Match the adjectives on the left with the nouns on the right.
| 1. commodious 2. luxurious 3. striking 4. haunting 5. limitless 6. meaningless 7. fussy 8. lofty 9. extraordinary 10. queer | a. decks b. views c. cabins d. saloons e. difference f. exhilaration g. beauty h. expanse of the ocean i. longing j. worries k. sense of loss l. traveller |
Say it in English.
1. Нуждаться в перемене обстановки/ климата
2. Отправляться в морское путешествие
3. Приступить к осуществлению мечты
4. Посадка на корабль, отправляющийся через Атлантику
5. Каюта первого класса
6. Исчезнуть бесследно
7. Все испытания позади
8. Земля показалась на горизонте
9. Безграничный простор
10. Испытывать разочарование
Explain what is meant.
1. If you want to be happy when you start off on a sea voyage you have to be prepared to face a lot of disillusionment.
2. Now at last we are entering on the realization of our dreams.
3. You are fussing up and down for half an hour.
4. On our first morning at sea we have too much else to think of, even in the calmest of weather, than mere reverie on the ocean.
5. There is room enough in this problem to keep us busy all morning.
6. No matter what the Guide Book says, worries are going to haunt you all the way.
7. We have a queer sense of loss and disillusionment as if our voyage had not yet begun, and a strange longing that we might have it all over again and this time know enough not to spoil it with our meaningless worries.
Are the following statements true or false? Can you correct the false ones?
1. Every summer thousands of Americans go across to Europe.
2. The author gives his advice to those who go to Europe to make money.
3. The writer warns against disillusionment that a traveller may experience.
4. A would-be traveller is likely to overlook the moment of embarkation owing to his fuss over a missing parcel.
5. The author says that the first day at sea may be spoilt by sea-sickness.
6. The narrator believes that a traveller has plenty of problems to fret over.
7. According to the story the travellers are kept awake by trifles.
8. During a sea voyage one is likely to observe a sea dragon.
9. The narrator believes that the most pleasant part of a sea voyage is landing.
10. The writer says that it is useless to study any guide-books.