Why do people travel? Discuss in pe Use the ideas below. + to participate in international tournaments + volunteer for environmental projects + experience local customs/ traditions/cultures + look for work + visit friends/family far away * enjoy beautiful scenery/diverse wildlife/natural wonders + see magnificent temples/ landmarks/unusual architecture + collect strange souvenirs/erafts + sample local dishes Read the title and the introduction to the article. Why does Frans Lanting travel? Think of three questions about Frans. Read the article and see if you can answer them. Reading - Part 2 Read the article about a travel and wildlife photographer, Seven sentences have been removed from it. Choose from the sentences (a-h) the one which fits each gap (9-15), There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. 132| mooure 9000 0060 “I was terribly disappointed, It's hard to squeeze a giant redwood into a snapshot frame.” Other effects of this approach to photography have been almost as impressive as the pictures themselves. It is perhaps this that distinguishes his photographs from our holiday snapshots. His travels have taken him from Borneo to the Outer Hebrides, and from Central Africa to Antarctict, Sometimes in the same week. Having spent two days standing neck-deep in water Watching fish eagles, Lanting returned to the same spo the next day, Re as far as Lanting is concerned, the biggest risks a/° SVINg to trust the people he works with. “Ie essenti he says, " ; : : he aot envisaged that | could make a career out of Says. "but we've witnessed a tremendous increase it concern for the natural world" Scanned with CamScannerFrans canbe tough atthe top. Ifyou are Frans Lanting, the word's tacing tavel and wife photographer, naturally you want to pitures of something that has never been seen before, say fo anal gathering of hundreds of rare macaws deep in the ‘ests of the Amazon Basin. You haul a canoe, supplies, anata gear and a stee! scatfold weighing more than a ton over tye Andes. Then you paddle miles up the Tambopata River in ttelanu National Park, Peru, before erecting a high tower that ces you to where the birds live inthe tree canopy. That's 90 ft up, and you have a fear of heights. forthe next month you spend twelve hours a day in a space the ‘ze of an office desk. It is intensely humid, and sweat bees dink from your skin, making it difficult to focus a lens without being stung. Things are no easier on the jungle floor. Fungus sprouts on your equipment and leaf-cutter ants eat through your ‘ent overnight. [9 “Someone comes to pick you up ina smal, single-engine plane at an Indian village in the middle of nowhere, The plane doesn't look too good,” he says. "You have your doubts about the pilot, too. But what can you do? Ask to see is licence? No. You just go.” You just go. Itis this attitude that has made forty-nine-year-old Laning his generation’s greatest photographer of landscapes and the natural world. [T0[___] His photographs are unlike any others and include shots of serpentine jungle rivers, chameleons caught asleep, a seed falling to earth and almost the last wooly rhinoceros. More remarkable yet is that Lanting’s images - many of which 1 taken as close-ups ~ are in fact attempts to portray animals 2s individuals, as distinct in their characters as you and {, As he sit, "a lion isnot a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, asmembers of a society, they're all very diferent." [HI] _] Kis Lanting travels to the ends of the earth — and everyone who sees his pictures wants to follow pin, vames Owen talks to the world's greatest travel and wildlife photographer. helped to stimulate awareness of the country’s extraordinarily diverse wildlife. This then prompted a growth in tourism and foreign aid, which has enabled the Malagasy government to increase its annual conservation budget from very litle to millions of pounds. Lanting seems so obviously an outdoor type that it comes as a surprise to find that he trained as an environmental planner. He did not pick up a camera until he was in his early twenties, “I travelled to America and took along my mother's snapshot camera,” he recalls, [12] _] Bored by sting in an ofce reading reports, he taught himsalt photography and in the early 1980s moved to the US. [13]_] He adds: "Photography plays a significant role in shaping those j perceptions.” So Lanting has travelled all over the world in pursuit of quarry ‘such as the last white rhinoceros in Zaire in the hope that his photographs can play a part in increasing awareness of the ‘worrying rate of extinction of bio-diversity, and can encourage tourism to threatened places. [14] _] ‘If there is a future for places such as the Okavango or the fabulous forests in the foothills of the Amazon, or for any of the other great temples of nature, then its vital that they are recognised as part of our joint heritage.’ People are also important to Lanting’s work, and he never takes on a project witho. ving those on the spot, from bushmen to American Indians. [15] _] “I think a photograph, of whatever it might be - a landscape, a person — requires personal involvement, That means knowing your subject, notjust snapping at what's in front of you.” And with that he rises quickly from his chair and heads for the great outdoors, bound for an encounter with the local wildlife - taxi divers and the London pigeons. ‘essay in 1987 on the landscape and people of Madagascar = 5. Fill in: jungle, diverse, outdoor, holiday, wildlife, caught, tree, deep, stimulate, significant, personal, annual, Make sentences using the phrases. ' » photographer | 7 .s.ceeeeees gathering 2 . in the forests sess asleep d. . canopy ceceeeeeeeess YO 4. floor | 10 tophya....... role s awareness | 11 involvement 6 s wildlife | 12 . snapshots {3 Which of the following adjectives best describe Frans? Give reasons. «determined * strong * brave + proud * sceptical «shy * confident * adventurous * impatient + insincere Frans is determined. He can spend hours every day eg. waiting to get the best shot. are Frans Lanting. Use the ©) Imagine you ) in the text to present yourself to information i the class. Scanned with CamScannerete Vocabulary & Grammar © Travel J Choose the correct word. 1 Greece is one of the best places to go to visit aged! antiquelancient/archaic ruins. 2. The beautiful hotel grounds had lush’ uniquelscenic/ rich vegetation. 3. There are few countries in Europe where you need to exchange cash/currencylmoney/notes these days. 4. We had a fantastic look/sight/view/scenery from our hotel room, 5 A large number of tourists go on packedicharter! pocketipackage tours every year. 6 In America you have to pay a tax on any remote! external/foreign/alien goods you buy on holiday. 7 What directs/affectslinfluences/controls your decision about where to go on holiday? 8 England is a place of outstanding natural/real/ genuinelunaffected beauty. 9 Tom hopes to see some strange/rare/odd/unusual birds on his holiday. 10 Plane tickets/fares/fees/charges are becoming so expensive, | may not be able to afford to go abroad next year. there was a long line of traffic waiting to cross the US/Mexico 2. Sally lived a long way away, right on the of town, 3. The forest served as a natural ....... between the two countries, uurney + expedition + excursion + trek + hike 1 They hired a guide to help them on thelr ........ through the jungle, 2 My grandma goes on a(n) .. every month with the pensioners cub. BTHC eee across the city took two hours by car 4. Bob and Sue went on a two-hour .. along the cliff path, 5. Next year Bill wants to go on an to the North Pole MODULE 5. © «brochures *leaflets * booklet + prospectus 4 + guide I Julie always buys a travel +0 geta rough idea about places she is visiting for the first ting 2. All course details are available in the universiy, 3. | got lots of ideas for this year's holiday just by seswsing through the .... in the travel ageney 4 Thousands of .. fluttered through the ai urging people to vote for William Clegg in the forthcoming election. 5 A diagram of the digital camera parts is shown con page 5 of the accompanying . Listening & Speaking 6 Listen to two people trying to decide where to go on holiday. Which place do they decide to go? Why? Everyday English © Reaching a decision Work in pairs and use the language below to decide where to go on holiday. Making suggestions | Accepting/Rejecting + Let’. shall wer + We could ..1 suppose. + Don't you think..2 + It does sound interesting + How/What about fun ... ete + Lancy + Itlooks interesting, but. I'm not that keen on . + Id love to (but) . Why don’t we ..2 5 Choose the correct word. They showed their boarding cardsitickets to the air steward and took their seats. Most flights only allow one piece of handl/arm luge The best way to really see a place is to take a bus ride/tour to different areas. There are often long queues at passport checkout control. {t's a good idea to take traveller's chequesiills instead of cash on holiday with you. 6 Zurich is the perfect place for a winter stop/break: Lorties and coaches are not allowed to drive i the fast line/lane on the motorway. He took an international flight from London Sidney and then an internallinside flight © Melbourne. April was staying in a remote/far area miles fo" anywhere. Hugh likes to find places that are off the beaten! | walked track. | Scanned with CamScanner