Read and complete the text by putting a word or number from the box in each space.

10 000	1990	- 5o	half	- 40o	88%	4 000	200
1989	5000 m2

Existing each year between December and April, the Icehotel in the village of Jukkasjärvi, Sweden was the world's first ice hotel. In ____1____, Japanese ice artists visited the area and created an exhibition of ice art. In Spring ___2___, French artist Jannot Derid held an exhibition in a cylinder-shaped igloo in the area. One night there were no rooms available in the town, so some of the visitors asked for permission to spend the night in the exhibition hall. They slept in sleeping bags on top of reindeer skin - the first guests of the "hotel."

The entire hotel is made out of snow and ice blocks taken from the Torne River - even the glasses in the bar are made of ice. The Icehotel is open for less than ____3_____ of the year. Every May it melts and every November it is rebuilt. It now measures ____4_____ and it needs______5________ tons of ice and 30 000 tons of snow to build it. This actually means that it is more than ___6___ snow. The ice is used for creating Icebar designs and ice glasses, for ice sculpting classes, events and product launches all over the world while the snow is used for building a strong structure for the building.

The temperature inside the hotel is usually about ____7______. Outside in Jukkasjärvi itself the temperature can be much lower even as low as ___8____!

Last year more than ____9____ visitors travelled ____10_____ km north of the Arctic Circle to sleep in thermal sleeping bags. They got a cool reception!

Answer the following questions on the text.

1) When and how was the Icehotel founded?

2) What is the usual temperature inside the hotel?

3) Do you think the Icehotel could be considered an engineering achievement? Why (not)?

4) Why do you think the Icehotel is so popular with tourists?

5) What other unusual places to spend your holiday can you think of?

 

Match the numbers in the box with their verbal nominations below.

You should remember that in English you write a point (.) not a comma (,) in decimal numbers. You should say the numbers after the point separately, for example 56.91 is “fifty-six point nine one.”

 

2 m

1/2

3.5

1/4

2/3

8.4%

3,460

264

0

36.87

 

1) two thirds; 2) three point five; 3) a quarter; 4) two hundred sixty four; 5) thirty-six point eight seven; 6) two million; 7) a half; 8) three thousand, 9) our hundred and sixty; 10) zero/ nought; 11) eight point four per cent.

Read the following numbers correctly.

15,262; 2,000,000,000; 79.1%; 400; 1/3; ½; ¼; 12.45; 6 m; 349; 7.789; 2,639.

Work in pairs. Dictate your numbers to your partner so that he/she could write them down correctly.

A	B
1) thirty nine point one six percent 2) ten million 3) a half 4) six thousand eight hundred and eleven 5) one billion	1) a quarter 2) six point three nine five 3) seventy eight point three percent 4) three thousand two hundred and sixty-nine 5) one third

UNIT 9. TRAVEL

Section I Speaking

Work in pairs. Ask and answer these questions. Summarize the answers of your partner.

1) Do you like travelling?

2) What is the aim of travelling?

3) What countries or cities have you been to?

4) What means of travel do you prefer?

5) When was the last time you were a tourist?

6) Where did you go?

7) What places would you like to visit?

2. Are you logical? Solve these problems!

Summer Travel

Rachel, Brian, Charlotte and David are back from their holidays. They all went to different places – America, Ireland, France and Greece – and for different lengths of time – 7, 10, 14 and 21 days. When they meet up, they exchange souvenirs. From the information given, can you tell who went where, for how long, and who brought back the boots, jewellery, pottery and wine?

Rachel had less than two weeks away, but found some beautiful rings; David brought back champagne; the pottery came from Greece; Charlotte had a perfect break, it was sunny all week; Brian was away longest – he showed off his tan and cowboy boots he’d bought.

Names	Places	Souvenirs	Length of stay

Work in pairs. Ask each other questions about your last travel. Talk about:

- where you went;

- how you traveled;

- where you stayed;

- how long you stayed there;

- what the weather was like;

- what the food was like;

- what you did;

- whether you would like to return there.

 

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of traveling given below. Which method do you prefer to use? Why? Compare your answers with the other people in class.