Тема: Why do people travel? Top reasons why people travel

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Тема: Why do people travel? Top reasons why people travel.

Мета: ознайомити студентів із перевагами, які надають подорожі, збагатити словниковий запас, розвивати інтелект студентів, їх логічне мислення, кмітливість; вміння логічно і обґрунтовано висловлювати свою думку; закріпити граматичний матеріал.

Read and translate the text, choosing one of the words in brackets, do the tasks given bellow:

Why do people travel? Top reasons why people travel.

Traveling pauses your monotonous life and brings calmness to it. Travel can range from a small evening stroll to long holidays. Since the (discovery, invention) of automobiles traveling has been much easier and much more people go for leisure trips (this, this’, these) days. One can have breakfast, lunch and dinner in three different countries without much stress. It’s a big world and with lots to explore people find different (applications, motivations, notifications) to travel. Traveling is one of the most favorite hobbies of people around the world. But why they like to travel and how they enjoy the traveling (expenses, examinations, experience, exercises) is not the same. There are many anti travel sentiments which stop one from traveling but then you are missing out on many things. Here are the top reasons why people travel.

New perspective: Traveling (allows, is allowing) one to see the world. In this way we can appreciate it and point of view changes because the (mass media, mass medias, mass medium) portrayed a different image. Seeing it for yourself brings a healthy dose of reality to your so-called higher thinking. Getting a new perspective or image is one of the most rewarding aspects of travel. Its important to know the reality and that can be achieved only through travel. Someone else’s opinion may differ on a place and you can have a totally different (exercise, experience, expense) for the same place. Whether you go a state over or halfway around the world, what you experience outside your daily world will help you see that there is much more to do in life than what’s on your to-do list.

Learning: It is said that a man can never stop learning (for, at, of, in) his life. Life is actually short to have (knowledge, knowledges) about everything possible, but travel provides you the (opportunity, oportunity, opportunity) to gain some of this knowledge from around the world about cultures, people, places and food. Travel is a great way to learn about yourself and (others, other, other’s) not to mention get a crash course in totally new ways of doing things. You can pick up new languages, try new and interesting food, learn about other cultures and gain insight into new customs you’ve never seen or taken part in. Seeing the world provides a source of education absolutely impossible to get in school, teaching you things like economy, politics, history, geography and sociology.

Meeting new people: Travel gives you the opportunity to get out there and meet far more people than you would at home. Meeting and discovering new people is one of the most interesting (benefits, changes, plans) of travelling. You can find friends for life type of people. Its really great for someone who finds it difficult to find friends and may meet people of his opinions in some other part of the world. People you meet while travelling usually (become, becomes) some of the most valued ones in your address book, giving you points on the map to visit. These folks give you a glimpse outside your hometown circle of friends, forcing you into new and refreshing perspectives on things in this world to explore.

Adventure: The burning (desire, need, want) to explore this world inside still exists among travelers these days. With adventure comes excitement and (total, totally) adventure we do not always mean to venture into the unknown but facing all the challenges instead of choosing a simpler path for destiny during an excursion. The need (of, about, for) adventure is immanent, travel lets you tap into it.

Bucket List: is a list of places where one wishes to visit before (dead, dye, death). Many of these bucketlist sights are the main tourist attractions of a country.

Family time: In this fast paced and busy life (way, mode, type, style) of today a person has to be self centered at times. He is not even able to spend some time with his family and friends. Travelling can be the best way to take some time out and be with your spouse and kids. This would bring the family further close together and there won’t be any complains from family members further up about family time.

Work: Work seems to be the most (common, comonn) reason for which people travel. According (with, about, to) job needs employee travels from places to places.

Complete the following sentences:

1.  It is said that a man can never stop learning Traveling is one of the most favorite hobbies of people around the world.

2.  The need … is immanent, travel lets you tap into it.

3.  … is a list of places where one wishes to visit before ....

4.  While travelling you can pick up new…, try new and interesting …, learn about other cultures and gain insight into new customs you’ve never seen or taken part in.

5.  Travel gives you the … to get out there and meet far more people than you would at home.

6.  Traveling pauses your monotonous life and brings calmness to it.

7.  … is one of the most rewarding aspects of travel.

8.  Travel is a great way to learn about yourself and …

9.  … give you a glimpse outside your hometown circle of friends, forcing you into new and refreshing perspectives on things in this world to explore.

10.  Travelling would bring the … further close together and there won’t be any complains from family members further up about family time.

Enumerate and explain the reasons of travelling. Do you like to travel? Why?

Grammar revision:

1. Оберіть правильний варіант:

1. I don’t eat (much, many) mangoes. 2. Не eats (much, many) fish. 3. She ate so (much, many) dessert that she is in bed today with a stomachache. 4. That man drank so (much, many) wine, and he smoked so (much, many) cigarettes that he has a terrible headache today. 5. Mary must not eat too (much, many) salt because she has problems with her blood pressure. 6. My mother says I eat too (much, many) French fries and drink too (much, many) beer. She wants her son to be healthy. 7. There is not too (much, many) space in my flat. 8. There are (much, many) new pictures in this room. 9. There are (much, many) teachers at our school, and (much, many) of them are women. 10. (much, many) of these plays are quite new. 11. Thanks awfully for the books you sent me yesterday. – Don’t mention it, it wasn’t (much, many) bother. 12. (much, many) of her advice was useful. 13. He had (much, many) pairs of socks. 14. Please don’t put (much, many) pepper on the meat. 15. There were (much, many) plates on the table. 16. I never eat (much, many) bread with soup. 17. Why did you eat so (much, many) ice cream? 18. She wrote us (much, many) letters from the country. 19. (much, many) of these students don't like to look up words in the dictionary. 20. (much, many) in this work was too difficult for me. 21. (much, many) of their answers were excellent. 22. (much, many) of their conversation was about the institute.

2. Оберіть правильний варіант:

l. Не has got (little, few) friends. 2. I drink (little, few) coffee. I don’t like it. 3. We must hurry. We’ve got very (little, few) time. 4. There are very (little, few) scholarships for students in this university. 5. The Smiths have (little, few) money. They aren’t rich. 6. The theatre was almost empty. There were very (little, few) people there. 7. There was (little, few) lemonade in the bottle. There were (little, few) peaches in the basket. 8. I have (little, few) time, so I can’t go with you. 9. He has (little, few) English books. 10. There is (little, few) ink in my pen. Have you got any ink? 11. There are (little, few) bears in the zoo. 12. Tom Canty was the son of poor parents and had very (little, few) clothes. 13. There is too (little, few) soup in my plate. Give me some more, please. 14. The children returned from the wood very sad because they had found very (little, few) mushrooms. 15. There was too light in the room, and I could not read. 16. There are very (little, few) people who don’t know that the Earth is round.

Оберіть правильний варіант і перекладіть речення:

1. When we walked (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) farther down the road, we met another group of students. 2. Have you got (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) ink in your pen? 3. At the conference we met (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) people whom we knew well. 4. There are very (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) old houses left in our street. Most of them have already been pulled down. 5. If you have (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) spare time, look through this book. You will find (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) stories there which are rather interesting. 6. There are (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) things here which I cannot understand. 7. Shall I bring (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) more chalk? — No, thank you. There is (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) chalk on the desk. I hope that will be enough for our lesson 8. He had (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) English books at home, so he had to go to the library for more books. 9. She gave him (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) water to wash his hands and face. 10. I’ d like to say (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) words about my journey. 11. After the play everybody felt tired. 12. Let's stay here longer: it is such a nice place. 13. There werem (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) new words the text, and Peter spent (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) time learning them. 14. There was (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) hay in the barn, and the children could not play there. 15. There was (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) water in the river, and they decided to cross it. 16. My mother knows German (much, many, little, few, a little, a few) and she can help you with the translation of this letter.