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- pracovný list č. 15
ANGLICKÝ JAZYK
10.10.2014
Mgr. Denisa Hrušková
TRAVELLING
1. DISCUSSION.
Discuss these questions in pairs.
Is travelling popular nowadays? Why or why not?
Why people usually travel?
Do you like travelling?
What is the destination you want to visit? Why?
Means of transport
2. Look at the pictures and name the means of transport.
1. _____________________
2. _____________________
3. _____________________
4. _____________________
5. _____________________
6. _____________________
3. Think about other examples of means of transport.
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Positives and negatives of the most used means of transport.
4. Think about the pluses and minuses of the following means of transport. There is
one example for you.
ADVANTAGES
fast
DISADVANTAGES
pollution
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
5. Look at the previous exercise again. Chose one mean of transport and prepare
a description of its positives and negatives. Organise the task as a fluent oral
presentation.
Use these expressions:
on the one hand, on the other hand, in addition, however, although, one more
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6. Language in use
Complete the text with one word in each gap.
St Kilda
If you’ve ever wanted to get off the beaten track, it would be difficult to find
anywhere as remote as St Kilda, a group of islands which lie in the North Atlantic
Ocean, over sixty kilometres north-west of Scotland. It’s (1)…………of the most
isolated places in Europe, and it (2)…………. once inhabited by a unique community of
people with their own language and their own ancient way of life. Nowadays, nobody
lives on the islands except for (3) ………. few military personnel, although the place
comes to life every summer when research scientists arrive to study the wildlife, and
a small number of tourists make the long boat journey across the ocean to see the
remains of the old houses which now stand empty.
On a bright, blue day in August 1930, the last St Kildans locked the doors of their
houses and made (4) ……….way to the boat that was waiting for them. For religious
and traditional reasons, they had left an open bible and a small pile of food in each of
their houses. It would be easy to say that they were sad to leave the islands where
their ancestors had lived for a thousand years, but, in truth, many of them were
looking forward to their new lives on the mainland, away from the poverty and
isolation of St Kilda. There had never been more than 200 people living on the islands
in St Kilda’s entire history, but (5)……….. the time of its evacuation there were only
thirty-six people left, and most of them were old. It was impossible to continue with
no young people to farm the land and grow – or find – food.
Historians have argued about the main reasons why the community on St Kilda failed.
Illness and emigration played a part, and it seems that the common factor was the
way that the modern world influenced the islanders. (6)…………. they were living in
isolation, they had little choice but to work hard and to make the best of their lives,
but things changed in the 19th century when tourists started arriving on the islands.
(7) …….. first, this had a positive effect because islanders could sell home-made
clothes and birds’ eggs to the visitors – but the benefits came at a price. The
islanders lost their self-esteem because the tourists treated them as strange,
primitive people, and many St Kildan children died because mainland diseases such as
tetanus and influenza arrived with the boats. In the longer term, regular contact
with the outside world made the St Kildans less self-reliant. As a result (8) ………. the
tourist trade, they could buy things from the mainland for the first time, so they
stopped farming or hunting for birds’ eggs, which had been their traditional methods
of getting food. They became disconnected from their ancient way of life, and most
of the young men emigrated from St Kilda to find work in Scotland. Eventually, the
end of their traditional community became inevitable.
7. Answer the questions.
Would you like to visit the island? Why or why not?
What kind of destinations are you interested in? Seaside resorts or adventurous
areas?
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KEY
Language in use
1 one
2 was
3a
4 the/ their
5 by
6 while/meanwhile
7 At
8 of
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