1. Before reading. Look at the title and the illustration.

What kind of text do you expect to read?

2. Read the text.
a) pick out information about the excursion

b) Use your note to give a brief account of Mark

Twains excursion.
3. Pick out the words which correspond to: positive attitudes
4. Can you think of known prejudices against: The French

negative attitudes
The Americans

5. Do you agree with the following statement: Travel is fatal to prejudice,

bigotry and narrow-mindedness (). Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men
and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all
ones lifetime