II. Завершите предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста
1. The development of transportation has made its contribution to …
2. In the 20th century most local railroad and waterway trips were …
3. When cruising tourists use the ship both as …
4. The aeroplanes are very important for the tourist industry because …
5. A scheduled airline differs from an non-scheduled one by …
III. Заполните пропуски предложенными словами и словосочетаниями
long-distance travel a cruise ship means of transportation scheduled and charter operations international journeys
1. Travelling by … is made mostly for pleasure not for business.
2. In Europe it is very convenient to use cars for … .
3. Nowadays the aeroplane is the main carrier for … .
4. Modern … include railroads, automobiles, aeroplanes and ships.
5. The tourist industry uses both … .
IV. Пользуясь содержанием текста, опровергните или подтвердите следующие утверждения
1. Steamships carried passengers and freight both in the inland waters and across the oceans.
2. Automobiles are mostly used for domestic tourism.
3. Tourists travelling by car usually have to leave it on the bank when cross the waterways on the ferry.
4. Non-scheduled airlines rent aeroplanes for their operation.
5. Business travellers are main customers of the scheduled airlines.
TEXT 12. ST. PETERSBURG: ARRIVING AND DEPARTING
I. Прочитайте и переведите текст, обращая внимание на профессионально ориентированную лексику
| by boat | водным транспортом |
| call at | заходить (в порт) |
| sea passenger terminal | морской пассажирский порт |
| river passenger terminal | речной пассажирский порт |
| by bus | автобусом |
| daily departures | ежедневные поездки |
| by car | автомобилем |
| by plane | самолетом |
| downtown | центр города |
| runway | взлетно-посадочная полоса |
| land | приземляться |
| taxi over | переехать на такси |
| signs | вывески |
| subway stop | станция метро |
| luggage | багаж |
| transfer | переезд |
| by train | поездом |
| train station | железнодорожный вокзал |
By Boat
Cruise ships of the Baltic Line call at St. Petersburg. Cruises are available from Kiel, Germany. The sea passenger terminal is on Vasilevsky Island at Morskoi Slavy Ploshchad. The river passenger terminal is at 195 Obukhovskoi Oborony Prospect.
By Bus
The Russian firm Sovavto St. Petersburg offers daily departures to Helsinki from the following hotels: Astoria, Grand Hotel Europe, Pulkhovskaya, and St. Petersburg. The Finnish bus company Finnord offers daily service to Vyborg and Helsinki, leaving from 37 ul. Italyanskaya.
By Car
You can reach St. Petersburg from Finland via the Helsinki-St. Petersburg Highway through the border town of Vyborg. To reach Moscow, take the Moscow-St. Petersburg Highway, which leaves the city near the Varshavsky (Warsaw) Railroad Station, close to Izmailovsky Cathedral.