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A.V. Unit 2 Travel
Unit 2.1
Travel nouns:
- travel (uncount.) - the general term to describe going from one place to another
travels - time spent travelling, especially in foreign countries and for pleasure
*The novel is based on his travels in India.
- journey - one single piece of travel: the distance covered when travelling from one place to another. Journey can refer to a long distance or to a short regular one.
*How long did your journey take? *How long is your journey to work? Just about 20 minutes.
*a long and difficult journey across the mountains
- trip - going to another place (often for a short period of time) and usually back again, for a purpose, business or pleasure. Usually involves more than one single journey.
*day trip, round trip, business trip, a five-minute trip by taxi
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Trip or journey?
- a trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way
- a trip is often shorter than a journey, although it does not have to be:
*a trip to New York *a round-the-world trip
- it is often short in time, even if it is long in distance
- journey is more often used when the travelling takes a long time and is difficult
- in AmE journey is not used for short trips:
*(BrE) What is your journey to work like?
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- tour /tʊə/ (of/round/around sth) - a journey made for pleasure during which several different places/ towns/countries, etc. are visited
package tour - a holiday/vacation that is organised by a company at a fixed price and that includes the cost of travel, hotels, etc.
- voyage /ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/- a long journey, not necessarily for pleasure, by sea or in space
*The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage (=first journey).
- cruise /kruːz/ - a journey by sea, visiting different places, especially as a holiday/vacation
*I'd love to go on a round-the-world cruise. *a luxury cruise ship
- outing - a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day
*The children were on a day's outing from school.
- hike - a long walk in the country
- camping - living in a tent on holiday/vacation
*Do you go camping?
- expedition - an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known
*to plan/lead/go on an expedition to the North Pole
- be on / go on a trip/ journey / tour/cruise
- make a trip / journey / tour
- take a trip
- accommodation (uncount.) - a place to live, work or stay in
*Hotel accommodation is included in the price of your holiday.
- to argue - to give reasons why you think that sth is right/wrong, true/not true, etc, especially to persuade people that you are right
*He was too tired to argue the point (=discuss the matter).
*He argued that they needed more time to finish the project.
- benefit - an advantage that sth gives you
- be aware of sth /əˈweə/ - know or realise sth
- be enthusiastic about sth /ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪk/
*You don't sound very enthusiastic about the idea.
- be pleased with sth / to do sth
- broaden the mind
- broaden someone’s horizons /həˈraɪzn/
- challenging - difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability
- convenience /kənˈviːniəns/ - the quality of being useful, easy or suitable for somebody
inconvenience /ˌɪnkənˈviːniəns/ - trouble or problems
*We apologize for the delay and regret any inconvenience it may have caused.
- common /ˈkɒmən/ - happening often; existing in large numbers or in many places
- custom /ˈkʌstəm/ (of doing sth) - an accepted way of behaving / of doing things in a society
customs - таможня
- destination - a place to which sb/sth is going or being sent
- distant - far away in space or time
- documentary /ˌdɒkjuˈmentri/- a film or tv programme giving facts about sth
- domestic - inside a particular country; not foreign or international
*domestic flights (=to and from places within a country)
- explore sth - to travel to/around an area/country in order to learn about it
- experience (different cultures)
- fascinating /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/ - extremely interesting and attractive
- find oneself somewhere - to discover yourself doing sth or in a particular situation, especially when this is unexpected
*I suddenly found myself running down the street.
- get away from it all – to escape from sth
- holidaymaker - a person who is visiting a place on holiday/vacation
- holiday resort
- inoculation /ɪˌnɒkjuˈleɪʃn/ - прививка
have/take inoculations
- insurance /ɪnˈʃʊərəns/ - страховка
insurance policy - a written contract between a person and an insurance company
comprehensive travel insurance
take out/buy/get travel insurance
- involve - if a situation/event/activity involves sth, that thing is an important or necessary part or result of it
*The job involves me travelling all over the country.
- get on / along with sb - to have a friendly relationship with sb
*We get along just fine together.
- at least
- overseas / to go overseas
- off the beaten track – 1) far away from other people, houses, etc; 2) unusual
- perks - special benefits that are given to people who have a particular job (a company car, private medical insurance, etc)
- to see the sights
- terrifying – extremely frightening
- tourist trap - a place that attracts a lot of tourists and where food, drink, entertainment, etc. is more expensive than normal
- vast /vɑːst/ - extremely large
Unit 2.2
Phrasal verbs:
- carry on sth / with sth / doing sth - continue
- check in / out
- get back
- get in - to arrive at a place
- get to
- lift off – (of a spacecraft or a helicopter) to leave the ground and rise into the air
- look round / around - to visit a place or building, walking around it to see what is there
*Let's look round the town this afternoon.
- pull over - to move to the side of the road in order to stop or let sth pass
- set out - to leave a place and begin a journey
- stop off - to make a short visit somewhere during a trip in order to do sth
- stop over - to stay somewhere for a short time during a long journey
- take off - to leave the ground and start flying
- take up sth / doing sth - to start / become involved in *He took up gardening.
- achievement /əˈtʃiːvmənt/
- advanced - having the most modern and recently developed ideas, methods, etc
- aqualung /ˈækwəlʌŋ/
- available - that you can get, buy or find
- award /əˈwɔːd/ - a prize such as money, etc. for sth that sb has done
- at dawn /dɔːn/ - на рассвете
- to be accused of doing sth – blamed for
- to break sth / for sth - to stop doing sth for a short time; to interrupt sth so that it ends suddenly
*We broke our journey in Oxford (=stopped in Oxford on the way to the place we were going to).
- to care for the environment
- a child born to / of parents
*He was born of/to German parents.
- environmentalist /ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmentəlɪst/ - a person who is concerned about the natural environment and wants to improve and protect it
- coal /kəʊl/ - уголь
- delay - if there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected
*a delay of two hours / a two-hour delay
*Report it to the police without delay (=immediately).
hold-up - a situation in which sth is prevented from happening for a short time; delay
- desert /ˈdezət/ - пустыня
- dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/ - десерт
- gunpowder - explosive powder used especially in bombs or fireworks
- to land – 1) to come down through the air onto the ground or another surface
2) to arrive somewhere in a plane or a boat
- legendary /ˈledʒəndri/
- merchant /ˈmɜːtʃənt/
- navy - the part of a country's armed forces that fights at sea, and the ships that it uses
- overland /ˈəʊvəlænd/ (adj, adv) - across the land; by land, not by sea or by air
*to travel overland
- to parachute /ˈpærəʃuːt/ (out of sth / to sth)
*She regularly goes parachuting.
- petrol (BrE) = gas, gasoline (AmE)
*to fill a car up with petrol
- plant /plɑːnt/ - a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place
- recruit /rɪˈkruːt/ - a person who joins an organisation, a company, etc
- to receive an honour /ˈɒnə/
- to sail – to travel on water
- scuba diving equipment
- shark
- whale /weɪl/ - кит
- treasure - a highly valued object
- varied /ˈveərid/ (adj) – 1) of many different types
*It is essential that your diet is varied and balanced.
2) not staying the same, but changing often
*He led a full and varied life.
Unit 2.3
- to accompany sb /əˈkʌmpəni/ (formal) - to travel or go somewhere with sb
- amateur /ˈæmətə/ - a person who takes part in some activity for enjoyment, not as a job
- to associate with sb/sth - to make a connection between people or things in your mind
- to be over – to end
- to catch a train/bus/car/taxi/plane - to be in time for a bus, train, plane, etc. and get on it
*We caught the 12.15 from Oxford. *I must go—I have a train to catch.
- charity - the aim of giving money, food, help, etc. to people who are in need
*to raise money for charity
- to climb /klaɪm/- to go up something towards the top
to go climbing - to go up mountains or climb rocks as a hobby or sport
(to go) mountaineering - the sport or activity of climbing mountains
- competent /ˈkɒmpɪtənt/ - having enough skill or knowledge to do sth well
- consultant /kənˈsʌltənt/ - a person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is employed to give advice about it to other people
consultancy firm
- crisp - (of snow, leaves, etc.) firm or dry and making a pleasant noise when crushed
- extensively – 1) on a large scale; 2) over a wide area; 3) in great detail
If you travel extensively, you cover a large physical area.
- fierce /fɪəs/- (of people/animals) angry and aggressive in a way that is frightening
(of weather conditions) very strong in a way that could cause damage *fierce wind
- to fall in love with
- plain - a large area of flat land
- to praise /preɪz/
- to reach sth
- to rest
- to run a course
- slope - an area of land that is part of a mountain or hill
gentle (slope) – not sharp
(ant.: steep = sharp)
- to stretch – to extend
*Beyond the mountains stretches a vast desert.
- summit - the highest point of sth, especially the top of a mountain
- sunset / at sunset
- tiring - making you feel the need to sleep or rest
*Shopping can be very tiring.
- urge /ɜːdʒ/ to do sth – a strong desire to do sth
- vegetation - plants in general, especially the plants that are found in a particular area
*Desert areas have little vegetation.
- to tower above / over sth (phr.v.) - to be much higher or taller than the people / things that are near
*He towered over his classmates.
Unit 2.4
- to avoid sth / doing sth - to try not to do sth; to keep away
*She kept avoiding my eyes (= avoided looking at me).
- to borrow sth from sb - to take and use sth that belongs to sb else, and return it to them later
- to cancel - to decide that sth that has been arranged will not now take place
- to complain about / of sth - to say that you are annoyed, unhappy or not satisfied about sb/sth
- embassy - посольство
- to end up (doing sth) - to find yourself in a place or situation that you did not expect to be in
*I ended up doing all the work myself.
- feedback - advice, criticism or information about how good or useful sb's work is
*We need both positive and negative feedback from our customers.
- to get into trouble
*He got into trouble with the police while he was still at school.
- to get on sb’s nerves – to annoy sb
*That music is starting to get on my nerves.
- to get to know
- to go wrong - to experience problems or difficulties
*Their relationship started to go wrong when they moved abroad.
- historical – 1) connected with the past; 2) connected with the study of history *historical research
historic – important in history *a historic building/day/victory
- pretty – 1) to some extent *The game was pretty good.
2) very
- to report sth to sb - to give people information about sth that you have heard, seen, done, etc
- rural /ˈrʊərəl/ – connected with the countryside *a rural way of life
- to rob sb (of sth) - to steal money or property from a person or place *to rob a bank
robbery /ˈrɒbəri/ - the crime of stealing money or goods from a bank, shop/store, person, etc, especially using violence or threats
- rubbish - comments, ideas, etc. that you think are stupid or wrong *Rubbish! You're not fat.
- theft /θeft/ - the crime of stealing sth from a person or place *car theft
thief /θiːf/ - a person who steals sth from another person or place