ACT IT OUT
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 512.
The counter-argument: key words
1. Travelling at high speeds is a means not an end. But it is also a pleasure in itself.
2. E.g. drivers experience great thrill, satisfaction travelling long distances.
3. Air travel: exciting; unusual view of the world. Sea travel: a holiday in itself; modern ships are floating cities.
4. Approach to travel in 20th century: practical and labour-saving.
5. Foolish to climb a mountain when there's a railway or road up it.
6. Travelling on foot: exhausting; you get nowhere fast.
7. If we depended on our legs, we would be isolated from each other, as in the past.
8. Modern means of communication make the world a small place.
9. It's now possible to see many countries, meet people of all nations.
10. Man uses his intelligence to extend his abilities: e.g. computers extend, not replace the use of our brains.
11. Modern means of travel extend, not replace the use of our legs.
12. Future anthropologists (and others) will have much to be grateful for.
These people are all members of a travel club who are meeting in order to plan their annual holiday.
| · a geography student · a retired bus driver · a professor of classical languages · a coal-miner · a writer of detective stories · an actor · a journalist | · a musician · a travel agent · an airplane pilot · a psychologist · a spy · a politician · a keen amateur sportsman |
Choose one of these roles and, first of all, decide for yourself what sort of holiday you would like. Make notes. Then act out the discussion. Eventually you must all agree on one trip; try to persuade the others that your suggestions are the best, but be prepared to compromise.
| possible destination(s) | itinerary | length of trip | transport |
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