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Day Mexican Adventure Tour

 

Have you ever wanted to hike through a jungle, go cliff diving or climb a pyramid? Have you always dreamed of swimming with dolphins and relaxing on white sandy beaches?

If you haven't lived your dream holiday yet, here's your chance to do all these things and more!

Mexico City, Guadalajara, Acapulco, Oaxaca, Cancun, Chichen Itza

Accomodation: Stay in luxurious 5-star hotels - single or double rooms and suites available.

Sports activities:Try a wide range of water sports - water-skiing, snorkeling, windsurfing, white-water rafting or jet skiing. Play golf, tennis or go horse riding. Take a hike through the jungle or try something more relaxing like deep-sea fishing.

Entertainment: Go to beach barbecues, and night clubs. Take part in cultural events with traditional costumes and dances. Eat quality food at a variety of restaurants and try delicious local dishes.

Other activities:Visit museums and galleries. Buy handmade souvenirs. Take a tour of ancient ruins and temples and climb the pyramid at Chichen Itza. Walk along narrow, cobbled streets. See the famous cliff divers diving from 45m and even try it yourself! Relax on white sandy beaches and swim with the dolphins.

Total cost:Single room: £2,500 Double room: £3,500 Suite: £5,200

Prices include:Flight, hotels, meals and tour and transport costs.

 

Tasks after reading

Read the text and circle the correct answer.

1 The weather is good in Mexico.

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2 The tour lasts for almost two weeks.

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3 They offer a lot of different water sports.

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4 A room for two people costs £5,200.

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5 The price includes breakfast only.

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Find one more adjective in the text for each noun.

1 expensive, family, hotels

2 delicious, spicy, food

3 white, clean beaches

4 bright, colourful, costumes

5 busy, cobbled, streets

 

Vocabulary ► Holidays

Match the verbs to the nouns and makesentences.

1 relax a in a hotel/at a campsite

2 visit b water sports

3 play с on the beach/by the pool

4 stay d a tour

5 buy e museums/galleries

6 take f tennis/golf

7 try g souvenirs

8 swim h the sights

9 do i local dishes

10 see J in the sea/pool

 

Speaking

Use the phrases in Exs. 2 and Vocabulary ►Holidays to tell your partner about your last holiday.

Last year we spent our holiday in a luxurious hotel……………………………………………………………………………

Тема 2.13 Искусство

BEFORE WE START

Look at the picture. Do you know who they are?

VOCABULARY

1. Read the defenition of art fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art

What is the essence of the art notion?

Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts, which includes the creation of images or objects in fields including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and other visual media.

Architecture is often included as one of the visual arts; however, like the decorative arts, it involves the creation of objects where the practical considerations of use are essential - in a way that they usually are not in a painting, for example.

Music, theatre, film, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature and other media such asinteractive media, are included in a broader definition of art orthearts.Until the 17th century, art referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences. In modern usage after the 17th century, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, the fine arts are separated and distinguished from acquired skills in general, such as the decorative or applied arts.

2. Study other definitions of art onhttp://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/art

Read and write down all art groups with examples.

The Arts represent an outlet of human expression, usually influence by culture, and driven by human creative impulse. Major constituents of the arts include literature - including poetry, novelsand short stories, and epics; performing arts- among them music, dance, and theatre; culinary artssuchasbaking, chocolatiering, and winemaking; media arts like photography and

film,and visual arts - including drawing, painting, and sculpting.

Some art forms combine a visual element with performance (e.g. film) andthewrittenword (e.g. comics).