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| driving force | движущая сила |
| to shine out from the grey routines | отдохнуть от серых будней (зд.) |
| to forget the stresses | не думать о стрессах |
| to discover different ways of life | знакомиться с разными образами жизни |
| to travel by many different modes of transport | путешествовать различными видами транспорта |
| Quite a difference! | Есть разница! |
| the feeling of being high above everything | ощущение высоты |
| my ears pop on take off | во время взлета у меня закладывает уши |
| feeling of nausea (a wave of nausea) | чувство тошноты (приступ тошноты) |
| the air pressure changes | перепады давления |
| aircraft food | еда в самолете |
| one of the advantages of … over …. is | одно из преимуществ … перед … |
| to leave …. for… | ехать (лететь) из… в… |
| reasonable price | приемлемая, умеренная цена |
| to get a last minute place on a flight | купить «горящие» путевки |
| to be stuck in the seat | быть прикованным к месту |
| to book a hotel in advance | забронировать гостиницу заранее |
| to keep up with the timetable | не выбиться из расписания |
| to have an accident | попасть в катастрофу |
| to board / take a ferry | переправляться на пароме |
Exercise1.
Match the highlighted words or word combinations in the text with their definitions.
1. a long line of vehicles that cannot move forward because there is too much traffic, or because the road is blocked by something;
2. the usual series of things that you do at a particular time;
3. an act of traveling from one place to another;
4. a comfortably equipped single-decker bus used for longer journeys;
5. able to be used or obtained; at someone's disposal;
6. a road accident in which a lot of vehicles crash into each other;
7. airplane, helicopter, or other machine capable of flight;
8. something which someone has succeeded in doing, especially after a lot of effort;
9. a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position;
10. the activity of visiting places of interest in a particular location;
11. the suitcases and bags that you take with you when travel.
Exercise2.
