Мир путешествий

 
 
 
 
 
Е.Г. ТРУНОВА, Т.Ю. ПАВЕЛЬЕВА 
 
 
 
 
МИР ПУТЕШЕСТВИЙ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Учебное пособие 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Липецк  
2024 
 

 
 
 
 
МИНИСТЕРСТВО ПРОСВЕЩЕНИЯ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ 
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ БЮДЖЕТНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ 
УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ 
«ЛИПЕЦКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ 
ИМЕНИ П.П. СЕМЕНОВА-ТЯН-ШАНСКОГО» 
 
 
КАФЕДРА ЛИНГВИСТИКИ И МЕЖКУЛЬТУРНОЙ КОММУНИКАЦИИ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Е.Г. ТРУНОВА, Т.Ю. ПАВЕЛЬЕВА 
 
 
THE WORLD OF TRAVEL 
 
Учебное пособие 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Липецк 
2024 
 

 
 
 
 
МИНИСТЕРСТВО ПРОСВЕЩЕНИЯ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ 
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ БЮДЖЕТНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ 
УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ 
«ЛИПЕЦКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ 
ИМЕНИ П.П. СЕМЕНОВА-ТЯН-ШАНСКОГО» 
 
 
КАФЕДРА ЛИНГВИСТИКИ И МЕЖКУЛЬТУРНОЙ КОММУНИКАЦИИ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Е.Г. ТРУНОВА, Т.Ю. ПАВЕЛЬЕВА 
 
 
МИР ПУТЕШЕСТВИЙ 
 
 
 
Учебное пособие 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Липецк 
 2024 

 
 
 
 
 
УДК 811.111                                  Рекомендовано к печати кафедрой 
ББК 81.432.1                                  лингвистики и межкультурной коммуникации 
Т 78                                                 ЛГПУ имени П.П. Семенова-Тян-Шанского. 
                                                         Протокол №2  от 30.09. 2024 г. 
                                                      
Трунова, Е.Г. Мир путешествий: учебное пособие / Е.Г. Трунова,  
Т.Ю. Павельева. – Липецк: ЛГПУ имени П.П. Семенова-Тян-Шанского, 2024. –
108 с.– Текст: непосредственный. 
 
ISBN 978-5-907989-03-0 
 
Данное пособие направленно на развитие речевых умений студентов. В пособии  
отобраны аутентичные тексты, аудио- и видеоматериалы, а также разработаны комплексы 
упражнений, направленных на отработку лексического материала. Ряд заданий пособия 
предполагает продуцирование с опорой на усвоенные лексические единицы развернутых 
устных ответов  на проблемные вопросы, сформулированные на основе тематического 
содержания аутентичного текстового материала.  
Пособие адресовано студентам второго курса, обучающимся по направлениям 
подготовки 43.03.02 Лингвистика (Перевод и переводоведение), 45.03.02 Лингвистика 
(Теория и методика преподавания иностранных языков и культур), 44.03.05 Педагогическое 
образование (с двумя профилями подготовки) (Иностранный язык (основной иностранный 
язык – английский, второй иностранный язык – китайский),  44.03.5 Педагогическое 
образование (с двумя профилями подготовки (Русский язык и дополнительное образование: 
английский язык, перевод и переводоведение).  
Рекомендовано для слушателей программ дополнительного профессионального 
образования соответствующего направления подготовки.  
 
УДК 811.111 
ББК 432.1 
Т 78 
Рецензенты: 
Т.Ю. Тормышева, канд. пед. наук, доцент кафедры иностранных языков 
ФГБОУ ВО «Липецкий государственный технический университет»; 
Н.А. Сушкова, канд. пед. наук, доцент, заведующий кафедрой английского 
языка ФГБОУ ВО «Липецкий государственный педагогический университет 
имени П.П. Семенова-Тян-Шанского»  
 
                                      
ISBN 978-5-907989-03-0            © ФГБОУ ВО «Липецкий государственный 
                                                        педагогический университет имени 
                                                        П.П. Семенова-Тян-Шанского», 2024 
                                                        ©  Е.Г. Трунова,  Т.Ю. Павельева, 2024 
 

 
 
 
 Why Do People Travel? 
 
 
SECTION 1. Warming Up 
1.1 Answer the following questions and express your opinion about travelling. 
 
1) How has your attitude towards travel changed over the years, and what has 
influenced the change? 
2) Сan travelling have an impact on personal development? 
3) What role does cultural immersion play in enriching your travel experience? 
4) How do you choose destinations while planning a trip? 
5) Can you share your personal experience where travel has changed your ideas about 
a place?  
6) Is it important for you to mix with locals while traveling? 
7) How do you prefer to travel, with a group or alone? 
8) How do the social media changed the way people approach and document their 
travels? 
9) What problems have you faced while travelling? 
10) How do you find the balance between the desire of active travel and relaxation? 
 
 

 
 
 
1.2 Look at the picture and make a lists of benefits of travelling that reflects your 
own individual perception and experience of this activity. 
 
 
 1.3 Work in pairs and make up 7-10 more questions for  the  travel questionnaire,  
presented below.  After interviewing  your partner, be ready to report the results in 
class to understand what attitude your groupmates have toward travelling. 
TRAVEL  QUESTIONNAIRE 
1) How often do you travel? 
2) What season do you prefer for travelling? 
3) What means of transport do you generally use? 
4) Are you ready to pay for comfort while travelling? 
5) What format of travelling is an ideal for you: to travel alone, with one or two 
friends, in a big family, with your family members? 
6) Are you ready to invest much money into travelling? 
7) Do you consider travelling to be a rewarding experience? 
8) Is staycation a suitable option for you? 
9) Can you call yourself a seasoned traveller? 
10) Do you know what place you will visit next? 
11) Do you have a list of items to be  taken for a journey? 
12) Do you feel travelsick sometimes? 
13) Is there any means of transport you will never travel by?  Why so? 
 

 
 
 
SECTION 2.  Speaking  
 2.1 Summer holidays have finished.  Generally summer is the most popular season 
for travelling. Tell other students about your previous summer holidays. The words 
in the table will come in handy.   
I. HOLIDAY 
1. Time that you spend in                       2. If you go somewhere for a holiday  
another place to relax, have fun                 - you go on a holiday 
and restore your energy level is called         -you devote your time to exploring   
- holiday                                                         new places 
-journey                                                        -you  spend a vacation in  
- vacation                                                         a new  surrounding 
- recreational trip                                          -   you go on a trip                                    
- honeymoon                                                - you want a change of scene 
- tour 
-excursion 
 
3. If one has time when it is allowed              4. When people are free from  
to be away from work or                               work or studies they are eager                       
studies one may have  (a)                           - to escape from daily routine 
- holiday(s)                                                        and forget their everyday 
problems 
-maternity leave                                         - to get new experiences and positive 
- vacation                                                     emotions 
-year off/ gap year                                      - learn something new and acquire  
-academic leave                                             useful skills 
- break                                                         - expend their  circle of friends and  
- leave                                                         get acquainted with interesting people                  
- day off 
- public holiday 
 
5. To feel comfortable at a new place   6.  As a rule someone who is on holiday           
one should know                                        is called 
         -a foreign language                                                  - vacationer/ vacationist 
- local customs and traditions                                      - tourist 
- generally accepted rules of social interaction          - honeymooners 
- etiquette and be able to decode non-verbal signs     -holidaymaker 
 
 
 

 
 
 
II. Useful expressions: 
HOLIDAY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VACATION 
- to return/come back home  from..  
 
 
- have an eventful vacation 
- to afford a luxurious holiday  
 
 
- to plan a vocation beforehand 
- to have a staycation 
 
 
 
 
- to work at one’s vacation 
 to 
leave/ to go on holiday abroad  
 
- to take a vacation trip to 
- to set off on holidays                                            a remote part of Europe 
 -to book a holiday 
 
                                 - to sacrifice vocation to make 
-to enjoy recreative/action holidays                            more money 
- to buy a package holiday                                      - to forget about vocation being 
                                                                              engrossed in work 
III. Talk about your summer vacation. 
- perfect, terrific, ideal, awesome,  gorgeous, superb, unbelievable, incredible, 
restful, worth mentioning,  fascinated. 
- awful, terrible, boring,  dreadful,  stressful, hellish, depressing,  appalling, 
frustrating, horrendous, nightmarish,  
- palatable, so so,  leaves much to be desired, uneventful, monotonous, nothing 
special. 
- to feel  refreshed and  vigorous,  to get unforgettable impressions,  to get away 
from everyday routine, to go without a hitch, to be a big success, to be a letdown, to be a complete failure,   and to be a total disaster. 
 
2.2 Study the following lexical units used to speak about travelling. Clarify the 
meanings of these words and their pronunciation, translate them into Russian.  
 
TRAVELLING 
1. There are various types                  
 
 2. Thus, people who travel 
of travelling such as...                        
 
 may be called... 
- a journey                                           
 
- a traveller 
- a trip                                                  
 
- a passenger 
- a flight                                               
 
- a commuter 
- a voyage                                           
 
- a globetrotter 
- a cruise  
 
 
 
 
          - an itinerant 
- a crossing 
 
 
 
 
          - a migrant 
- a drive  
 
 
 
 
          - a nomad 
- a ride  
 
 
 
 
          - a drifter 
- a tour  
 
 
 
 
          - a vagrant 
- an expedition  
 
 
 
           - a vagabond 
- a trek  
 
 
 
 
          - a well-travelled 
- an outing 
- an excursion 

 
 
 
3. To seek breathtaking 
 
 
4. Travellers' preferences 
adventures they 
 
 
 
 
vary. Some of them 
    decide on...... 
 
 
 
 
choose to travel…… 
- making a trip  
 
 
 
 
- undertaking a journey 
 
 
 
- by land 
- going on a trip 
 
 
 
 
- by sea 
- going abroad/ overseas 
 
 
 
- by air 
- going for outing 
 
 
 
 
- by river 
- going on an excursion 
- going touring 
- launching an expedition                                         
- coming over to...  
- exploring 
- flying 
- trekking 
- being on the move 
- crossing  
- drifting 
- travelling around/round 
- 
wandering/ 
bumming/ 
swanning 
around/round 
- rafting 
- sailing 
- thumbing a ride 
- waving a car 
- hitch-hiking 
- driving 
    
5. To make their journey exciting, they can travel either by …  or by … 
- boat  
 
 
 
 
- plane 
- train 
 
 
 
 
- car 
- coach 
 
 
 
          - raft 
- yacht 
 
 
 
 
- bicycle 
- horse 
 
 
 
        - motorbike 
- helicopter  
 
 
       - hot-air balloon [7] 
 
Setwork 
 
1. Explain the difference between the words. 
travel – trip – tour – journey 
holiday – vacation 
break – leave – day off – year off 

 
 
 
voyage – cruise – crossing – sailing  
excursion – expedition – trek – hitch-hiking  
going abroad – going overseas 
to thumb a ride – to wave a car  
ride – drive 
commuter – globetrotter – traveller 
itinerant – migrant – nomad – drifter – vagrant – vagabond  
 
2. Find an odd word in the list. 
 train– coach – car – bike – yacht 
 raft – helicopter – airplane – hot-air balloon 
 vagrant – drifter– vagabond – commuter  
 journey – trip – ride – voyage  
 
3. Translate the following lexical units into  Russian. 
thumbing a ride 
awesome 
undertaking a journey 
hellish 
itinerant 
 to go without a hitch 
cruise  
trekking 
palatable 
crossing 
 
4. Translate the following lexical units into  English. 
 
сносный 
оказаться полным провалом 
поехать на экскурсию 
смена обстановки 
морское путешествие 
академический отпуск 
восстановительный отдых 
отправиться в отпуск 
чувствовать себя посвежевшим и 
полным жизненных сил 
 
остаться в отпуске дома 
5. Fill in prepositions if necessary.  
 
to go … a hitch 
 to want a change  … scene 
to set  … on holidays 
to approach … a place 
to take … a bus 
to launch …a ship 
to go … foot 
to have a day … for rest 
to escape .. routine 
being … the move 
 
6. Arrange the words according to the meanings they possess. 
 
nightmarish, awesome,  horrible, palatable, eventful, much-awaited, hellish,  terrific, 
appalling, so so, lengthy,  atrocious, well-organized, memorable,  nothing special, 
unbelivable, horrendous, long-lasting, stressful, frustrating, fantastic.