Путешествие - Travelling. Руденко Т.П. - 19 стр.

WRITING                                                                          ADDITIONAL READING
1.     Style is extremely important in writing. The text on page 33 covers       Recently there have appeared some new trends in travelling, such as bal-
     different activity holidays and could have been written as a series of      loon trips, ecological tourism, even space trips. Read the texts and ex-
     isolated paragraphs. However, the writer has linked the information         press your opinion on some of these trends summarising the information
     so that it reads as one continuous piece of text. Look at these cohesive    in 15–20 sentences.
     devices, which have been used at the beginning of paragraphs. Iden-
     tify the information in the text that they refer to.                        A
          •   Many embarking on such a venture for the first time… (3)                                        It’s eco-logical
          •   Less physically demanding, but nevertheless a holiday with a se-
              rious work focus, … (7)                                            Planning an eco-friendly holiday can be a minefield for the well-meaning
          •   You may prefer to avoid physical work of all kinds … (8)           traveller, says Steve Watkins. But help is now at hand.
          •   The Young Esperantists is another non-profit-making organiza-             If there were awards for tourism phrases that have been hijacked, di-
              tion … (11)                                                        luted and misused then ‘ecotourism’ would earn top prize. The term first
                                                                                 surfaced in the early 1980s reflecting a surge in environmental awareness
2. Now match these paragraph openings to the descriptions in a-d below           and a realisation by tour operators that many travellers wanted to believe
                                                                                 their presence abroad would not have a negative impact. It rapidly became
          •   With the busy lives many people live … (2)                         the hottest marketing tag a holiday could carry.
          •   For almost any trip, you will need … (4)                                  These days the ecotourism label is used to cover anything from a
          •   The Brathay exploration group organizes expeditions all over the   two-week tour living with remote Indonesian tribes, to a one-hour motor-
              world. (9)                                                         boat trip through an Australian gorge. In fact, any tour that involves cul-
          •   Also on offer … (10)                                               tural interaction, natural beauty spots, wildlife or a dash of soft adventure is
                                                                                 likely to be included in the overflowing ecotourism folder. There is no
     a   focusing on a specific       c     linking with the previous para-      doubt the original motives behind the movement were honourable attempts
         topic                              graph                                to provide a way for those who cared to make informed choices, but the
     b   adding context and colour    d     making a general statement           lack of regulations and a standard industry definition left many travellers
                                                                                 lost in an ecotourism jungle.
                                                                                        It is easier to understand why the ecotourism market has become so
3. Write about the sort of activity holiday that appeals to you (maximum
                                                                                 overcrowded when we look at its wider role in the world economy. Accord-
   15 sentences). Use some of the expressions in ex. 5 (Speaking
                                                                                 ing to World Tourism Organization figures, ecotourism is worth US$20
   Through Reading Section) and remember to use cohesive devices
                                                                                 billion a year and makes up one-fifth of all international tourism. Add to
   given above to link your own writing.
                                                                                 this an annual growth rate of around five per cent and the pressure for
                                                                                 many operators, both in developed and developing countries, to jump on
                                                                                 the accelerating bandwagon is compelling. Without any widely recognized
                                                                                 accreditation system, the consumer has been left to investigate the creden-
                                                                                 tials of an operator themselves. This is a time-consuming process and many
                                                                                 travellers usually take an operator’s claims at face value, only adding to the
                                                                                 proliferation of fake ecotours.


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