Agree or disagree with the following statements using appropriate phrases.

1. The adults have at last discovered that the boy scouts have been on to a bad thing all these years.

2. For a modest outlay, you have a comfortable, insulated tent.

3. The portable furniture is light and comfortable.

4. You see, camping hasn't so much to offer.

5. For a large sum you can enjoy comforts which few hotels can provide.

6. Low-cost holidays make camping an attractive proposition.

7. And there is sheer fun of it — especially if you haven't a family.

8. You are active all the time and you are always close to nature.

9. Nothing is nice and peaceful.

10. Camping provides you with a real change for everyday life.

Fill in the prepositions where necessary.

1) The adults have ... last discovered that the boy scouts have been......a good

thing all these years. 2) No wonder the great rush is .... 3) You have none ... the headaches ... advance hotel booking or driving ... and ... a city looking ... a room. 4) Modern camp sites are well-equipped ... hot and cold running water. 5) It's so exciting to arrive ... a camp site, put... your tent and start getting a meal ready. 6) I've never suspected that you are so keen ...hiking. 7) Have you decided where to go ... your summer holiday? 8) Besides it poured ... rain for 3 days running. 9) We camped ... the foot... some hills. 10) A hiking holiday depends... enjoyment... the weather.

Give the detailed retelling of the text.

Read and memorize dialogues.

I

Helen:I can't make out how you can go hiking, Paula.

Paula:Why, what's wrong? I'm run down, bored with everything and everybody. Only a complete change of air and surroundings will satisfy me, I believe.

Helen:Are you ready to put up with hardships?

Paula:Well, I know for sure that I'm not going to make a mountain out of a molehill. A fortnight of fresh air and exercise will do me a world of good, I suppose.

Helen:Good? You are subject to colds.

Paula:I need a bit of hardening, I think. That's what makes me go hiking.

Helen:Oh, that accounts for it.

II

Ann: Have you heard the news?

Nick:What news? Anything exciting? Out with it!

Ann: Irene is planning to go mountaineering.

Nick:Irene? She isn't the one for camping out, I'm afraid. Fancy her carrying a heavy rucksack. She'll never put up with any lack of comfort, if you ask me.

Ann: I don't think she will. She is sure to complain of hardships the very first day.

Nick:Well, I've never thought she is keen on mountaineering.

Ann: Keen on mountaineering? I think you are being very silly. It's Peter who is keen on mountaineering and she is head over hills in love with him.

Ann: Ah, that accounts for it.

Render into English.

Пешком и по воде

Как отдыхает молодежь в России? Если ответить на этот вопрос одним словом, то можно сказать: по-разному. Это значит, что молодежь ездит в дома отдыха, в пансионаты и спортивные лагеря, ходит в походы, ездит на экскурсии в другие города, отдыхает на море и в горах. Но если говорить о самом распространенном и любимом виде отдыха, то надо говорить о туризме. Это туризм особый: больше всего молодежь любит ходить в походы по стране, плавать по рекам и озерам, отдыхать на турбазах, откуда также можно совершать турпоходы. В походы ходят и на один-два дня в субботу и в воскресенье, и на 2—3 недели, уезжая далеко от дома.

Маршруты путешествий разнообразны: одни едут на север страны и в Карелию, путешествуют по северным рекам и озерам, другие отправляются на Кавказ или Крым, где теплое море, горы и много солнца. Есть туристические группы, которые из европейской части страны едут путе­шествовать по Дальнему Востоку, на остров Сахалин и Камчатку.

Походы по стране — это всегда новые, часто малонаселенные места, это жизнь в палатке на открытом воздухе, в лесу или на берегу реки, это костер вечером и туристские песни.

Именно среди этих юношей и девушек, которые с нетерпением ждут каждый год отпуска и каникул, чтобы отправиться в поход с рюкзаками за спиной, существует мнение, что туризм — лучший вид спорта.

Read and translate the following dialogue.

Camping

BOB. How do you do, George? Have you been back long from your holidays?

G. No, I only came back yesterday.

B. You look splendid. Where did you get your tan?

G. I was at Lake N.

B. At Lake N.? It's pretty far from here, isn't it? How did you get there?

G. Well, we trained it as far as M., and from there we went by a lorry as far as the village K.

B. And how did you get to the lake?

G. We roughed the rest of the way. We made a short cut over the N. mountains.

B. You had to foot it a great deal, I see. How many days did it take you to cross the mountains?

G. Four days. Generally we got up at 5. We always pitched our tents near some water, so it was no trouble to go there and wash first thing in the morning. Afterwards we prepared our breakfast, broke up camp, and started on our way.

B. You had pretty much to carry with you, hadn't you?

G. Oh, we took only things of necessity, of course. We stowed them away in our rucksacks.

B. Did you cook your own meals?

G. Yes, we did. But when on the move one has to keep cooking and washing up to the smallest amount possible, you know, otherwise he'd find himself breakfasting at 3 a.m., having dinner at 4 or 5.

B. And never getting round to supper at all, eh?

G. Quite right. The concentrated type of food comes in very handy in such cases.

B. It does, indeed. Besides it's tasty, nourishing, varied and easy to cook, isn't it?

G. Yes, a concentrated soup can be prepared even on a methylated spirit stove.

B. Whom did you go with, if I may ask?

G. There were four of us, three men and a girl.

B. A girl on a tour like that?

G. Why, what fault do you find with girls?

B. As a rule girls are awful drags on such long tours.

G. There you are wrong, I dare say. You wouldn't believe it, but in many things she did better than the men. Always the first up in the morning and the last in at night.

B. She did the cooking, I suppose.

G. And the washing up as well. A real sport, that's what she is.

B. I suppose she is. Did you come back the same way?

G.Oh, no. We had two rubber boats with us and we ...

B. Two rubber boats?! You don't mean to say that you carried the boats on top of all the camping outfit all over the mountains?

G. The idea! Certainly not. Most of the outfit, above all the boats, were sent ahead in a lorry, right up to the lake.

B. And so you came back by water. Why, you must have had a most wonderful time!

G. Oh, yes. You can't imagine how pleasant it was to drift down the river and watch the changing scenes that float by. There at the lake we had a fine time too.

B. I can't tell you how much I envy you. What about going there next year?

G. Well, I don't mind if we do.

B. I can hardly tell you how much I'm looking forward to that trip! I'm going to dream of nothing but this tour next summer.

Supplementary List

to train - ехать поездом

to rough it (coll.)- обходиться без обычных удобств

to foot it (coll.)-идти пешком

to pitch (set up) a tent -разбить палатку

on the move - в пути

methylated spirit stove - походная спиртовая печка