Travelling

Transport Places to go AbroadAt home Purpose Business Tourism With whom When

PEOPLE MAY TRAVEL BY AIR,BY RAILWAY,BY SEA,BY ROAD AND CERTAINLY ON FOOT.

Travelling abroad Arguments against travelling abroad  A lot of places to visit in your own country You don't need  to buy tickets and think of time-tables  to reserve tickets  to carry heavy suitcases You don’t have  to wait at airports and railway stations  to think of rucksacks and suitcases You can  speak your own language  choose your favourite food  to make your relatives wait for you and worry  to be always near you (your family and best friends)  to be polluted and dangerous for health (a lot of places) It’s no use going abroad

Travelling abroad Arguments in favour of going abroad  do discover new places in other countries  to be a part of people’s education  to teach people about art and culture  to teach people to be understanding  to broaden the mind  to help people to relax sometimes  to make friends with interesting people  can help to improve the knowledge of foreign languages  can help practice speaking English  to accept English as a new means of communication  to learn more about other countries and their traditions  to have an opportunity to go sightseeing

English-speaking countries

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The Сhannel Tunnel

Oxford The Oldest University Town

Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare`s birthplace

Cardiff The Capital of Wales

Edinburgh The Capital of Scotland

Stonehenge a prehistoric monument

“Manchester United”

“The Beatles”

London

The London tube

The Thames

London double-decker

London EYE

The Clock Tower (Big Ben)

The Houses of Parliament (Westminster Palace)

The Tower of London

Buckingham palace

Westminster Abbey

St. Paul`s Cathedral

Listen to the announcement and circle the right sentences A.1. If passengers flying to Washington return their tickets in half an hour, they can get their money back. 2. The boarding for flight to Washington may be announced in thirty minutes. B.1. The time of flight J 48 for Paris has been changed. The plane will take off at 8 o'clock. 2. Passengers of flight J 48 should go to gate number eight. C.1. It's very easy to get from Florence Airport to Florence Railway station by bus. The buses leave every half-hour. 2. It's not far from Florence Airport to Florence Railway station, but the buses go there only once every six hours. D.1. If you are not sure where to get off, you can ask the bus driver 2. Passengers are not allowed to ask the bus driver any questions.

There are fifty stated in the USA. Two of them, Alaska and Hawaii, are not connected to the other states. Over the last four hundred years millions of people have come to start a new life in this “New World”. The USA is situated in North America. It is a young country. It’s written history is only a few hundreds years old. It is sometimes called the “New World”.

In territory of the USA it is possible to find out both hot droughty deserts, and damp evergreen forests, both severe mountain landscapes, and boundless open spaces of the grassed plains or dense woods.

The capital of USA since It is located on the Potomac river.

The official president residence.

A monument to the first president of the USA, George Washington.

The largest city in the USA

Statue of Liberty is on Freedom island. The goddess of freedom holds a torch in the right hand and a table in the left. The inscription on a table says «JULY IV MDCCLXXVI», date of signing of the Declaration of independence. One foot "Freedom" costs on the broken fetters.

The most famous skyscraper in the world.

A suspension bridge which connects a city of San Francisco in the north of peninsula San Francisco and a southern part of district of Marinas, near the suburb Sausalito.

A sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota.

A theme park located in Anaheim, California.

The Unknown Southern Land

the smallest continent the largest island the Pacific Ocean the Indian Ocean

The Most Extraordinary country

The koalas

The dingoes

The kangaroos

Australia has a lot of sights to visit

Sydney

The capital of Australia is Canberra