Unit IV. BUSINESS TRIP

Learn how to book a flight and a hotel, ask and explain how to get to places, asking for directions, taking a taxi.

Lesson 1.Travelling

Warm up

I. Answer the following questions

· Have you ever traveled abroad? Did you go by train, by air, by sea, by car? What was the purpose of your visit?

· What documents do you usually have to show at the customs? What sort of questions are you usually asked by customs officials?

· Have you ever bought anything in a duty-free shop? What was it?

· Have you ever experienced cultural differences when you travel?

II. Read and translate the following quotations. Express your point of view (agree/disagree)

“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page”

St. Augustine

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving”.

Lao Tzu

“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see”.

G.K. Chesterton

Active vocabulary

Translate the words and phrases and try to pronounce them correctly.

Air Travel	Train	Hotel	On Vacation
luggage	a ticket	a reservation	sight-seeing
a suitcase	the platform	a single room	a tour guide
check-in counter	the track	a double room	a guide book
the metal detector	first class	a motel	a day trip
the gate	second class	bed & breakfast	souvenirs
a boarding card	the conductor	a hostel	postcards
a flight	the dining car	room service	travelers' checks
a flight attendant	a compartment	room key	a map
departure	railway station	cardkey	a money belt
duty free shop	medical insurance	"Do not disturb"	a travel alarm clock
international travel	passport	a visa	customs
nothing to declare	currency	check in/check out	the border

Reading

I. Skim the text to grasp the general idea.

Tourism: the biggest business in the world

Tourism is one of the biggest businesses in the world. There are nearly 800 million international tourist arrivals every year. it employs, directly or indirectly, one in fifteen of all workers worldwide, from A to Z, from airport cleaners to zookeepers, and includes bar staff, flight attendants, tour guides, and resort reps. It is a huge part of the economy of many countries-in countries such as the Bahamas, over 60% of the economy is based on tourism.

Tourism is a fast-growing business. When Thomas Cook organized his first excursion from Leicester to Loughborough in 1841, he probably didn’t know what he was starting. Key developments in the last 150 years or so have led to the rise of mass tourism. There have been technological developments in transport, in particular the appearance of air travel and charter flights. There have been changes in working practices, with workers getting paid holiday time and working shorter and more flexible hours.

In recent years we have seen the growth of the Internet and globalization, making the world seems a smaller but very fascinating place. The tourism industry grows faster and faster each year. In 1950, there were 25 million international tourist arrivals. In 2004 it is predicted to be 1.6 billion.

But what are the challenges today? The tourism industry is affected by many different things: international events, economic change, changes in fashion. New concerns and worries appear every year, for example as people become more worried about security and international terrorism, or as the value of their currency changes. But new destinations and new sources of tourists also seem to emerge every year.

Tourism survives. It is a powerful and sometimes dangerous force in the modern world. Tourism creates many good jobs and careers, but it also produces many poor and badly paid jobs. Tourism can help to protect environments and animal life, but it can also damage them. Tourism can save cultures and local way of life, but it can also destroy them. Tourism can change countries and people for the better, but it can also change them for the worse.

Tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world. It is perhaps also the most important.

Robin Walker, Keith Harding, Tourism1, Oxford University Press

Reading comprehension

I. Scan the text and find the English equivalents to the following words and word combinations. Explain the following words in English. Make up your own sentences with these words.

бортпроводник/стюард, ключевые моменты, в частности, чартерный рейс, гибкий график работы, преграда/препятствие, безопасность, курс обмена валют, пункт назначения, появляться.

II. Discuss these statements with a partner. Write T (true) or F (false).

1. One in fifty of all workers are employed in tourism related industries.

2. The number of international tourism arrivals will more than double between 2004 and 2020.

3. Tourists often worry about international security.

4. Tourism has only had a good influence on the modern world.

III. Which of the following topics does the text discuss?

1. mass tourism

2. technological developments

3. tourism industry