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Visa – a) a credit card issued by Visa inc. b)a document issued by a country's government allowing the holder to enter that country c) a French independent record label
Aussie – a) in common financial parlance what Australian dollar is called b) slang for a person with autism c) a slang term for (an) Australian
PM – a) project manager b) personal message c) prime minister
Insurance – a) protection against financial failure b) a score that increases a team's lead enough to prevent the opposing team from tying the game with one more score c) the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc., against specified possibilities, such as death, loss, or damage
Re – a) In reference to; in the case of; concerning (Latin) b) renewable energy c) alternate spelling for an ancient Egyptian god Ra
apply – a) to refer (a word, epithet, etc.) to a person or thing b) to request or seek assistance, admission etc c) to put to practical use
input – a) a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information b) energy, work, or power used to drive a machine c) a statement or remark that calls attention to something or someone
hassling – a) to argue or fight b) provoke by constant criticism c) to trouble or bother
D) Discuss the questions below in pairs.
How many questions are asked? How many of them are answered? What questions got more than one reply? What are the most common questions? Do you have any of these questions on your list?
A) Could you answer any of the questions in the forum? Would you make a good destination expert on Belarus?
b) Work in small groups. Provide your significant input! Answer the questions in the forum and the questions on your list about Belarus.
Note: Be creative. Recommend the sources the tourists can apply for information to if you don’t know the answer. Use your personal experience to give recommendations. Don’t sound too formal.
LESSON 7: GET YOURSELF AN AGENT
| Active vocabulary:travel agent |
| Communicative area: at the travel agency |
Look at the cartoons below. In pairs discuss what happened to tourists and why they have got themselves into trouble. What should they have done in order to be prepared for their trips? (илл. 7.7.1 -7.7.3)
A) Listen to Marylin Wexler and David Sierge talking about their jobs as travel agents. How different is their work? Is their attitude to work similar or different?
B) Work in pairs. Did Marylin or David mention the following? According to the interviews what do these words have to do with the job of a travel agent?
fare, concierge, complainers, Internet, Oprah show, F.B.I. agent, language lessons, international community, family reunion, Chlorophobia
C) Listen again and check.
Complete the summaries of the interviews below.
Marylin Wexler has been a travel agent for (1) years. Her work used to be very different because today people can do part of the travel agent’s job themselves using the (2). Today she gets more challenging tasks, like a 13 family members’ (3) or an Arctic Circle trip. Most of work comes from twenty regular clients, who are (4) on travelling and trust Marylin’s opinion. She loves the (5) she works for and professional colleagues are her best source of information.
Marylin considers her (6) to be the best part of her job, though some can be rather unpredictable. Most of them (7) Marylin’s work and even send her souvenirs.
David Sierge’s job is arranging (8) trips. He agrees that his job is one of the (9) in the word and the reasons for it are the following. He doesn’t bring (10) home from work, because there’s actually nothing to be stressed about. His job is to help people make their lives better by bringing their (11) to life and that makes David feel excited. Even the (12) do not trouble David. He’s eager to help the ones that have real problems and doesn’t bother with the unpleasant people (13) with their lives. One more plus of David’s job is everyday (14) communication, which proves to him that the world is small.
Look at the phrases below. Are they used by travel agents or their clients?
Welcome to Happy Trails Travel Agency. Are you travelling alone? What is the purpose of your trip? What holidays do you have on offer? I need help planning my vacation. I have some brochures here that you might like to look at. Could you tell me something about it? And how long does the tour last? Sure, what do you want to know? When is the man's departure date? How much money is in your budget for this trip? What tour would you recommend? Great! You’ve been very helpful. OK, let me just take down your details. That’s my job! Take care!
A) You are going to role-play a conversation at the travel agency. Get your cards from the teacher. You have 3 minutes to prepare for the conversation.
B) Role-play the conversation in pairs.
LESSON 8: A SOUND OF THUNDER
| Communicative area: inferring meaning from context |
Read the nursery rhyme. Choose the correct idea(s) behind it.
For Want of a Nail
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
a) It’s used to explain children the possible events that may follow a thoughtless act.
b) It shows that small actions can result in large aftereffect.
c) The rhyme is thus a good illustration of the "butterfly effect", a small change at one place can result in large differences to a later state.
A) Read an excerpt from A Sound of Thunder, a short story written in 1952 by an American science fiction and mystery writer Ray Bradbury. Discuss the questions that follow in pairs.
The sign on the wall seemed to quaver under a film of sliding warm water. Eckels felt his eyelids blink over his stare, and the sign burned in this momentary darkness:
TIME SAFARI, INC.
SAFARIS TO ANY YEAR IN THE PAST.
YOU NAME THE ANIMAL.
WE TAKE YOU THERE.
YOU SHOOT IT.
Warm phlegm gathered in Eckels' throat; he swallowed and pushed it down. The muscles around his mouth formed a smile as he put his hand slowly out upon the air, and in that hand waved a check for ten thousand dollars to the man behind the desk.
"Does this safari guarantee I come back alive?"
"We guarantee nothing," said the official, "except the dinosaurs." He turned. "This is Mr. Travis, your Safari Guide in the Past. He'll tell you what and where to shoot. If he says no shooting, no shooting. If you disobey instructions, there's a stiff penalty of another ten thousand dollars, plus possible government action, on your return."
