TOPICAL VOCABULARY TO THE TOPIC “TRAVELLING”
The acts of going from one place to another may be:
travel
journey
voyage
trip
tour
cruise
hitch-hiking
to go on a journey
to go on a voyage
to go on a trip
to go on a (package) tour
city tour
grand tour
organized tour
sightseeing tour
guided tour
student tour
study tour
to go on a cruise
to make / take a journey
to make / take a voyage
to make / take a trip
to make / take a tour (of Russia)
to make / take a cruise
holiday trip
sea voyage
ocean voyage
voyage to the islands
round-the-world voyage / journey
to travel
to travel by train
car / bus
air (plane)
sea (water, cruiser, liner, boat)
to travel on business
to travel for pleasure
to journey
to voyage
to tour
to cruise
to hitch-hike
to travel on foot
passengers (for)
first-class passenger
steerage passenger
tourist-class passenger
transit passenger
fellow passenger
to carry passengers
drop off / leave off passengers
to pick up / take on passengers
to see smb. off
to wave good-bye
traveller
tourist
pilgrim
to have a rest at a tourist centre
holiday home
sanatorium
health resort
spa
in a spa town
Means / methods / ways of travelling may be:
travel by train
car / bus
air (plane)
sea (cruiser, liner, boat)
to change from train to boat / cruiser / liner
to change for a boat / London
to travel / go first /second / standard class
to leave for London
to depart for / from London
to arrive in a country / at a station
to arrive at a destination
to reach one’s destination
to be due at a place
to come to / to reach London
advantages and disadvantages
Before travelling you must
a) buy / get / book a ticket
to book a seat on / for a train / plane, etc.
to queue for the ticket
airplane ticket
bus ticket
train ticket / berth
single / one-way ticket
return / round-trip ticket
complimentary / free ticket
travel agency
booking-office
registration
waiting-room
b) pack a luggage / baggage (Am.)
carry-on / hand luggage
to check / register one's luggage
to label a luggage
Travelling by air
airport
on the airfield
runway
the Customs
passport control
departure lounge
Duty Free
steward(ess)
non-stop flight
(forced) landing
on board a plane
to land
to take off
to pick up speed
to fly at a speed / height of
to hit an air-pocket
to have none’s luggage weighed
to have none’s luggage registered
advantages:
comfortable
convenient
thrilling
fascinating
far quicker
none of the dust & dirt
none of the trouble of changing from one vehicle to another
bird’s eye view of the world
disadvantages:
expensive
make smb. nervous
to be charged for overweight
to pay extra for the luggage
to put back a flight
aircrashes
to feel airsick
Travelling by train
electric train
local train
long-distance train
through train
get on / to take a train
to catch / make a train
to change trains
to get off a train
to miss a train
to make a trip by railway
rail-way station
platform
to get to the station
to change stations
advantages:
interesting
exciting
comfortable
less expensive
railway carriage (car)
dining-car
sleeper /sleeping-car
smoker / smoking-car
non-smoker
carriage
guard’s van
porters
movement & change
to have speed, comfort & pleasure combined
to have a wonderful bed / berth
to have a splendid view of the whole countryside
to have a meal in the dining-car
disadvantages:
rush / fuss
crowds at the booking-office
crowds hurrying to the trains
shouts of the porters
full waiting-rooms
to change trains
to feel trainsick
Travelling by boat
port
harbor
quay
on a quay
at a quay
ship
luxury liner
ocean liner
passenger liner
transatlantic liner
cruiser
cargo-ship
sailing-ship
rowing-boat
deck
on deck
from the top deck
upper / lower deck
promenade deck
on board a ship
to book a cabin on a ship
to go on board
to go aboard the ship
to make for the gangway
to pass up the gangway
to lean over the rails
advantages:
comfortable
interesting
exciting
the most enjoyable
pleasure tip
from port to port
raise of the waves
fall of the waves
cry of the sea-gulls
fresh sea wind
cure for seasickness
safety devices
life-belt
coast-line
inviting
picturesque
luxurious
beaches
clean
sandy
beautiful
on the west coast
to have a nice swim
on the bank
at sea
in / on the open sea
to sail from
to sail the seas
to sail a river
to sail on the sea
to call at a port
port of call
port of destination
to go ashore at a port
calm / smooth sea
to have a smooth voyage
along the sea
down the river
up the river
disadvantages:
expensive
coast-line
bare
monotonous
beaches
raging / rough / stormy sea
to have a rough voyage
to feel seasick
to be a bad sailor
dirty
Travelling on foot
tourist
hiker
advantages:
the cheapest method
to save the fare
walking tour
dull broad highway
little winding lanes
mountain paths
quiet lakes / ponds
through the shade of woods
wild flowers
birds in the nests
deer in the forest
real country
to use the legs /eyes
to live constantly in the present
to experience to present moment
with one’s eyes
ears
the whole of one’s body
to feel a delicious physical weariness
to have a sound satisfying sleep
reward of a true traveler
meaningful ≠ meaningless
disadvantages:
foolish
dull
too slow
exhausting
few conveniences
small opportunities
Disadvantages of not travelling on foot
Legless Man
actual arrival
achieved
meaningless
to forget how to use one’s legs
not to use one’s eyes
to fail to see anth. on the way
to never want to stop
to move about
to drive at break-neck speed
to travel at high speeds
to mean nothing (about the present)
to live mainly in the future
to look forward to arriving at some other place