10. Зачетное задание. Напишите сочинение на тему: ”Томас Кук-основатель туризма”. Урок 15
Тема 4. Развитие туризма в россии в 19- 20 веках
1 . Ответьте на вопросы:
1.Who was Thomas Cook?
2. What family was he from?
3. What made him to start tourism?
4. Had he commercial skills?
5.When did he organize his company?
6.When did he organize the first trip?
7.Was the first package tour the same as today?
8. Why did he organize a trip in 1851?
9.Where did he organize the first overseas trip?
10. Does his company still exist?
2.Ключевые слова: abroad, adult, bike-tour, common people, to fulfill, to get familiar (with), in good faith, guide book, to influence, to involve, leisure, popularization, to promise (a promise), to represent (a representative), waypoint book.
3. Поставьте все глаголы из ключевой лексики в форму прошедшего времени.
4.Составтье 1 предложение с одним из правильных глаголов, и 1 с одним из неправильных в Простом Прошедшем времени.
5.Задайте к одному из составленных предложений 4 типа вопросов.
6.Составтье предложение со следующими ключевыми словами:
а)abroad, adult, bike-tour, to involve;
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б) abroad, common people, to get familiar (with), guide book, waypoint book;
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c) to fulfill, a representative, to promise, in good faith;
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7.Найдите в тексте предложения с ключевыми словами и переведите их.
8.Прочтите и переведите текст:
THE OUTSET OF TOURISM IN RUSSIA
In the 18th century (1777) the first group of young men from noble families of Russia, organized by Veniamin Gensh, made the first trip abroad. They toured around Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France. The purpose of the tour was to get familiar with local universities and art galleries and factories.
In the same 18th century the first guide books for leisure travelers along Moscow and St. Petersburg were published. They gave details of sights and art collections in old and new capitals of Russia.
Thomas Cook Company was very well-known in Russia. But the Cook’s Company was not the first national travel agency emerged in Russia. It was founded by Leopold Lipson in St. Petersburg in 1885. The travel agency got the name of the “Enterprise for Public Travel to All Parts of the World.”
This company worked only with groups of tourists (from 8 till 15 persons) considering that to ravel in company was less expensive, more pleasant, interesting, and not so dangerous.
Lipson had two main purposes in his work with clients: to make every trip as comfortable and interesting as possible and to fulfill all promises in good faith.
Every tourist got a waypoint book which was a kind of a contract and a travel voucher between the Company and a client.
The company organized tours to Italy, Finland, Sweden, Austria, France, Germany, Palestine, and Egypt.
The cost of such trips was not so high. For example, a twenty days trip to Sweden and Finland cost 350 rubles. A four months trip from Russia to Egypt across Italy and Palestine cost 2.500 rubles.
The Lipson travel agency existed in Russia for a long time till the beginning of the 20th century and was very popular in Russia because it’s work was organized very well.
In 1901 the Russian Tourist Society started to work. The main purpose of this Society was the popularization of bike-tours among adults and children around Russia and abroad.
This Society was united by one net with representatives in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Germany and the USA. This net had contracts with hotels to stay in. But only rich people could be its members.
After the October Revolution common people could travel too.
In 1929 the Society of Proletarian Tourism and the Intourist Joint-Stock Company were created.
The Intourist Joint-Stock Company was transformed into Open Joint Stock Company "Foreign Economic Company for Tourism and Investment" Intourist ". One of the latest significant steps in the development of the company was its integration in European tourism business. Not long ago the most famous tour operator "Thomas Cook" bought 51% of the Intourist’s shares, 49% of them belong to the Intourist. In 2011, a joint venture Intourist - Thomas Cook Group was created. Before this transaction, the amount of tourists sent to the rest by NTK Intourist had reached 600 thousand people.
Структура Открытого акционерного общества «Внешнеэкономическое акционерное общество по туризму и инвестициям „Интурист“».