(types of accommodation, booking in a hotel, interesting places visited, benefits of travelling, means of transport, favourite holiday destinations)
1) Travelling
• one of the most beloved free time occupations of modern people
• reasons of travelling
o learning about new places, countries, new people
o coming back to nature
o business, political, cultural reasons
o scientific purpose
• may be dangerous: can meet bad people, get lost, be murdered, money may be stolen
• various means of transport
o former times: on foot, on horseback
o car, motorcycle (most comfortable, no timetable, luggage not limited; traffic jams in cities, air pollution, need driver – driving licence, check fuel, oil, air pressure in tires)
o bus, tram, underground (public transport, underground without traffic jams, buses not ecologic)
o railways – train (greatly modernised – not in CR, diesel and electric engines; comfortable travelling, sleeping car, dining car, toilet with wash basin; non-stop and fast trains for longer distances)
o aeroplane (fastest mean of transport, need plane ticket and some way to get to the airport, cared for by air-hostess during the flight, pilots [pailots] get instructions from the control tower for taking off and landing)
o ship (used to be the only way to get over the ocean, nowadays romantic way of travelling; people can be seasick; travelling to GB: through the tunnel or on a ferry)
o bicycle, hitchhike
o sailing on a yacht, hot-air ballooning, skateboarding, roller-skating
• travel agencies
o state or private
o can arrange trips, tickets, accommodations
o cultural trips to historic places (Egypt, Rome, Athens)
o recreation stays in mountains or seaside resorts (Alps, Croatia)
o stays with sports or educational programmes (riding horses, language courses)
• luggage (GB) / baggage (USA)
o suitcase (kufr na oblečení), briefcase (diplomatka), trunk (lodní kufr)
o bag, rucksack [raksek]
• travelling abroad: valid passport and for some countries visa necessary, health insurance, need to change money
• foreign language: most people in world speak English, in Europe also German and French
2) Accommodation
• room in a hotel, can be booked by letter, phone or via email
• best hotels: clean and comfortable and the price is not high
• expensive hotels: bathroom for each bedroom, TV set, fridge etc.
• cheap hotels: inns (in the country) and pubs (in the towns); hostels (for young people)
• enter a hotel, fill in the registration form at receptionist’s desk (name, permanent address, nationality, time of stay, number of identity card), get a key of the room
• typical equipment in hotel room: wash basin, bed, bedside table, wardrobe, small table with chair
• typical facilities in hotel: restaurant, dancing place, swimming pool, fitness centre, sauna, hairdresser
3) My holiday destinations
• weekend house, used on weekends when the weather is good
• one week of holidays, in summer, typically somewhere in CR, sometimes by the sea
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