
9. B& В — it is a small hotel, a kind of boarding-house, which provides home-like low-priced accommodation and the- morning meal for visitors. The letters B&B stand for "bed and breakfast".
The hotels may be: 5-star hotel, 4-star hotel, 3-star hotel etc.
1. 5-star hotel: luxury hotels offering the highest international standards.
2. 4-star hotel: hotels offering a high standard of comfort and service with all bedrooms providing a private bathroom/shower with lavatory.
? 11. Finish the sentences using active vocabulary.
1. It was a lovely cruise, we just………………..
2. I prefer self-catering because I like to………..
3. Camping is OK if you don’t mind……………
4. Skiing is always such…………………………
5. Sightseeing’s great but it’s easy………………
6. The guided tour of the ancient ruins was………
7. Inns and guest houses usually have quite……...
8. We are rather adventurous and prefer to……….
9. The wealth of wildlife………………………….
10. After covering unlimited mileage we………….
11. Large tracts of the country…………………….
12.To get away from it all was my sweet dream…..
?12. Translate into English using active vocabulary.
1. Туристи пройшли декілька миль перш ніж побачили самотній сільський будиночок, де вони вирішили зупинитися на ніч.
2. Якщо ви втомилися від повсякденності і вирішили втекти від натовпу, вам краще повернутися до природи і вирушити до первозданного тропічного лісу, де ви побачите дивовижних представників флори та фауни.
3. Коли ви вирушаєте в комплексну туристичну поїздку, ви звільняєтесь від клопоту замовлення квитків у касі попереднього продажу та пошуку житла з самообслуговуванням.
4. Фірма замовила чартерний рейс до Лондона через Париж, додаткова оплата включала в себе страхування та перевезення багажу.
5. Тому, хто прагне знайти щось надзвичайне в повсякденному, не обов’язково блукати далеко від великих шляхів і скупчення людей, досить лише озирнутися навколо, щоб побачити багатство навколишнього середовища.
6. Протягом тривалої подорожі ми робили численні зупинки та пересадки, але незважаючи на всі труднощі, це був відпочинок, що запам’ятається на все життя.
7. Останнім часом екотуризм набуває все більшу популярність та сприяє збереженню дикої природи та підвищенню екологічної обізнаності населення.
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