Ех. 8. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту: 1. What do people travel for? 2. How do people living in the country prefer to spend their holiday? 3. What do city dwellers usually like to do during their holiday? 4. Most travellers and holiday-makers take a camera with them, don't they? Why? 5. What are the main means of travel? 6. Do travellers choose a means of travel according to their plans and destinations? 7. What can we do if we are fond of travelling? 8. Is the best way to study geography to travel or to read? 9. How can you get to know and understand people best of all?

Ответ:

1. People travel to see other countries and continents, modern cities and the ruins of ancient towns, to enjoy picturesque places, or just for a change of scene.
2. People living in the country prefer to go to a big city and spend their time visiting museums and art galleries, looking at shop windows and dining at exotic restaurants.
3. City dwellers usually like to do during their holiday is to walk and bathe and laze in the sun by the sea or in the mountains.
4. Yes, most travellers and holiday-makers take a camera with them to take pictures of everything that interests them – the sights of a city, old churches and castles, views of mountains, lakes, valleys, plains, waterfalls, forests, different kinds of trees, flowers and plants, animals and birds.
5. The main means of travel are train, plane, boat, car, and foot.
6. Yes, travellers choose a means of travel according to their plans and destinations.
7. If we are fond of travelling, we can see and learn a lot of things that we can never see or learn at home.
8. The best way to study geography is to travel.
9. The best way to get to know and understand people is to meet them in their own homes.