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Planning a Holiday
More and more people take holidays abroad every year, and a recent sociological survey has shown that they would rather cut back spending on food and clothing during the year than spend less on holidays. Choosing the ideal holiday is not always easy, but in these days and age there is a wide range of choice, and you should be able to find something to suit your taste and pocket.
Some people like planning their holiday independently, while others prefer to book a package. It depends on where you are going, how much money you have, and whether you are travelling alone or with friends or family.
The obvious advantage of a package holiday is that it is simple to organize. You book the holiday through a travel agent and transport, insurance and accommodation are all arranged for you. All you have to do is pay the bill. If you take an independent holiday you can spend a lot of time and a small fortune
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checking complicated timetables and trying to make hotel bookings in a language -
you can’t even speak. What is more, package holidays are often incredibly cheap. For the price of a suit, you can have a fortnight in a foreign resort, including
accommodation, meals and air travel. A similar independent holiday can work out much more expensive. Yet the advantages of planning your holiday yourself are considerable. You are free to choose exactly where and when you want to go, how you want to travel and how long you want to stay. You can avoid the large resorts, whereas holiday-makers on package tours are often trapped among crowds of other tourists. You can eat the food of the region at reasonable prices in local restaurants, while they are served with international dishes and chips with everything. Besides, although package holidays are usually extremely good value for money, they are not always cheaper. If you are willing to take a little trouble, you may be able to save money by fixing up a foreign holiday yourself.
All things considered, what kind of holidays would you choose?
Statements
1. Most holiday makers choose not to economize on there holidays.
2. Everybody knows which holiday is ideal for him.
3. Both independent and package holidays are simple to organize.
4. Independent holidays are always cheaper than package tours.
5. Package tours give holiday-makers less freedom of choice.
XY. Match the beginnings of the sentences with their endings below.
1. Tourism should always be looked at __________.
2. Due to tourism _________.
3. Foreign tourists are usually prepared ___________.
4. Building new hotels, adventure parks and recreation areas ___________.
5. Tourism can be regarded beneficial __________.
a) to spend a lot of money on accommodation, food and entertainment.
b) may lead to destroying natural environment.
c) in relation to a country’s economy.
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d) only if it is properly controlled by the country’s government.
e) new jobs in hotels, restaurants, museums and other places of interest are created.
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ЗМІСТОВИЙ МОДУЛЬ № 8
Environmental Protection
Pre-reading activity.
Read and learn the topical vocabulary.
To confirm підтверджувати
Ecological ruin екологічне руйнування
To compete змагатися
Vehicle транспортний засіб
To discharge випускати
Sewage стічні води
Garbage сміття
To recycle повторно використовувати
To convert перетворювати
To raise voice in defense виступати у захист природи
Purification plant очисн(ий) а установка (завод)
Vanishing animals зникаючі тварини
Habitat природне місце існування
Poisonous air отруйний
Fuel паливо
Rainforest тропічний ліс
Species вид (и)
Waste відходи
I. Read the text. Translate it into Ukrainian.
Sociologists consider that environmental pollution is one of the most burning problems of our time. Today ecology and problems of environmental protection are widely discussed by sociologists all over the world. Recent sociological research demonstrates that the environment influences man and, on the contrary, society influences nature. Various types of human social activity
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depend on environmental conditions. Sociologists confirm that exploitation of nature will result in ecological ruin.
Nature has its rights and it is the duty of man to respect and to defend these rights. It is necessary to do programs of the protection of nature. All countries must take part in these programs.
The World Ocean and atmosphere belong to all nations equally. Therefore ecological problems have become truly international. If countries and nations compete let them compete in preserving the beauty of nature, in protecting the environment against the pressure of civilization.
Pollution from factories is not the only problem. Motor vehicles and aircraft pollute the air. Oil tankers pollute the sea. Many city governments discharge sewage into their rivers and leave mountains of garbage in the countryside. Yet all of this could be avoided, with a little imagination. There are engines, which don’t cause air pollution. Garbage can be recycled and sewage can be converted to energy. Private companies won’t make the necessary investments. This money really has to come from the government.
