Ask questions to elicit the information.

1. People have travelled since the earliest days of the human history.

2. In primitive times people did not travel for pleasure, they travelled on foot and their journeys were long, tiring and often dangerous.

3. Nowadays travelling became a highly organised business, and every year millions of people travel long distances abroad on business trips or for holidays.

4. All ways of travelling have their advantages and disadvantages.

5. The choice of the means of travelling depends on its purpose and people choose one according to their plans and destinations.

6. If people want to reach their destination as quickly as possible speed is a very important factor for them.

7. When you reach your place of destination in a few hours you realize all the advantages of travelling by air though it is the most expensive means of travelling.

8. Although we all seem to agree that the future belongs to air transport, railway transport is still one of the cheapest ways of transporting freight over long distances and the railways today carry the bulk of passenger and goods traffic.

9. Though travelling by train is slower than by plane, but its ad­vantage is that you can see interesting places of the country you are travelling through.

10. People who prefer comfort to speed travel in a compartment car where they can relax during the journey and enjoy themselves as much as possible.

11. All the sea-going liners combine passengers' comfort with speed and they are real floating cities with all modern conveniences and a wide choice of sport and entertainment facilities.

12. The radio keeps the passengers in touch with the latest events on shore and a team of stewards and stewardesses keep the cabins clean and tidy, and cater for the passengers' wants and needs and res­taurants and bars take care of their appetites.

13. A cabin looks very much like a compartment of a railway sleeping car, but the windows are altogether different.

14. Travelling by sea is about as safe as walking the streets because you can always count on the many lifeboats in case of emergency.

15. At present, taking into account travelling expenditures, which are inevitable, no matter what means of travelling you choose, many our compatriots think that the best way of travelling is hiking.

16. The aim of their travelling isn't only to admire the beauty of these places but also to see ancient monuments and other places of cultural and historical interest.

11. Answer the questions. Begin your answers with:

Actually...;As a rule...; In any case...; As things are...; To tell the truth...; As far as I know...; The matter is that...; I suppose/believe...; That depends (on)...; I am declined to think...; As far as I re­member...; As far as I am concerned...; Frankly/strictly speaking...; To make a long story short....

1. Why is modern life impossible without travelling? Give your reasons.

2. What means of travelling do you know?

3. What does the choice of means of travelling depend on?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by plane?

5. What are the most unpleasant things for many people about travelling by plane?

6. What do you know about the network of airlines nowadays?

7. What can you say about conception of speed?

8. What are the airplane armchairs equipped with?

9. What are the duties of the stewardess?

10. What are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by train?

11. What services are available on all overnight and long distance trains?

12. What cars do people who prefer comfort to speed usually travel in?

13. Why is travelling by sea popular?

14. What do all the sea-going liners combine?

15. What can you say about the sea-going liners cabins?

16. What services are given to the passengers on board the sea­going liners?

17. When do we say of a person that he is a poor sailor?

18. What equipment on board the ships can be used in case of emer­gency?

19. Why do many people prefer travelling by car?

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