Why do you travell?

Here are some opinions about travelling:

"I like to travel! It's just great! Travelling offers sense of freedom!"

Renee, 19

"Travelling becomes more and more dangerous..."

Elizabeth, 64

"Usually I travel to relax and to learn something new..."

Stuart, 28

"I'm sure that most people travel out of snobbery..."

Mary, 35

So you see that many men — many minds, what do you think about travelling?

• Do you like to travel?

• Why do you travel?

• Do you believe that travelling is dangerous?

• Is it expensive?

• Is it your hobby?

Why do people travel?

• People like to travel…

• в одиночестве alone

• с друзьями with friends

• с родителями with parents

• с собакой with a dog

• с дедушкой / бабушкой with grandparents

• Usually they travel…

• по делам on business

• ради удовольствия for pleasure

• в поисках приключений in search of adventures

• из любопытства from curiosity

• чтобы увидеть красоту мира to see the beauty of the world

• When they travel they like to…..

• ходить по магазинам go shopping

• встречаться с новыми людьми meet new people

• заводить новых друзей make new friends

• осматривать достопримечательности go sightseeing

• изучать традиции других стран learn traditions of other countries

Why do people travel?

• Because travelling is…

восхитительное exciting

полезное useful

замечательное fascinating

приносящее удовольствие enjoyable

полезное для здоровья good for health

• But sometimes it can be…

приносящее разочарование disappointing

дорогое expensive

опасное dangerous

хлопотное troublesome

утомительное tiring

• And still travelling…

расширяет кругозор broadens our mind/outlook

дает жизненный опыт gives us life experience

оставляет незабываемые впечатления leaves unforgettable impressions

помогает исследовать мир helps us explore the world

позволяет лучше понять других людей allows us to understand other

people better

Agree or disagree with the following statements; the examples in the box may be helpful

- Businessmen usually travel from curiosity.

- No, you're wrong. Businessmen don't travel from curiosity.

They usually travel on business.

• Teenagers usually travel with their parents.
• Lonely people like to travel alone.
• Tourists always travel on business.
• When young people travel they like to make new friends and go sightseeing

- Small children usually travel with parents or with grandparents.

- Yes? You are right. Small children usually travel with parents or with grandparents.

• Travelling is useful, enjoyable and good for health.
• Usually travelling is dangerous and expensive.
• Sometimes travelling can be disappointing and tiring.
• People like to travel because it gives us life experience and helps us explore the world.
• Travelling broadens our mind.

Businessman

Here are some character-sketches of different people. They express their attitude about travelling. Try to guess who these people are and choose from the box.

A couch potato

A professor of History

An experienced traveler

1. He likes to travel alone or with his students. They travel from curiosity. They like to see the beauty of the world and learn traditions of other countries. They think that travelling is fascinating and enjoyable. It broad­ens our mind and allows us to under­stand other people better.

3. He likes to travel alone or with his friends. Usually travels for pleasure or in search of adventures. When travels he likes to go sightseeing or explore unknown places. He believes that travelling is exciting and gives life experience.

2. He doesn’t like to travel at all. He believes that it’s better to stay at home? Because travelling is dangerous, troublesome and expensive.

4. Usually he travels alone on business. When e travels he likes to meet new people. He thinks that travelling is useful but sometimes it’s a bit tiring.

Let’s check!

• A professor of History
• A couch potato
• An experienced traveller
• Businessman

And now try to find five words which are misspelt:

• travvel • useful • expensive

• outlook • exciting • plesure

• alone • shoping • dangerous

• piople • besides • world

• sightseeing • experiense • like

Let’s check!

• travel
• people
• shopping
• experience
• pleasure

Here are two opinions about travelling. Different people characterize travelling differently. Look and find which four of the surrounding words in each group cannot go with the word in the centre.

terrific

dangerous

exciting

slow

expensive

enjoyable

pretty

disappointing

uninteresting

great

Travelling

Travelling

interesting

tiring

windy

healthy

cold

useful

awful

amazing

stormy

fantastic

troublesome

clever

Let’s check!

terrific slow

healthy cold

pretty windy

clever stormy

Work in pairs. Ask your partner some questions. Find out his/her opinion about travelling. Then tell as a few words about your partner. What does he/she think about travelling? You may use the following plan:

My partner’s name is ________

He/she likes to travel _________

When he/she travels he/she likes to ________

He/she thinks that travelling is __________