Travelling to new and interesting countries has always attracted people. It’s like a part of routine. People work for some time and then they travel during their holidays. The choice of
a place depends on their interests and wishes, on their finances and the length of the holidays.
The fact that people travel to other places has many reasons. First of all, it’s always nice to
stay in a different place for a change. Secondly, many people are interested in seeing new
sights, exploring different cultures and else. Finally, travelling allows simply to relax and
have a good time.
The history if travelling is quite long. The first travelers were explorers. They travelled to
discover new lands, to find fame and wealth. In spite of all possible dangers on the way they
continued sailing to far distances.
Nowadays people can choose how to travel: by train, by ship, by plane, by car or even by
motorbike. There are also lots of travel agencies which can arrange everything for you. They
look for suitable tours, book the transport tickets and hotel rooms, arrange insurance and
transfer and assist the travelers in any other way. Almost every country has something to
offer, so travelling is always an interesting and exciting process. One of the modern ways of
travelling is hiking, i.e. travelling on foot. This way you can get to see all the beauty of
natural sights. Among them valleys, plains, hills, mountains, waterfalls, lakes etc. Hiking is
especially popular with young people, because they have lots of energy to hike for long
distances.
The most popular way to spend a holiday in our country is a journey to the beach. Everybody
enjoys relaxing under the sun and near the sea.
Task. Answer the questions (give full answers and use right tense form)
1. When people travel?
2. What is the second reason of travelling?
3. Why did first travellers travel?
4. Did the ways of travelling change?
5. What can you see to get the beauty?
6. What is especially popular?
7. What did you like in the story?

We do not think that this year we again find ourselves in astana - the young capital of kazakhstan. working visit to the capital coincided with the summer holidays children, so we decided to combine business and family vacation. especially next to astana (200 km) is a resort area burabay, which we decided to visit immediately after completion of the capital cases. in astana, we have for the third time, and it never ceases to amaze us. in a few years it has been transformed beyond recognition: grown and prettier. continuing to build new houses, complexes. on the first day, we visited the "duman" - one of the main entertainment centers of astana, which is famous all over kazakhstan - oceanarium. of course, the aquarium kazakhstan far from the american or korean, but go and look at the inhabitants of the deep sea is. in addition to the aquarium in the "thinking" there are many different attractions, cinemas.we went to the "jungle lost world" - a new attraction, which the children really enjoyed. tour of the artificial thickets and tunnels with the dinosaurs, pterodactyls, crocodiles, giant amphibians and king kong led the nice girl. the bad news is that because of the low light photos turned substandard premises. at the end of the tour we were invited to a puppet theater neon.the next day the children spent on the playground for children, equipped with exercise machines, houses, slides. entrance to the play area is free.then we walked around the city, went to visit friends. of course, there were also negative in addition to positive aspects.we still can not get used to the layout of the streets of the capital and their signs. pointers streets are so small and so rare, that in search of a street or a house had to do a few laps around the city. i ask the residents of the city (the bulk - it is the newcomers), they either shrug their shoulders or show entirely the wrong direction.after 10 pm, you can not change currency or buy anything. shops and supermarkets are closed at night, and some still-hour lunch breaks. they work all day or until the last customer is only the hotel, pool, cafe. so that astana to grow and grow. i think the disadvantages disappear with time, and the city is really worthy of the title of the capital

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