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RAVEL GENCY AND RANSPORT
A
Focus on the title of the article. What can you anticipate
about the content of the article? Skim the text to check
your guesses.
B
Read the text again and then answer the following
questions.
1 Who dreamt of an “international” train?
2 What is the name of the company that he founded?
3 When did the train make its first journey?
4 Why was it named “Orient Express”?
5 When was its service suspended?
6 Why was the Simplon Orient Expressed introduced?
7 When did the train end its service, and why?
8 Who revived the train as Venice Simplon Orient Express?
9 When did it make its maiden run from London to Venice?
10 What colours are the train carriages?
C
Read the article again and say what the aim of the
writer is.
a to describe the Orient Express
b to explain the reason for its popularity
c to trace a brief history of this legendary train
Focus on Content
A
Look up the following words
or phrases in a monolingual
dictionary, then write down
their meaning.
Example
:
Byword: a person or thing that is
a typical example of a particular
quality.
1 span
2 ferry
3 dub
4 furnish
5 lining
6 lettering
7 varnished
8 nudged
9 auction
10 maiden run
B
Practise asking each other the
meaning of the words listed in
exercise 4.
Example:
What does byword mean?
What is the meaning of byword?
C
Now supply the Italian
equivalent of the words.
Focus on the language
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