Active vocabulary list Unit 2
Unit 2.1
a)
1. destination
2. abroad
3. to broaden (horizons)
4. to experience (different cultures)
5. to explore (new places)
6. to find oneself
7. to get away from it all
8. meet (met) new people
9. to learn (a language, new skills), learn to do smth
10. to see new sights
11. to become more independent
travel - trip - journey - tour – voyage – hike - camping - package tour/holiday
The word 'travel' is used to talk about going from one place to another.
♦ verb :
Tom travels a lot in his job.
♦ noun :
Travel nowadays is faster and less expensive than before.
12. Travel
♦ adjective : There is a travel agency beside the bank.
Travel has the most general meaning and can denote a journey either long or short, covering any
distance, with any purpose, by any transport: Travel was long and dangerous in old days.
The word 'trip' is used to talk about a short journey somewhere, often coming back the same
day, for a purpose, business or pleasure.
♦ For our wedding anniversary, we went on a trip to Venice.
13. Trip
♦ My boss is often away on business trips.
You are staying in a hotel on holiday and the travel company representative will organise trips to
places of interest and you will come back to the hotel that day for your evening meal.
♦ During our holiday, we took a boat trip to the islands.
A journey is the distance covered in travelling from one place to another.
'Journey' usually refers to a long distance or a short regular one (trip), especially in a vehicle
♦ The journey was long and tiring; it took us 5 hours to get there.
14.Journey
♦ Did you have a good journey? Yes, it was quite pleasant.
♦ How long is your journey/trip to work? Just about 20 minutes.
15.Tour
A tour is a journey during which several places are visited, especially on a holiday.
♦ noun : We went on a tour of Italy.
♦ verb: We toured the north of India.
A tour is also a visit to a place or area, especially one during which you look round the place or
area and learn about it:
♦We went on a guided tour of the museum
This is also a word used on the internet sometimes described as a virtual tour when you are
shown a series of pictures describing the site you are looking at.
A voyage is a long journey by sea or in space.
♦ Before the 20th century, long sea voyages were common.
♦ A spacecraft will take you on a voyage through space.
♦ noun: a long walk in the countryside
We went for a hike through the woods on Sunday.
17. Hike
♦ verb : to go for a long walk in the countryside
Soldiers had to hike nearly 20 km through the swamps.
18.Package a holiday arranged by a travel company for a fixed price that includes the cost of your hotel and
tour/holiday transport, and sometimes meals and entertainment
16. Voyage
19.Camping
20. Cruise
[kru;z]
the activity of living in a tent, usually for fun. a camping trip
go camping: We don’t go camping as much as we used to.
♦ noun: a journey on a ship for pleasure, especially one that involves visiting a series of places
b)
21. fascinating
Thailand is the most fascinating country I’ve ever been to.
22. terrifying
To be trapped in a tropical storm is a terrifying experience.
23. to be pleased to do smth /with smth
24. be/go on a tour/trip…
с)
25. difference/ to differ from/ different
26. phenomenon (phenomena)
27. to go abroad/overseas
28. vast
29. to involve
30. accommodation, locally owned accommodation
31. aware, be aware of smth
32. (comprehensive) travel insurance
obtain travel insurance
insurance policy
32. find out about smth (local tricks used on tourists)
33. respect local dress codes
34. inoculations
to take inoculations
Unit 2.2
1. carry on smth/doing smth
2. check in/out
3. get back
4. get in
5. get to
6. lift off
7. look around
8. pull over
9. set out
10. stop off
11. stop over
12. take off
Unit 2.3
а)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
area, in the area
to reach smth
to satisfy an urge to do smth
to stretch between/to smth
to accompany
to rest=have/take a rest, give smb a rest
b)
7. amazing
8. to book a holiday/a tour
9. extensive(ly)
10. to fly (flew, flown) to smth
11. to take smb to a place
12. tiring
13. to stay in a hotel
14. to travel by car/train/plane/air/road; on a bike/plane/train/boat/in a car, on foot
c)
15. fit adj.
16. look after
17. travel agency/agent
18. variety of places
Unit 2.4
Discussing advantages and disadvantages, making suggestions
There are arguments for and against.
On the one hand… On the other hand
There are several disadvantages. Firstly…, secondly….
Another disadvantage of… is that…
I think we should
It’d be a good idea to
I suggest we (do smth)
How about (doing smth)
One good/bad thing/point about… is that
One thing we should remember about… is that…