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TRAVEL
For me there is nothing like travel by air; it is more
comfortable, more convenient and of course far quicker than any
other method. There is none of dust and dirt of a railway or car
journey. Instead of all this you have a luxurious comfortable
seat: there is no crowding, no confusion. You can breakfast in
London and be in Berlin for lunch. But it is not only on account
of comfort and speed that I like air travel. I enjoy greatly the
feeling of flying. As you leave the earth behind you, you seem
to belong to another world, a bigger, wider, freer world than the
one you have left.
I like travel by aeroplane, but my favourite method is by
car a good, fast car I mean. Travel by car is a more personal
experience for there you can drive yourself go as slowly or as
fast as you like, stop when and where you choose. Then of
course, you see so much more of the country than you do in a
plane.
English roads, too, are so good for motoring. There is a lot
of traffic on the road every day private cars of all makes
horsepower, motor bicycles, taxis, buses and tradesmens vans
and heavy lorries but though there are often traffic jams or
hold-ups in the centre of London, and progress is somewhat
slow, on the whole the traffic is very well managed.
I should like to say a word or two for trains. With a train
you have speed, comfort and pleasure combined. You can go
faster than by car and see more than by plane. The roads are
overcrowded and dusty, but the railway track is clear. You have
a splendid view of the whole countryside from the comfortable
corner seat of a railway carriage.
What place is more interesting than a big railway station,
Victoria or Waterloo at holiday time?
There is the movement, the excitement, the gaiety of
people going away or waiting to meet friends who are coming
from a distance. These are just some of the things that make the
railway a fascination thing for me.

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Find in the text the words which are explained in the following:
n. a feeling, attitude, or atmosphere of liveliness and fun ______
n. the process of gradually improving or getting nearer to
achieving or completing something _____________
2 n. a long line of vehicles that cannot move forward because
there is too much traffic, or because the road is blocked by
something _________ ______________
n. a situation in which everything is in disorder, especially
because there are lots of things happening at the same time
____________
adv. easy, or very useful or suitable for a particular purpose
____________
adj. the one you like most _____________
n. a particular way of doing something ____________

UNDERLINE ALL PRESENT SIMPLES

ANY PROGRESSIVE ?

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VOCABULARY:
on account of sth.
aeroplane
air travel
by air
all makes
carriage
centre
combined
comfort
confusion
convenient
country
countryside
crowding
to enjoy
experience
favourite
flying
gaiety
to be good for sth.
hold up
holiday time
horsepower
jam
lorry
motor bicycle
motoring
movement
overcrowded
private car
progress
speed
track
tradesman
traffic
van
tradesman van

- zbog
- (E) avion, zrakoplov
- putovanje avionom
- avionom
- sve marke
- vagon
- sredite
- udruen, spojen
- udobnost, komfor
- zbrka, poremeaj
- zgodan, pogodan, podesan
- priroda, kraj, okolica
- seosko podruje
- guva
- uivati u
- iskustvo, doivljaj
- omiljen
- letenje
- veselost
- biti dobar za to, koristan, sluiti
- zastoj, prekid (u prometu)
- doba godinjih odmora i praznika
- konjska snaga
- guva, zastoj (prometa)
- (E) kamion, teretnjak
- motocikl
- automobilizam (vonja automobilom)
- kretanje, ritam
- zakren, prenatrpan
- osobni automobil
- napredovanje, odmicanje, tok
- brzina
- eljeznika pruga, tranice
- trgovac, prodava
- promet
- velika zatvorena kola
- (kamion) kombi (kola za dostavu,
servisna kola)

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view (of)
on the whole

- vidik, pogled
- uglavnom, sve u svemu

QUESTIONS:
1. How does the author feel about travel by air?
2. How does travel by air differs from a railway or car journey?
3. What about crowding and confusion?
4. Why does the author like air travel?
5. Which is the authors favourite method of travelling?
6. What does he say about travel by car?
7. How does he find English roads?
8. What about trains?
9. How does he find a train in comparison with a car and a plane?
10. Why is a big railway station interesting at holiday time?
RECONSTRUCT THE PASSAGE.
TRANSLATE:
Volim putovati i avionom, i eljeznicom i automobilom. Najbre i najudobnije
prijevozno sredstvo jest avion. Ipak, meni osobno, automobil prua vee zadovoljstvo.
Iako zbog brzine i udobnosti volim letenje, vie uivam u vonji automobilom, jer
sam ja za upravljaem, mogu voziti bre ili sporije, stati gdje elim i vie toga vidjeti.
Da kaem i nekoliko rijei o putovanju vlakom. eljeznica prua i brzinu, i udobnost,
i zadovoljstvo. A guve i kanjenja ima i kod jednog i kod drugog i kod treeg oblika
prijevoza.
MAKE SENTENCES OF YOUR OWN:
on account of make carriage motoring private car horsepower tradesmans
van heavy lorry (to) manage traffic traffic jam traffic hold-up railway track
holiday time (to) enjoy (to) be good for on the whole
EXERCISES:
I. MAKE A NOUN-NOUN COMBINATION AS IN THE EXAMPLE:
Example: a first made of steel
a coat made of fur
a blouse made of nylon
a band made of rubber
.
an interval of time
.
shoes made of leather
a chair made of wicker

a steel first
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A. MAKE SENTENCES TO INCLUDE THE NOUN-NOUN COMBINATION

(EITHER FROM THE TEXT OF YOUR OWN).
B. EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING COMPOUND WORDS FROM THE TEXT.
holiday time
railway carriage
air travel

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C. CONVERSION TABLE
Verb

Noun

to breakfast
breakfast
to lunch
to progress
to make*
to speed
to dust*
to crowd*
to experience
Is the meaning always the same? What about (*)?

* Fill out the right column of

the Conversion Table.

D. NOUN-ADJECTIVE-VERB TABLE
movement
excitement
gaiety
distance
fascination

moved
excited
gay
distant
fascinating

to move
to excite
to be gay
to be distant
to fascinate
to manage

interesting
comfortable
convenient
speed
dust
tired
favourite
luxurious
crowding
confusion
experience
overcrowded

* Fill out the missing noun-adjective-verb forms.

II. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES FROM THE TEXT:

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A. For me there is nothing like ... But it is not only on the account of ... that I like ...
Travel must be comfortable, convenient and quick. Travel by air is ... comfortable,
... convenient and of course far quick ... than any other method. In fact, I think it is
... comfortable, ... convenient and ... quick ... method of them all. I like this big ...,
wide ..., free ... world of air travel. As you leave the earth behind you, you seem to
belong to another world, a big ..., wide ..., free ... world than the one you have left.
Travel is a personal experience. Travel by car is a ... personal experience for there
you can drive yourself.
Perhaps ... personal experience would be to fly the plane yourself.
The journey may take ... long ... you wish. You may go ... slowly or ... fast ... you
like. You see so ... more of the country than you do in a plane.
With a train you can go fast ... than by car and see ... than by plane.
What place is ... interesting than a big railway station at holiday time:
B. WRITE THE ER (MORE) AND EST (MOST) FORMS OF THE ADJECTIVE
Adjective

Comparative

Superlative

strong
comfortable
convenient
luxurious
big
wide
free
favourite
Make sentences with the comparatives or the superlatives above.
C. SHOW DIFFERENT COMPARISONS:
1. She may stay ................ she likes
(long)
2. The film is not ........................... I have expected.
(interesting)
3. This film is .............. of all the films I have seen.
(boring)
4. New York is .......... of all the towns I have been to.
(big)
5. She is not ................... she pretends to be.
(sincere)
6. Your plan is ............. than mine. In fact, it is ................ plan I have over head of.
(good)
(original)
7. This task is .......................... than I have expected
(difficult)
8. This is .................... room of all in the house.
(large)
9. This is ....................... question a person can ask.
(curious)
10. Traffic is .................. on this route than on others.

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(heavy)
11. This route absorbs .................. traffic of them all.
(heavy)
III. PRACTICE THE PRONOUNS:
SUBSTITUTION DRILL
Provide the correct pronoun form, following the example:
(I)
For me there is nothing like travel by air.
(You)
(She)
(He)
(It)
(We)
(You)
(They)
Example: For Paula there is nothing like fashion shows. (she, her, hers, herself)
For John there is nothing like car races. (he, him, his, himself)
For my neighbours there is nothing like variety shows. (they, them, their(s),
themselves)
Make sentences of your own using the above sentence pattern.

For ... there is nothing like .........

(horror films)
(detective stories)
(love stories)
(science fiction) etc.
Consult your Grammar Book for further details on the Possessives.
PRONOUNS STUDY
Personal Pronouns
I
You
He
She

me
You
him
her

It
We
You
They

it
us
you
them

Plural

Singular

For me there is nothing like air travel.

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Reflexive Pronouns
(I)
(You)
(She)
(He)
(It)
(We)
(You)
(They)

myself
yourself
herself
himself
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves

I saw myself in the mirror.

etc.
THE POSSESSIVES
(I)
(You)
(She)
(He)
(It)
(We)
(You)
(They)

my
your
her
his
its
our
your
their

mine
yours
hers
his
its
ours
yours
theirs

Adjectives
Pronouns
EXAMPLE: Is this your book? No, this book is not mine.
I left my book at home. Can I borrow yours?
* COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE POSSESSIVES:
(She) Who is this man? A friend of ... One of ... friends.
(He)
A friend of ... One of ... friends.
(It)
Look at this tree! ... leaves are still green.
(We) Who is this man? A friend of ... One of ... friend.
(You) Is he a friend of ..l.? Ive thought he is ... friend.
(They) Is he a friend of ...l? I dont think he is ... friend.
* COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE OBJECT PRONOUN AS IN THE
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE:

(I)

I want John to be like me.

(You) You want John to be like ...

(She) She wants John to be like ...
(He) He wants John to be like ...
(We) We want John to be like ...
(You) You want John to be like ...
(They) They want John to be like ...

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* COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE REFLEXIVE PRONOUN AS IN

THE EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE:

(I)

I find myself getting old.

(You) You find ... getting old.

(She) She finds ... getting old.
(He) He finds ... getting old.
(We) We finds ... getting old.
(You) You find ... getting old.
(They) They find ... getting old.
IV. HOME STUDY
STUDY THE MODEL. Consult your grammar books and repeat and practice the
Perfect Tense and the Perfect Continuous Tense.
Make similar sentences of your own (affirmative, negative, interrogative).
PERFECT TENSE
Have you seen John lately. I havent heard from him for a while. I met him two weeks
ago and have not seen him since. Why havent you tried to call him by phone? He has
never been much enthusiastic about phone calls. In fact, he has never said he has a
telephone.
PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
What have you been doing for the past ten minutes? We have been knocking at the
door for ten minutes and have almost been sure that you are not in. Why havent you
rung the bell? I have been listening to some new records and have probably been
singing. Have you been listening to the records with you earpieces on?
* PRACTICE THE USE OF THE PERFECT/CONTINUOUS TENSE:
1. It is absolutely necessary to read your work through when you (finish) ... writing.
2. After you have finished your essay (choose) ... a good short title.
3. He (be) ... abroad for many years. He is now finding it difficult to settle down.
4. He speaks English well even though he (be, never) ... to England.
5. I have been looking for this book everywhere. I (find, now) ... it.
6. I have heard that he (arrive, just) ... from the Middle East.
7. He was in Italy last year. Now he (return) ... home.
8. I have often invited him here. He (come, never) ...
9. A letter I wrote to an English firm (not be answered) ...
10. The goods I ordered (arrive) ... but they are not up to their usual standard.
11. An organization abroad (offer) ... scholarships for those wishing to study
languages at a university.
12. A famous English writer (arrive) ... in our town.
13. Is it true that you (be invited) ... by the librarian of your local library to give a talk
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14. (Pass) ... she ... all her examinations?

15. I (not be able) ... to solve this puzzle.
16. (Try, ever) ... you ... to give up smoking?
17. Have you seen my brother? Yes, he (arrive, just) ...
18. Have you seen Mary? No, she (arrive, yet) ...

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