Travelling

TRAVELLING
People began to travel ages ago. The first travellers were explorers who went on trips to find wealth, fame or something else. Their journeys were very dangerous but still people keep on going to the unknown lands. Nowadays it is not as dangerous and much more convenient. Do you want to go some­where? Hundreds of companies are there to help you. They will take care about your tickets and make all the reservations needed. You don't speak the language of the country you go to? There are interpreters that will help you. With modern services. You can go around the world. You can choose the means of transport you like: plane, train, ship, bicycle, car, bus or you can travel on foot. Thousands of people travel every day on business or for pleasure. They can travel by plane, by ship, by railway or by road. You can see much more places of the country you are traveling through. If we are fond of traveling we see and learn all sorts of things we can never see or learn at home. Though we may read about them in books and newspapers and see pictures of them at the cinema. The best way to study geography is to travel and the best way to get to know and understand the people is to meet them in their own houses. I like travelling. And I want to smell different smells. I want to see different kinds of trees, flowers and plants. When I spend a holiday in traveling I al­ways take a camera with me and photograph everything that interests me: the sights of a city, views of mountains, lakes, valleys; the ruins of ancient build­ings. Some years later that will remind me the happy time that I had.
People are fond of travelling. If you go to the North you can see large cold seas and many beautiful lakes. In the South there are warm seas, wonderful trees and flowers. If you go to the West, you will enjoy lots of wonderful places. In the East of our country there are big woods and high mountains. When you travel, you visit different places and learn a lot of people's tradi-
tions, beautiful nature. You can travel by car, by plane, by ship, by train or on foot. I think that travelling to the imaginary countries helps me to know more about different things.

Types of travel

A

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  Active mobility
  
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  Active vacation
  
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  Adventure travel
  
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  Air travel
  

B

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  Business class
  
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  Business tourism
  
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  Business travel
  

C

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  Commuting
  
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  Creative trip
  
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  Cruising (maritime)
  
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  Cultural travel
  

E

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  Economy class
  

F

• 
  Field trip
  
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  First class (aviation)
  
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  First class travel
  
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  Freighthopping
  

G

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  Grand Tour
  

H

• 
  Honeymoon
  

L

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  Lifestyle travelling
  

M

• 
  Mancation
  

O

• 
  Overseas experience
  

P

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  Package tour
  
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  Pet travel
  
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  Premium economy
  

R

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  Recreational travel
  
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  Repositioning cruise
  
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  River cruise
  
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  Road trip
  

S

• 
  Safari holidays
  

T

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  Train surfing
  
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  Travel class
  
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  Travel incentive
  

V

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  Vacation
  
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  Visiting friends and relatives
  

New words.
ancient - qadimiy - древний; старинный,
bicycle - velosiped - велосипед
city - (katta) shahar - город (большой город)
dangerous - xavfli - опасный
different - turli, har xil - различный, разный
explorer - tadqiqotchi - исследователь
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journey - sayohat - путешествие
imaginary - tasavvurdagi - воображаемый
interpreter - (og'zaki) tarjimon - переводчик (устный)
modern - zamonaviy - современный
mountain - tog' - гора
service - xizmat ko'rsatish - обслуживание
ticket - billet - билет
tourist - sayyoh, sayohatchi - путешественник, турист
travel - sayohat - путешествие
travelers - sayohatchilar - путешественники
trip - sayohat, sayr, ekskursiya - путешествие; поездка, экскурсия unknown - notanish - неизвестный wealth - boylik - богатство
wonderful - ajoyib, hayratlantiruvchi - замечательный, удивительный
Exercise . Read and guess the meaning of the words.
1. businessman
2. cashier
3. driver ,
4. pilot
5. post office
6. smell

. Answer the questions to the text.

1. Is tourism a profitable business?
2. Why?
3. How do you like to travel?
4. Do you prefer to travel by sea or by plane?
5. Do you like to travel with your friends?
6. Why do we buy tickets beforehand?
7. What is the best way to stud geography?