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Lecture-12 Practice-3

The document provides information on skimming techniques and travel by presenting six short texts to skim and answer questions about. The texts cover topics such as how people prefer to travel independently nowadays, factors to consider when planning a trip like weather, packing light, details about a town called Monalos and its information center, statistics about an area's geography, and a temperature and rainfall chart. The purpose is to demonstrate how to quickly get the key details and answers from short texts through skimming.

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Lecture-12 Practice-3

The document provides information on skimming techniques and travel by presenting six short texts to skim and answer questions about. The texts cover topics such as how people prefer to travel independently nowadays, factors to consider when planning a trip like weather, packing light, details about a town called Monalos and its information center, statistics about an area's geography, and a temperature and rainfall chart. The purpose is to demonstrate how to quickly get the key details and answers from short texts through skimming.

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Skimming Techniques – Travel Information

Below are 6 texts which you are going to skim read. Once you have read the texts, give each
one an appropriate heading, then answer the questions
Text A

1. Read the text and add an appropriate heading.

2. Answer the questions below.


Heading:_______________________
Today, many people prefer to travel independently. Firstly, they decide where they want
to go and then think about the details, such as how long they want to stay, where they want to
stay, how they will get there, how much it will cost, when they will go and what they need to
take.
Answer the following questions
1. How do people like to travel these days? _______________
2. What do they decide on first? __________________
3. How many other details are mentioned in the text? ________

Text B
1. Read the text and add an appropriate heading.
2. Answer the questions below.
Heading: _______________________
The time you go depends on what you want to do. For example, if you want to do outdoor
activities such as walking, cycling or canoeing then you need to choose a time when the weather
is dry. If you prefer a more relaxed holiday spent sunbathing and swimming then the weather
should not be too hot.
Answer the following questions.
1. What does the time you go depend on? _____________
2. What are some examples of outdoor activities?_______________________
3. What do you do on a relaxing holiday? _________________________
Text C
1. Read the text and add an appropriate heading.
2. Answer the questions below.
Heading: _______________________
Most people take too much when they travel, travel light is the key! Remember you will
have to carry it and heavy luggage soon becomes a nightmare. Take enough clothes (but not too
many), a towel, soap, shampoo and your travel documents and money.
Answer the following questions

1. What do most people take when they travel?___________________________


2. What is the best solution? _____________________________
3. Which six items should you take with you?_________________________________

Text D
1. Read the text and add an appropriate heading.
2. Answer the questions below.
Heading: _______________________
Monalos is a lively, noisy place, suitable for young people and those who do not like peace and
quiet. The information centre is in the main street (number 50, High Street), and their phone
number is 324-5698. They are open every day from 10am to 8pm except Sundays when they are
open from 1pm to 4pm.
Answer the following questions
1. What is the address of the information centre? _______________
2. What is their phone number? _________________
3. What time are they open on Fridays? ___________
4. What time do they close on Sundays? ___________

Text E
1. Read the text and add an appropriate heading
2. Answer the questions below
Heading: Some interesting ______________
The area covers over 2,000 miles and has around 100,000 inhabitants. The coastline is over 500
miles long and there are 54 islands, 22 of which are inhabited. The highest mountain is 3,007ft,
and the deepest lake is 700ft below sea level.

Answer the following questions


1. What is the area? _______________
2. How many people live there? _____________
3. How long is the coastline? ____________
4. How many islands do people live on? ________
5. What is the highest point? ____________
6. What is the lowest point? ____________
Text F
Look at the following temperature chart and find the answers.
Average temperatures and rainfall

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Monalos

C/F 6/43 7/45 9/48 11/52 14/57 16/61 17/63 17/63 15/59 12/5 9/48 7/45

mm 146 109 83 90 72 63 55 22 36 47 120 132

inches 5.8 4.3 3.3 3.5 2.8 2.1 1.8 .9 1.2 1.6 4.0 5.2
1. What is the average temperature in September in C? ____________

2. How much rain falls in February in mm? _____________

3. How many inches of rain do they receive in May? ______________

4. What is the average temperature in August in F? ____________

Answers to questions in texts


Text A
1. Independently
2. Where they want to go
3. How long they want to stay, where they want to stay, how they will get there, how much
it will cost, when they will go, what they need to take. 6 other details are mentioned in the text.
Text B
1. What you want to do
2. Walking, cycling, canoeing
3. Sunbathing and swimming
Text C
1. Too much
2. Travel light
3. Clothes, a towel, soap, shampoo, travel documents, money
Text D
1. Number 50, High Street
2. 324-5698
3. From 10am to 8pm
4. 4pm
Text E
1. 2,000 miles
2. 100,000 people
3. 500 miles long
4. 22
5. 3,007ft
6. 700ft below sea level
Text F
1. 15
2. 109
3. 2.8
4. 63

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