Objectives:

• to enrich students’ vocabulary
• to develop students’ speaking, reading and listening skills
• to develop students’ creative thinking

Equipment: a textbook, presentation ppt, pictures, a handout.

1. INTRODUCTION

T: Good morning, children! How are you? Are you ready to start our work? Today we are going to continue speaking about different ways of travelling, about their advantages and disadvantages, about your likes and dislikes in travelling.

2. WARM UP

T: Let’s read and learn the poem about travelling.

TRAINS AND FERRYBOATS

Over the mountains, Over the river,

Over the plains, Over the bays

Over the rivers Ferryboats travel

Here come trains Every day.

Carrying passengers, Watching the seagulls,

Carrying mail, Laughing with friends

Over the country I'm always sorry,

391522. Here come trains. the trip ends.

3. MAIN PART

1. Making up sentences

T: Look at the table and make up sentences using the pattern.

2. Listening

1. Pre-listening activity

T: Explain how the choice of any way of travelling depends on:

• the traveller's age, profession, character, health and aims;
• the distance the traveller is going to cover;
• the place he is planning to visit.

b) While-listening activity

T: Listen to the short descriptions of different ways of travelling and guess each kind of travelling. Take HO 1 with a table and put the numbers of the descriptions into it.

DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRAVELLING

1. It is the fastest way of travelling. It can take you from town or city to another in no time. The seats are comfortable. That’s a pity but sometimes you can see vey little from the windows. The things are too small to see them. When the weather is rainy or foggy you can’t travel by it. (by plane)
2. This way of travelling is fast. You can stop at any place you like and go where you like. You need no tickets. Usually families travel by it. (by car)
3. This is the slowest way of travelling. Both young and old people like it. You needn’t worry about the tickets. The only thing you need is a rucksack. You can visit any places in such a way. (on foot)
4. This way of travelling is fast. The carriages are comfortable. It is so pleasant to travel in them. You can see a lot of interesting things from carriage windows. You can make a long journey on land by it. (by train)
5. This way of travelling is not very fast. Some people enjoy travelling by it. But others don’t like it at all. Usually people travel by it in summer when they are on holidays. You can see many interesting things standing on deck. You can see seagulls and waves. (by ship)

HO 1

1. 3. Pair work

T: I’m sure that time and money are necessary things fir travelling. But if you haven’t enough money you can travel in your mind. It is fun to imagine that you are travelling to different countries, for example Canada, Egypt, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, the USA. Work in pairs. Ask each other what countries you would like to travel to and how you want to travel there.

Example: P1: Have you ever been to Canada?

P2: No, I haven’t. I have never been to Canada.

P1: What country would you like to travel to if you had enough money?

P2: If I had much money I’d like to travel to ….first.

P1: What kind of transport would you use?

……………………………………………..

3. Speaking

T: I know that each of you has a favourite way of travelling. Make up a short story about your favourite kind of travelling. Say:

• whether it is a comfortable way of travelling;
• whether it is interesting, exciting, adventurous, enjoyable, dangerous or safe;
• what advantages and disadvantages it has.

The plan will help you.

I prefer……………………………

Travelling by…………is………………….

When you travel by (on)…………….you can…………………..

Nevertheless travelling by (on)…………… its disadvantages: …………………….

4. Checking up the hometask

a) filling in the blanks

T: Your hometask was to read and fill in the letter with missing words from the box.

arrived, fantastic, voyage, took, journey, caught,

travelling, pictures, comfortable, passengers

Hello, Ann!

I've been on a wonderful.... I travelled to Odesa and then had a ... by ship. I travelled with my mum and dad. It was a very nice journey. I had a ... seat next to the window. We ... to Odesa at midnight We were tired and we missed the last bus. So we ... a taxi and went to a hotel. In the morning we ... a bus to the port. Our ship left at 10 a.m. Odesa is a big city and port. I think there is nothing better than ...by ship. I liked the sea and the wind, I liked the friendly faces of the ..., and the food, and the music. The weather was ... . I took some ...of different places. See you soon. Best wishes, Mary.

b) Imagine you are Mary. Tell the class about your journey to Odesa and your voyage by sea.

6. Reading

a) Read the text “He Paid His Bill”

He Paid His Bill

An Englishman who was in France on a short visit wanted to go back to England. He had only enough money for his ticket. So he decided not to eat two days of his voyage. He bought a ticket and got on the ship. When dinner time came, he said he was not hungry. In the evening when he was asked to have supper he said the same and went to sleep hungry. The next morning the Englishman felt half-dead with hunger. "I shall eat even if they throw me into the sea," he said to himself and went to the dining-room. There he ate everything that was on the table before him. When the dinner was over, he quickly stood up and went to his cabin.

In the evening when the ship was not far from London, he ate his supper and said to the waiter , "Bring me the bill for my meals." But the waiter asked, "What bill?" "For the dinner and supper I ate." "But you paid for your meals when you bought the ticket," answered the waiter.

2. Post-reading activity

T: Answer the questions

Why did the Englishman decide not to eat two days of his voyage?

What did he do when dinner time came?

What did he do in the evening?

What did he say to himself the next morning?

Did the Englishman have dinner and supper on the second day of his voyage?

What did he say to the waiter after supper?

What did the waiter answer?

4. SUMMING UP

T: Our lesson is over. Thank you for your work during the lesson. Your hometask is to write a short composition about your last travelling.