travel and the means of transport

Question 1

a traveller

Answer 1

visits in order to learn and experience the culture and environment of the places visited

Question 2

a tourist

Answer 2

visits to be entertained by images and experiences created especially for the tourist market

Question 3

phrases in travelling

Answer 3

• all inclusive package holidays (everything is paid for before you go)
• to get off the beaten track ( not the places everyone goes)
• travelling on a shoestring (to travel without spending much money/on a budget)

Question 4

an explorer

Answer 4

someone who tries to find new places nobody knows about

Question 5

definitions of a traveller

Answer 5

= someone who is travelling or often travels
= someone who does not have a permanent home (common among elderly in the US)
= someone, often a student, who likes travelling abroad (backpacking, staying in hostels)

Question 6

types of travellers

Answer 6

a tourist, a hitchhiker, a bus conductor, a motorcycle courier, a holiday-maker, a rambler, a pilgrim, a commuter, an emigrant

Question 7

a rambler

Answer 7

someone who just wanders around

Question 8

a pilgrim/pilgrimage

Answer 8

for religious purposes

Question 9

a commuter

Answer 9

driving from home to school from far away

Question 10

means of transport

Answer 10

a trolley-bus, tram/street car, cab/taxi, underground (tube/metro/subway), jet (aircraft, airliner), airship
ship, vessel, craft, tanker, hovercraft, cruise ship, speedboat, yacht

Question 11

how do we travel?

Answer 11

by land, by air, by sea

Question 12

types of ships

Answer 12

ship, vessel, craft, tanker, hovercraft, cruise ship, speedboat, yacht

Question 13

to brake ≠ brake

Answer 13

brake refers to “a device that causes a car or machine to slow down or stop,” whereas the verb means “slowing down or bringing a machine or car to a stop by using a brake.”

Question 14

hood

Answer 14

bonnet

Question 15

gas

Answer 15

petrol

Question 16

trunk

Answer 16

boot

Question 17

sidewalk

Answer 17

pavement

Question 18

ekskurzija

Answer 18

an excursion

Question 19

križarjenje

Answer 19

a cruise

Question 20

a liner

Answer 20

a ship like Titanic

Question 21

a voyage

Answer 21

a long journey by sea

Question 22

fuselage

Answer 22

the main body of an aircraft

Question 23

a traffic warden

Answer 23

someone whose job is to check for cars that are parket ilegally

Question 24

to dismount

Answer 24

to get off a horse/bicycle

Question 24

to accelerate

Answer 24

to go faster

Question 25

to reverse

Answer 25

to drive backwards

Question 26

to collide

Answer 26

to run into each other

Question 27

to alight

Answer 27

to get off

Question 28

to endanger

Answer 28

to put at risk

Question 29

to ascend

Answer 29

to rise up

Question 30

a slip road

Answer 30

a road entering/leaving a motorway

Question 31

to indicate

Answer 31

to point out/show

Question 32

to overtake [prehiteti]

Answer 32

to pass by

Question 33

to brake

Answer 33

to slow down

Question 34

a fare

Answer 34

the money paid for a journey on public transport

Question 35

hodnik na letalu

Answer 35

the aisle

Question 36

a vessel

Answer 36

a ship/a large boat used for carrying passengers/goods

Question 37

a cargo ship/a freighter

Answer 37

carries goods

Question 38

a tanker

Answer 38

caries large amounts of petrol, oil,…

Question 39

a lifeboat

Answer 39

= a boat used to rescue people
a small boat kept on a ship,
= used by people on the ship to escape if the ship sinks

Question 40

a raft

Answer 40

= a small boat made of rubber, filled with air
= a flat structure (made out of wood) tied together used as a boat

Question 41

a fleet

Answer 41

a group of boats that sail + work together

Question 42

a convoy/a flotilla

Answer 42

a group of boats travelling together

Question 43

to board

Answer 43

to embark

Question 44

to ashore

Answer 44

to disembark

Question 45

to sail

Answer 45

to begin a journey by sea

Question 46

you sail…

Answer 46

a sailing boat

Question 47

you row…

Answer 47

a rowing boat

Question 48

you paddle…

Answer 48

a canoe/kayak