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Souvenirs. Presents.

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Where the tourists dare

To find some really offbeat souvenirs, be ready to search through some places beyond traditional souvenirs shops

Have you ever heard what Russian guides and souvenir sellers think of us tourists? ‘We know what y’all really need: food, WC and souvenirs’, one of the Golden Ring bus tour guides pointed out. Still there is some point in postponing souvenir shopping until you get some time off. I believe that some real artifacts in snowy Russia will definitely be a better catch.

Valenki (felt boots) are daily used by those who need to spend hours outdoors in winter. In addition to a pair of valenki, don’t forget to buy a pair of galoshi (rubber overshoes) to protect your footwear from slush.

Knitted hosiery will do great at warming your feet during and after long trips in cold and nasty weather. Hand-knitted socks of 100 % wool are on sale near most Moscow metro stations.

There’s nothing better than salted cucumbers among Russian lunch snacks; don’t mistake them then for widely popular pickled cucumbers, for the taste is quite different. Salted cucumbers are sold at any local Russian market.

Since time the immemorial samovars were providing Russian tea-lovers with infinite boiling water supply, as a typical samovar contains over 5 liters of water. Do not forget to ask for a samovar pipe. Authentic accessories to your samovar will be a set of glasses and cup-holders (available on sale in antique shops and flea markets).

Dialogue 1 Asking for travel information.

In pairs. Put the dialogue in the right order . Check the tapescript 3-1.

-Single or return?

-When for?

-Oh, standard?

-Hold on a second…right, there’s one at 10.00 from King’s Cross, which

reaches Edinburgh at 3.21, or there’s one at 10.30 which gets in at 4.06.

-Thanks for calling. Bye.

-And how much is it?

-Hello, National Rail Enquires, Tracy speaking, how may I help you?

-Return, please.

-This Sunday, at around 10.00.

-First or standard?

-That’s £66.00, and there are no time restrictions on that ticket.

-Oh, hello, I’d like to ask about trains from London to Edinburgh.

-OK, thanks very much.

b) Imagine you want to get from London to your home town. Make up a dialogue.

A Hello, Eurotravel, How may I help you?

B Hello, I’d like to ask…

At the airport

1. Listen to the airport announcements and complete the chart.

2. Where do you go first when you travel by plane? Put these places in the correct order. Write 1-5 on the left.

_ passport control _

_ baggage reclaim _

_ the check-in desk _

_ he plane _

_ the arrival hall _

_ the departure lounge _

3. Listen to the conversations. Where are they? Write the letter next to the correct place on the right in ex.2.(tapescript 3-2)

4. Travel information

Complete the passage using the verbs: CAN, MUST, MUSTN’T, DON’T HAVE TO

HEATHROW AIRPORT

CAR PARKING You __________ 1 leave your car unattended on roads outside the terminals or the police will remove it. Long-stay car parks for Terminals 1, 2 and 3 are located off the North Perimeter Road.

You ___________2 book in advance as there is always space available.

TAXIS You ___________3 hire a taxi outside the terminal buildings 24 hours a day. If the journey is 20 miles or less, taxi drivers__________4 accept the hire and_________5 charge more than the fare shown on the meter. Four journeys of more than 20 miles, drivers_________6 accept the hire if they don’t want to. But, they ___________7 charge a special rate so you __________8 negotiate the fare before starting the journey.

Dialogue 2 At the customs

Read the dialogues. Present your own dialogues.

P Will, you examine my things?

O Presently, sir, I will ask you to look through these lists in the meantime,

please.

P What lists?

O The Prohibitive Articles List and the Duty-free Quota List. Here there are,

please.

P Thank you.

O What do you have to declare, sir?

P I have nothing that’s listed in this first list.

O What do you have above the fixed quote, sir.

P Well, I didn’t get through the second list, you know. They are both rather

long.

O Will you, please, open your trunks?

P Yes, of course. Here you are.

O What are these things?

P They are for my personal use.

O You have suits above the fixed quote, sir.

P But they are not new.

O All the same. You will have to pay duty on this extra one.

P Well, all right.

O Now I see you have the books.

P Yes, are they prohibited?

O They’ll have to be looked through, sir. I’d ask you to put them aside, please.

P What! Are you going to read them all?

O No, our interpreter will just skip through them, that’s all. Now, what are

these things?

P Oh, only a few trifles for my family. Are they liable to duty, too?

O No, these are not. Well. The examination is over, sir. You may pay the duty

for the suit over there, please.

P Yes, thank you.

O When you bring the receipt, I’ll stamp your luggage, sir.

Wordcheck.

Complete this puzzle about travel and transport and find the key word in 10 down.

Across:

1. What are Charles de Gaulle, JFK, and Gatwick? (8)

2. What can be excess, hand, or lost? (7)

3. What can be valid for ten years, out of date, or British? (9)

4. Where can you be stopped, go through the green channel, or have something to declare? (7)

5. What can land, take off, or crash? (6)

6. What can be derailed, high speed, or late? (6)

7. What can you miss, catch, or change? (7)

8. What can be single, return, or APEX? (7)

9. What can be boarding, business, or credit? (5)

Down: 10. What can be first class, tired, or unaccompanied? (9)

Dialogue 3 Booking a hotel room.

a) Try to complete this dialogue.

Receptionist Good evening madam, how can I help you?

Guest ……………………………………………

Receptionist One moment, I’ll just check.

Guest ……………………………………………

Receptionist How many nights would you like to stay?

Guest …………………………………………..

Receptionist Would you like a single, a double or a twin?

Guest ……………………………………………

Receptionist Yes, we have a double unsuited deluxe.

Guest …………………………………………...

Receptionist For the two nights that’s £250.

Guest ……………………………………………

Receptionist Yes, a continental breakfast.

Guest …………………………………………..

Receptionist Very good. Could you fill in this card, please?

b) Listen. Is your dialogue the same? Check the Tapescript 3-3.

c) Make another hotel dialogue, changing the details above.

d) Listen to this phone conversation. A woman is booking a room at a hotel. Imagine you are a receptionist. Fill in the registration form as you listen. Check the Tapescript 3-4.

Mermaid Hotel

Luton

Registration form

Name ……………………………….

Phone Number………………………

Type of room requested…………….

Dates………………………………..

Special requests…………………….

Car registration……………………..

Time of arrival………………………

Listen again and complete the sentences.

a)……………. how much that’ll cost?

b)……………..your name, please?

c)……………..to leave my car with you?

d)……………..reserve you a place for eight days.

e)…………….the number and make of your car, please?

f)…………….book me another room at the same time, could you?

g)……………now.

Holiday incidents. The holiday from hell

1. Last year Mark and Rosa saved up and booked their dream holiday, in the Caribbean. Read what the holiday brochure said.

• Luxurious hotel close to beautiful sandy beach

• Three swimming pools, tennis, golf and water sports

• Three beach bars and first class restaurants

• Average temperatures 28 to 30 C; average hours of sunshine per day 8 to 9 hours

• Flying time eight and a half hours

• Airport fifteen minutes by bus from the hotel

2. Work in pairs and act out the following conversation

A is Mark / Rosa. Tell a friend about the holiday you are planning. (Invent any details that you do not know from the brochure above).

B is Mark / Rosa’s friend. Ask about the holiday.

Where are you going?

What’s the hotel like?

How long is the journey?

3. Unfortunately, the holiday was awful. In fact, Mark and Rosa appeared on a programme called Holidays in Hell to describe it. You will hear the story in two parts.

1. Listen to part 1 and list the problems they mentioned.

2. What do you think happened next? Listen to part 2 and check.

4. Listen and answer the following questions below. Check tapescript 3-5.

Part 1: complete the sentences.

1. The holiday cost…………each.

2. They went in the month of………..because the brochure said………… .

3. Their flight was delayed because……………. .

4. The flight was ………..hours late.

5. They couldn’t fly to San Antonio because………… .

6. They flew to………..instead.

Part 2: true or false?

1. The Hotel Paradiso was a typical five-star hotel.

2. There was a sandy beach next to the hotel.

3. The swimming pool was empty.

4. They had vegetables for breakfast.

5. There were lots of ants in the bowl of lettuce.

6. The most frightening part of the holiday was the flight to San Antonio.

7. They arrived in San Antonio five days late.

h) Hurricane George never got to San Antonio.

5. a) Work in pairs. Mark and Rosa are talking to their friend again after the holiday. Start the conversation like this:

A: So, did you have a nice holiday?

B: No, it was awful. It was a nightmare!

A: Why? What happened?

b) What do you think was the worst part of the holiday?

6. a) Holidays. Choose an adjective from the box to match one of the definitions below.

crowded fantastic luxurious tasty lively polluted disgusting boiling lovely peaceful relaxing terrible wet windy sand

1. beautiful and enjoyable

2. very comfortable, beautiful and expensive

3. extremely hot

4. very unpleasant, making you feel sick

5. cheerful and active

6. pleasant and making you feel calm and comfortable

7. damaged by dangerous chemicals or gases, etc.

8. when the wind is very strong

9. good to eat and drink

10. very bad or unpleasant

11. extremely good

12. too full of people or things

13. calm and quiet

14. covered in sand

15. rainy

b) Complete the gaps with an adjective from the box in part a.

1. “Did you have a good holiday?” “Oh, yes! It was absolutely_______!

2. I really enjoyed the food when we visited Japan. We had a dish called teriyaki which was very_________.

3. My grandmother was a __________ person: everyone in the village liked her.

4. Always take an umbrella when you go out: the weather is often ________ in October.

5. It was so _______ during the night that a number of trees fell down.

6. At the weekend, the beach got so__________ there was nowhere for us to sit.

7. San Clemento is a very ________ town: there are hundreds of bars and restaurants, and plenty of night life.

8. Don’t try to walk anywhere in the afternoon – the temperature is sometimes 40 º- absolutely ________!

9. For me, there is nothing more __________ than a sauna.

10. Unfortunately, the lake near the industrial plant is now so _________ that all the fish have died.

11. We stayed in a cabin in the mountains, far from any roads or towns. It was very _________.

12. The Hotel Metropole is a five-star hotel; one of the most _________ hotels in the city.

13. If you walk down the path, there’s a _________ beach where you can go swimming or just relax.

14. We had a very enjoyable time in Dublin, but unfortunately the weather was _________ - cold and wet!

15. This fish is over a week old. It smells _____!