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see also
j v
JOURNEY tourism
II to travel to a place
90 Igsoi [u J] to go to a place that is far Irom where you live, especially for a holiday or for business
go to/across etc We're going to Malta this summer. I Mexico? I've never been there. I She often goes to Tokyo on business.
go abroad (=go to a different country) My
grandparents haue never been abroad. going - went - have gone/have been
Have gone and have been are used in different ways. Compare these sentences: She's gone to Moscow (=she is there now and has not come back yet). I I've been to Moscow (=1 have visited it at some time in the past, but I'm not there now).
travel tnev,?l [i> I] to make a journey from one place to another - use this either to talk about going to a place that is far away, or about a journey that you make regularly, for example :o work or school travel to/through/there etc Jack spent the summer travelling around Europe. travel 50 km/100 miles etc Some of these people had travelled 50 miles to find food. + to 1 usually travel to work by car. travelling - travelled - have travelled
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traveling - traveled - have traveled
Use go to talk about where you go to. Use travel to talk about the journey itself.
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sail /sell/ [u I) to travel by any kind of boat or ship: We sailed from Southampton on
May 6th.
by car/boat/plane/train /bai ko:r,
'x Don't say 'with the train', 'with my car' etc. Say by train, by car etc.
'baot. plein, trem/ travelling in a car, boat, plane, or train: "Did you come by car?" "No. I took the train." I Some of the beaches can only be reached by boat.
ОП foot on tot if you go somewhere on foot, you walk there: They are trying to cross the Antarctic on foot.
take /teik (и T] if you take a train, bus, or plane, you travel in it: We can take the
train or drive - it doesn 't matter. taking - took - have taken
by air/by sea/by land bai eor, bai si:, bai lamd/ if you travel by air, by sea. or by land, you travel by plane, in a boat, or on land: It's much quicker if you go by air but it's also more expensive.
the activity of travelling
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travel /'travel/ In U] the activity of travel ling: The job involves a lot of travel. air/space/road/ rai (/travel New tech nology has made air travel much safer.
You can also use travel before a noun, like an adjective: a travel writer (^someone who writes about travelling) I travel expenses (=money that your employer pays you for travelling somewhere)
Don't say 'the travel' when you mean 'the journey' or the trip: The journey to Scotland took over 5 hours (not 'the travel').
В different ways of travelling
/'draw/ [u I) to travel in a car: Jenny drove down to the coast for the weekend.
driving - drove - have driven
fly flai/ [и II to travel by plane: My mother never liked flying. I Russell flew to New York with United.
flying - flew - have flewn
someone who is travelling
traveller British traveler american
/'tr<ev«?lar/ In C] someone who is on a journey: The First Class section is mostly used by business travellers. 1 an interesting book about European travellers in Africa in the 19th century
air/rail travellers 80,000 air travellers pass through the terminal every day.
passenger /'paesmd39r, -sjn-j [л C] someone who is travelling in a car, boat, plane, or train, but is not the driver or pilot: The driver and his three passengers were all killed in the crash. I The airport is full of angry passengers held up by the strike.
tourist tu^st,' [n C} someone who travels aro nd and visits places for pleasure, while they are on holiday: Oxford is full of tourists in the summer.
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TRANSPORT
Л There was a really long queue at
the ticket office, so I got my ticket from the ticket machine. Then I
rushed to the platform and got on to the train. Fortunately my train had been delayed, and so it was
journey
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would have missed it.
vocabulary
airport /,еэрэ:г1/ (n CJ the building where you go at the beginning and end of a journey by plane
arrivals /araiv^lz/ [n U] the area in an airport where you go after you get off the plane
arrivals board /s'raivjiz ,bo:rd/ [n C] a large piece of equipment at an airport or station which shows information about which planes or trains are arriving and at what time
board /,bo:rd/ [и 1Я1 to get on a plane, ship, train or bus
boarding card /ЪМщ ,ka:rd/ {n CI a piece of card
with your name and seat number printed on it, you show before you get on a plane or ship
bus stop /Ълs stDp|-,stoip/ In C) the place at the side of the road where buses stop for passengers
by bus/taxi/train/ferry/car etc/bai (bus, etc)/ using a bus, a taxi etc: "Did you come by car?" "No, by train."
cabin /kaeb^n/ fn CI a small room inside a ship where you can sleep
change /tjemdj/ [u I/T) to get out of one train, bus, or plane and get into another in order to continue your journey
+ at Is it a direct flight?""No, we have to change at Bangkok."
check in /,t/ek in/ [phrasa/ verb I] to go to the desk at an airport to show your ticket, give them your
bags and get a boarding card check-in desk brttish с Keck-in counter ameri can /'tjek m desk, tjek in kauntaV |n C] the place at an airport where you check in
customs /'kAstamz/ (n U] the place where your bags are checked for goods that you should not bring into a country
go through customs (=walk through the part of the