READING

5.1. The First Trip Abroad (“If Tomorrow Comes” by Sidney Sheldon)

Work in pairs. Student A read the text below. Student B goes to page 28.

Ask student B for information you don’t have. Answer his/her questions.

Early the following morning Tracy stopped at (Where/stop?) Where did Tracy stop? ........................ and reserved a suite on the Signal Deck of the Queen Elizabeth II. She was as excited as a child about her first trip abroad, and spent the next three days buying clothes and luggage.

On the morning of the sailing Tracy hired (What/hire?) ………..…………… drive her to the pier. When she arrived at Pier 90, where the QE II was docked, it was crowded with photographers and television reporters. Tracy brushed past them, showed her passport to a ship’s officer at the gangplank, and walked up onto the ship.

On deck, (Who/look at Tracy?) ………………… looked at Tracy’s ticket and directed her to her stateroom. It was a lovely suite, with a private terrace. It had been ridiculously expensive, but Tracy decided it was going to be worth it.

She unpacked and then wandered along the corridor. In almost every cabin there were farewell parties going on, with laughter and champagne and conversation. She felt (What/feel?) …………………… . There was no one to see her off.

She made her way up to the Boat Deck and heard the sound of a deep-throated boat whistle and calls of «All ashore who’s going ashore», and she was filled with a sudden excitement. She was sailing into a completely unknown future. She felt the huge ship shudder as the tugs started to pull her out of the harbour, and she stood (Where/stand?) ……………………. on the Boat Deck, watching the Statue of Liberty slide out of sight, and then she went exploring the ship.

The QE II was like a huge city, (How big/be the QW II) ………………………………... . It had four restaurants, six bars, two ballrooms and (How many nightclubs/have) ……………………. nightclubs. There were scores of shops, four swimming pools, a gymnasium, a golf driving range, a jogging track.

“I may never want to leave the ship”, Tracy marveled.

5.2. Comprehension questions.

1. How did Tracy travel?

2. What was her mood?

3. What did she do on the morning of the sailing?

4. How was the ship called?

5. What did she see when she arrived at the pier?

6. Did she like her cabin?

7. What country did she leave?

8. What did the ship look like?

5.3. Fill in the missing words.

1. She was as ______________________ as a child.

2. She ______________ a limousine to drive her to the _______________.

3. It had been ____________ expensive.

4. She decided it was going to be _____________ it.

5. There was no one to see her ________________.

6. All ____________ who is going ______________.

7. She watched the Statue of Liberty slide ______________________.

8. I may never want to __________________the ship.

5. 4. Find equivalents for these words and phrases in English.

1. Бюро путешествий ____________________

2. Забронировать номер__________________

3. Путешествие заграницу ________________

4. Багаж _______________________________

5. На палубе ___________________________

6. Пройтись по коридору_________________

7. Прощальная вечеринка _________________

8. Внезапный приступ одиночества__________

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9. Огромный корабль_____________________

10. Гавань________________________________

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