Discuss these questions with a partner.
1 Are you creative, e.g. can you sing, draw, paint, dance, etc.?
2 Which famous creative people do you know or like?
Read the text quickly. Write down two interesting things you remember. Compare with other students.
Are these sentences true or false, or does the text not say?
1 Frida Kahlo had a good education.
2 She had two very bad experiences when she was young.
3 She was on a tram when a bus crashed into it.
4 She started painting when she met Diego Rivera.
5 She travelled a lot in Mexico.
6 People didn't think that she was a talented painter.
4. Find words in the text that mean:
1 physically harmed something
2 becoming healthy again (e.g. after an illness or accident)
3 feeling pleased about your actions, your family or your country because they are good or successful
4 the study of ideas about life and how people should live
5 looked at something and thought that it was very good
What do you think about Frida Kahlo? Would you like to know more about her? Would you like to see more of her paintings? Why / Why not?
Think about some important events in your life. What happened? Did they change your life in any way? Tell your partner.
What Russian artists do you know? Describe their works. Which museums are their works displayed at? Make a report.
Make a presentation on the famous Russian, British and other artists’ works.
UNIT 8. TRAVEL AND TOURISM
A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
George Moore, 1852-1933, Irish novelist
LESSON 1
VOCABULARY
Complete the questions with the words in the box.
| destinations travel journey abroad trip package home |
1 What's the furthest you have travelled from home?
2 Have you ever been ………? Where did you go to?
3 Have you ever been on a business…..? Where to?
4 Do you like …..holidays where everything is arranged for you? Why / Why not?
5 What is the longest….. you have been on?
6 Do you think that……. broadens the mind? Why /Why not?
7 What are the most popular…….for people from your country?
In pairs or small groups, ask each other the questions.
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Listen to Nadia, a Swedish student who has travelled a lot. Tick (/) the questions in Exercise 1 which she answers.
Listen again and make notes on her answers to the questions she answers from Exercise 1. Are they similar to your answers?
Complete the reasons for travelling with the words in the box.
| broaden experience explore find get meet learn see become |
People travel in order to...
| 1. | ____________ see ______________ | new sights. |
| 2. | _____________________________ | different cultures |
| 3. | _____________________________ | a new language. |
| 4. | _____________________________ | themselves. |
| 5. | _____________________________ | more independent. |
| 6. | _____________________________ | away from it all |
| 7. | _____________________________ | new people. |
| 8. | _____________________________ | new places. |
| 9. | _____________________________ | new skills. |
| 10. | _____________________________ | their horizons. |
Work with a partner. How important are the different reasons, do you think? What are the three most important? Why?
READING
Work with a partner to discuss the following.
1. What's the difference between a tourist and a traveller?
2. How much of your own country have you visited?
3. Is it possible to travel without leaving home?
Read the article quickly and choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph. (There are two extra headings.)
a) Virtual tourism d) Holiday at home
b) Tourist or traveller? e) Holiday problems
c) Most popular destinations
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
1 Getting away from it all?
1 _________________________________________________________________
What's the difference between travel and tourism? Well, being a traveller is more than just being a holidaymaker. Л holiday is just a short time away, and it normally involves relaxation. Tourists stay in holiday resorts, not travellers. Travellers go lor the experience and their journeys are usually much longer and more challenging. For example, travellers tend to avoid tourist traps and like to go off the beaten track to discover new places. Travel is an age-old phenomenon, but tourism is a relatively recent invention. Thomas Cook is often described as the first travel agent because he arranged the first ‘package tour’: a 19-kilometre trip for 500 people, in 1841.
2 _________________________________________________________________
Going' overseas in order to experience a different way of life is what many people think of as travel, but travel does not necessarily mean going abroad. How many people can say they have visited every part of their own country? Many people who live in vast countries such as Russia and the USA have only visited a small part of their own country, and so domestic travel is also very exciting. It’s a surprising fact that about 75 percent of US citizens do not own a passport, so travelling does not mean leaving the country for them.
3________________________________________________________________
Some people can’t travel or don’t like the physical reality of travelling to faraway destinations. These days it is easy to be an ‘armchair traveller’. People can visit distant corners of the world or even little known parts of their own country without leaving their living rooms. Television documentaries make the world a small place and some people argue that travel is no longer necessary'. Perhaps soon people will use interactive computer programmes and virtual travel will become common. Enthusiasts argue that by doing this we will have all the benefits of travel without the inconvenience.
‘How many people can say they have visited every part of their own country?’