Vocabulary № 5

The family who sailed around the world.

Elementary

Gabriela, 28, marketing manager from Rome

I’m from Rome and the summer here is really hot. So last year my husband and I decided to go to Sweden, to escape from the heat. We booked a 10-day holiday in Stockholm, where the temperature in the summer is normally about 20 degrees every day. But when we got to Stockholm there was a heat wave and it was 35 degrees every day. It was awful because there was no air-conditioning anywhere. We couldn’t sleep at night – it was boiling in the hotel, and in the shops and museums too. We didn’t want to go shopping or go sightseeing or do anything – we were too hot. We just sat in cafes and argued all day. We didn’t need to go to Sweden to do that!

Engineer Jeff Dent, 46, and wife Alison, 44, always loved sailing. They first met at a

sailing club and their dream was to sail around the world.

So, when Jeff became unemployed in January 1999, they decided to make their dream come true. Alison left her job as a teacher and they bought an eight – metre sailing boat, the Charlotte Rose. They wanted to sail from Britain to South Africa, then to Australia, across the South Pacific to Argentina, and back to Britain across the Atlantic.

They weren’t the first people to make this journey, but this time there was one big

difference – Jeff and Alison took their three children with them: ten-year-old Oliver, Charlotte, who was seven, and three-year-old Danial.

Yesterday, after two years and 48000 kilometres, they arrived back in Britain. To their surprise, hundreds of friends and journalists were there to meet them.

So how was it? “ It was difficult,” said Alison, “ but it was the best two years of my life.” The children also loved it. “We saw things that most people never see,” said Oliver.

“ One day we got up and there were three whales near the boat… that was fantastic!”

There was one question everyone wanted to ask. Did they argue a lot? Jeff answered.

“ Of course we argued sometimes, but we were a great team. It was an amazing journey.”

1. entertainment 2. go dancing 3. go for a walk 4. go out for a meal 5. go swimming 6. go to a concert 7. go to a disco 8. go to a party 9. go to a cinema 10. have a party 11. have little free time 12. listen to music 13. listen to the radio 14. meet friends 15. play board games 16. play cards 17. play chess 18. play computer games 19. play the guitar 20. play the piano 21. read books and magazines 22. read comics 23. spend time outdoors 24. watch a film 25. watch a video 26. watch TV 27. break up 28. bring up 29. dress up as 30. end a relationship with sb 31. enjoy oneself 32. fall out with someone 33. get divorced 34. get on well with sb 35. give birth 36. go out with sb 37. have a good time 38. have a row 39. have an argument 40. have fun 41. look after sb 42. look forward to sth 43. make up with sb 44. run away from home 45. split up with 46. accountant 47. cook 48. dentist 49. journalist 50. driver

1. развлечения 2. заниматься танцами 3. идти на прогулку 4. кушать вне дома 5. заниматься плаванием 6. идти на концерт 7. идти на дискотеку 8. идти на вечеринку 9. идти в кино 10. устроить вечеринку 11. иметь мало свободного времени 12. слушать музыку 13. слушать радио 14. встречаться с друзьями 15. играть в настольные игры 16. играть в карты 17. играть в шахматы 18. играть в компьютерные игры 19. играть на гитаре 20. играть на пианино 21. читать книги и журналы 22. читать комиксы 23. проводить время вне дома 24. смотреть фильм 25. смотреть видео 26. смотреть телевизор 27. порывать отношения, нарушать 28. воспитывать 29. изыскано одеваться 30. прекращать отношения с кем-либо 31. развлекаться 32. ссориться с кем-либо 33. разводиться 34. быть в хороших отношениях с кем-либо 35. родить 36. встречаться с кем-либо 37. провести хорошо время 38. ссориться 39. спорить 40. развлекаться 41. заботиться о 42. с нетерпением ждать чего-то приятного 43. мириться 44. убегать из дома 45. расставаться с кем-либо 46. бухгалтер 47. повар 48. дантист 49. журналист 50. водитель

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