Basic HTML Version
UNIT
RAVELLI NG BY AR OR OACH
Read & Listen
Read the following advertisement and complete it with the
missing words given in scrambled order, then listen to the recordings to check it.
proud
•
locations
•
vehicles
•
able
•
range
•
any
•
experience
4
internet internet internet internet internet
Choose the car you drive!
You told us you’d like to choose the car you drive. We listened.
Now, when you book a Volkswagen, you get a Volkswagen.
Imagine...
... being
..................
to book the car you want to drive while in the UK, AND knowing that’s the car you’re going to get!!!
No need to imagine any longer – we’re proud to introduce our new Choice Fleet – a
..................
of VW and Peugeot
..................
that you can book AND drive, guaranteed!
You can rent our Choice Fleet from
..................
of the following 8 UK airport
..............................
: London Heathrow, London
Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Avis is
..................
to be the first to offer you this choice.
We hope this makes your car hire
..............................
more enjoyable.
Read
the text above and then match the phrasal verbs on the left (1-7) with
their meaning on the right (a-g).
1
set off
a
find by chance
2
mapped out
b
stopped working
3
come across
c
give
4
broke down
d
find yourself in a particular situation
5
hand over
e
start a journey
6
end up
f
deal with a difficult situation
7
cope with
g
drawn in a map
Work in pairs
Read the text again. Do you agree with the writer? Can you
think of other advantages and disadvantages of renting a car? Discuss.
5
6
To rent or not to rent?
So you’re about to
set off
for Italy. You have your itinerary
mapped out
and you have booked the hotels you will be staying in.
The only thing left to decide is whether to rent a car or use the trains and public transport to move around once you get there.
Renting a car has advantages and disadvantages.
One advantage is that you have more freedom. There are no strict timetables to follow. You can travel at your own pace,
literally stopping to smell the flowers in the valleys you happen to
come across
accidentally.
Another advantage of hiring a car is that if the car
broke down
, the car rental company would immediately
hand
over
a new vehicle for you. You would not have to worry about repairs and find yourself without any form of assistance.
When you rent a car, you can also get more options and you are able to choose which car should be more suitable for your trip.
There are some disadvantages of renting a car, though.
First, many tourists make the mistake of planning car itineraries in Italy’s big cities and
end up
having to
cope with
nerve-wrecking traffic, unfamiliar regulations, all while trying to catch a glimpse of the sights through a sea of cars,
motor scooters and buses.
Second, there are the rising rental rates. Although there is a wide choice of rental companies, hiring a car might be
more expensive than using the train or bus.
In addition, there is the difficulty to familiarise yourself with the car controls and surely you can’t be bothered to find
the controls of the water heater while driving in the middle of a busy road.
Finally, although most companies now allow online reservations, you may find it easier and less tedious to buy a train
pass or bus tickets.
In conclusion, weigh the pros and cons carefully. Maybe it would be wise to rent a car between major cities or for the
leg of your trip, but use public transport in city centres.
reading reading reading reading reading reading
CD1 –
19
Sez1_U3_054_068.indd 55
30/12/1