Путешествие - Travelling. Руденко Т.П. - 22 стр.

ADDITIONAL LISTENING                                                        7. The pilots steer the balloon with the help of ropes.        T/F
Listen to the recording and do the following tasks.                         8. If you go in January you need to take a jacket.             T/F
      1. What is Flightmakers?
          a) a studio                                                       9. A balloon trip lasts about three hours.                     T/F
          b) a specialist travel agency
          c) a part of the programme                                        10. An hour trip costs a little less than $ 100.               T/F
          d) traveller’s tales

      2. What is not true? They _____________.                        VIDEO VIEWING
          a) are specialists in adventure holidays
                                                                      Watch Episode 1 of the video and say what kind of information this guide
          b) specialize in travel to Australia and New Zealand
                                                                      is supposed to give you.
          c) deal with people who like extremes
          d) organize trips around the world
                                                                      TIME FOR FUN
      3. What is not true? The balloon was launched in _________ .
                                                                      1. Read the texts and anecdotes and retell them to your partner(s).
          a) Australia
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          b) the rainforest area
          c) the Tablelands                                                   Travel is the name of a modern disease which started in the mid-
          d) a and c together                                         fifties and is still spreading. The patient grows restless in the early spring
                                                                      and starts rushing about from one travel agent to another collecting useless
      4. How many people were there on the balloon trip altogether?   information about places he doesn’t intend to visit. Then he, or usually she,
          a) 11                                                       will do a round of shops and spend much more than he or she can afford.
          b) 12                                                       Finally in August, the patient will board a plane, train, coach or car and go
          c) 9                                                        to foreign places along with thousands of his fellow-countrymen, not be-
          d) 2                                                        cause he is interested in or attracted by some place, nor because he can af-
                                                                      ford to go but simply because he cannot afford not to. The result is that in
      5. What did they rehearse beforehand?                           the summer months (and in the last few years also during the winter sea-
          a) filling the balloon with gas                             son) everybody is on the move.
          b) ending up in New Zealand or the Pacific Ocean                    What is the aim of all this travelling?
          c) an emergency landing procedure                                   Each nationality has its own different one. The Americans want to
          d) piloting the balloon                                     take photographs of themselves in different places. The idea is simply to
                                                                      collect documentary proof that they have been there. The German travels to
      6. How did Georgina feel in a balloon?                          check up on his guide-books. Why do the English travel? First, because
          a) a bit vulnerable                                         their neighbour does. Secondly, they were taught that travel broadens the
          b) a bit cold                                               mind. But lastly – and perhaps mainly – they travel to avoid foreigners. I
          c) surprisingly light                                       know many English people who travel in groups, stay in hotels where even
          d) scared                                                   the staff is English, eat roast beef and Yorkshire pudding on Sunday and

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