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Group work

Speaking 1

! • go by plane

with the plane

• walkgo by foot

you name name

1 Think about your childhood.

a How did you get to school and to the shops?

b How did you travel when you went on holiday?

2 Think about your fi rst holiday abroad.

a Where did you go? b How did you travel?

3 Think about air travel. a When did you fl y for the

fi rst time? Where to? b When was the last time

you fl ew somewhere? Where to?

Report to the class.

Do you enjoy travelling?Useful language

In those days I/Jan went to … by …My/His first trip abroad was to …The last time I/she flew was …

Questionnaire

2Complete the questionnaire. Answer the questions yourself and then ask two other students.

Focus 1  Travel then and now

Travel

Talking about travel experiences • Writing a postcard •The simple past (revised) • The present perfect (1) • Active listening strategies

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Remember The simple pastRegular verbs + -ed: stayed, missed   Negative with didn’t: We didn’t go.Irregular verbs: went, had, caught      Questions with did: Did you go by train?   Where did you go?

Irregular verbs Phrasebook Irregular verbs Phrasebook

catch    ●    drive    ●    get off    ●    get on    ●    go by miss    ●    ride    ●    take

Complete the sentences with verbs from the box. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

Vocabulary 2Vocabulary 2

1  I would like to go to Trafalgar Square. Can I _________ bus?2  Hurry up, or you’ll _________ the train.3   You have to _________ the underground at Mansion House to go  

to the Globe Theatre.4   I wouldn’t like to _________ a bike in Central London. There’s  

too much traffic.5  I’m in a real hurry. I have to _________ a plane.6  _________ this bus. It will take you to Victoria Station.7  You have to pay if you want to _________ your car in Central London.8   Which underground should I _________ to get to the Royal Albert 

Hall?

Read the sentences and decide: is it travel by air (1), road (2) or railway (3)?

We had a long delay so we missed our connecting flight. We got stuck in a terrible traffic jam in Munich. I got lost on my first trip to Tokyo because I got off at the wrong    station. We caught the train in Bombay, but it was so crowded. Never again! I was the last person to board the plane. I didn’t hear the final call. Our jeep broke down in the desert so we rode to the next town on    a camel. I took the wrong bus and ended up in the middle of nowhere. When I went to Britain in July I drove on the wrong side of the  road for five minutes. Luckily nothing happened. 

Read these sentences again and underline the simple past form of the verbs. Did anything like this happen on your last holiday?

Pair workPair work

missing the bus

getting off the plane

getting on the underground

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Pre-task 3 Read three holiday postcards.

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Post-task Teaching Guide

   

  

  

  

Now listen to three people talking about their holidays.

Who sent which card? Why do you think so? 

Write a postcard.

Do you send postcards when you go on holiday or go out for the day?1   Think about one of your last holidays or 

trips and write a postcard. 2   Your teacher will read out some of the 

postcards. Guess who wrote each card and ask questions.

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Useful language

When did you go to … ?How long did you stay in … ?Do you want to go to … again?

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Useful language

Do you know where Jakarta is?We think he went to …He lost …He asked Tara to …We thought that, too.Report your ideas to the class.

Focus 2  Good listeners

Ben went on a business trip to Asia. Look at the pictures and discuss what you think happened to him.Group work

Speaking 5Group work

Speaking 5

Tara help!Need moneyurgently.Please send£500. Will explain later.Ben

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Choose a phrase to comment on these sentences.

Our car broke down on the motorway.1

We spent our last holiday in Turkey.2

I got lost and no one could understand me but then fortunately I found 

someone who could speak English.

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We went to Ireland in the autumn and, believe it or not, the weather was wonderful.

4

The plane was delayed for  hours because of a technical fault.

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Public transport in Berlin is very good.6

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Oh no!   ●   Really?   ●   How awful!   ●   Lucky you! Thank goodness for that!   ●   Right.

to show interest to show sympathy

_______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________

Now listen to find out what really happened. Were you right?

Ben is in Singapore on the way home from his business trip. He is  having a drink with Tony, an old friend of his who lives in Singapore.  Ben tells Tony what happened to him in Jakarta.

Listen again and tick (✓) the problems Ben mentions.

1  His plane arrived late.    5  He got stuck in a traffic jam. 2   His luggage didn’t arrive     6  He lost his jacket.   

with him.    7  The police didn’t speak 3  His taxi driver got lost.      English. 4  The taxi broke down.    8  He couldn’t contact Tara. 

Put the phrases in the right column.

While Tony is listening to Ben’s story, he uses these phrases:

Why does he use them? Put the phrases into the right column.

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Vocabulary 7Vocabulary 7

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Focus 3  Have you ever ... ?

Tick (✓) what is true for you.  Yes,  No,   I have.  I haven’t.Have you ever spent the night at an airport?    

Have you ever arrived somewhere without your luggage?   

Have you ever stayed in an awful hotel or holiday flat?   

Have you ever had very bad weather on holiday?    

Now ask a partner. Use the simple past to talk about the details. The words in the box may be useful.

Speaking 8Speaking 8

Pair workPair work

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Grammar The present perfect

  Question & short answer:   (Asking for) details:  Present perfect  Simple past

I, You, We, You  Have you ever spent the night at  Last week our plane left six hours late.They    an airport?  Why was that? What did you do?  No, I haven’t./Yes, I have.   

He/She/It Has your son ever been on  He stayed with friends in Cardiff last     holiday alone?    summer.  No, he hasn’t./Yes, he has.   

● Use the present perfect to talk about an action or event when the time is not important or not known.● Use the simple past to talk about an action or event at a specific time in the past.

Irregular verbs Phrasebook Irregular verbs Phrasebook

Have you ever spent the night at an airport? No, I haven’t. 

What about you?

Yes, I have. It was very uncomfortable.

When was that?

Last summer, when I went to Tunisia. Our plane was 

delayed for six hours. How awful!  What did you do?

very wet   ●   dirty   ●   far too hot   ●   very crowded   ●   terribly tired too noisy   ●   very uncomfortable   ●   very inconvenient  freezing cold   ●   very annoying   ●   awful food   ●   nothing to wear

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Complete these questions with the present perfect forms of the verbs.

Practice 9Practice 9

1  Have you ever _________ less than €50 on a fl ight?2  Has anyone in your family ever _________ a passport or money?3  Have you ever _________ money in the street?4  Has your boss ever _________ you a bonus?5  Have you ever _________ anyone interesting on a train?

Find the right answers to the questions in 10.

Yes, I have. I found a €50 note just outside my front door once. Yes, she has. I spent it on a great holiday in Italy. No, I haven’t, but my sister always fl ys for €10 or €20. Yes, my son has. He lost his keys when he was in Hull last year.  No, I haven’t. The last time I travelled by train was four years ago. 

Write four questions of your own starting with Have you ever … ?

1  Get up and walk round the class. Ask and answer your questions.  Whenever someone answers Yes, I have, ask for more details.2  Make a note of interesting answers.3  Report what you found out to the class. 

Focus 4  Going Places

Read two texts about a famous tourist attraction in California.

Which text is from a guidebook? Which is from a travel book?When would you read each kind of book?

A B

Practice 10Practice 10

Speaking 11Speaking 11

Speaking 12Speaking 12

fi nd   ●   give   ●   lose   ●   meet   ●   spend

!She spends money on

shoes.… spend money for …… spend money for …

A few miles north of Giant Forest Village stands the 3000-year-old GENERAL SHERMAN TREE, the biggest living organism in the world. It is 83 metres tall and 11 metres round. You can buy a brochure with information on the tree for $2 at the kiosk near the car park.

Have you ever used a guidebook or read a travel book? Tell your group about the book(s) and why you read them. Can you recommend a good one? 

Group workGroup work

I drove for two hours until I got to the Giant Forest. All the trees there were

tall and fat. Finally I found the General Sherman, my dream tree when I was a child.

It was certainly big, but not that tall, and not that fat – and you couldn’t drive through it. I was disappointed …

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Have you ever been to one of these cities? What did you do there?

Imagine you are writing a travel book. Complete this text with your own words.

Last summer we visited ____________________ . It’s a great place – full of ____________________________________________________________ .The weather was _____________ and the sound/smell of ______________ was everywhere.On the first evening we went to ___________________ for a fantastic meal.The highlight of the trip was ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now read out your texts to the class.

Make notes on what the others have written. Did you have very similar ideas?

Group work

Writing 14Group work

Writing 14

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Read some excerpts from a travel book about a journey around Europe. What cities do you think the writer visited? Complete the texts with the names of the cities.

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C _________ is one of those exciting, busy cities where everything is possible. I have never seen so much activity and heard such loud music coming from every door. On my first day there, I made my way to the Grand Bazaar which is full of exotic smells of roses, honey, leather and cinnamon.

BAlong its canals _________ is a very

beautiful city. And I wanted to find out what

it was like to live in one of the thousands

of colourful houseboats. I arrived by train at

the elegant Central Station, rented a bicycle

and made my way to the canals.

A_________ was as wonderful as I hoped it would be – sunny, relaxed, lively, full of good food and wine. For a week, I just walked till my feet hurt. And when I was tired, I sat with a coffee in the sun, until I was ready to walk again. Really _________ is not a good city for walking. This is because zebra crossings count for nothing!

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LANGUAGE SPOTLIGHT1 Complete the crossword with words missing from these

sentences. Please make sure you use the right tense.

We our holiday in Turkey very much. We had a great time.

I’ve my room key! Can you help me look for it?

It took me hours to get ready and I just the train to Paris at the last minute.

Have you ever a camel?

We home a week early because the weather was so bad.

My longest � ight? I to

Australia two years ago.

I’ve never in a 5-star hotel.

When you travel, you go on a .

2 Complete the dialogue with the present perfect or the simple past.

WILL you ever (visit) Greece?

KATE No, I (not have). How about you?

WILL Yes, I have. I (go) there last autumn. I (have) a great time.

KATE What you (do) there?

WILL Oh, you know, the usual things – beach, bars, etc. But the highlight (be) a visit to an open-air concert.

KATE That sounds good. I (be) to an open-air concert, too. I (spend) my last holiday in Estonia and one evening we (find) this beautiful place in the countryside. Then we (see) that there (be) hundreds of people there, sitting around a lake. They were listening to a concert.

WILL Really? I (never think) of going to Estonia for a holiday.

KATE You should. I can really recommend it for a summer holiday. And it’s not as hot as Greece!

Now listen and check.

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When people travel, they often forget things in planes or trains. Look at the First Choice Website to read about some unusual lost property.

Write about a place you have visited. Think about what you did on the first evening. What were the highlights of your stay? What did you see? What kind of food did you eat? Who did you meet?

Phrase of the week Haven’t we met

somewhere before?– No, I don’t think so.

Can you– talk about your last holiday?– talk about what you did last

week?– understand what happened

when someone tells you a story?

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English for experts

UNIt two  Travel

Culture noteIf it’s Tuesday, it must be Brussels

People often make fun of American or Japanese tourists because they try to see the whole of Europe in one week. Not all tourists have enough time to stay for a few days in one country. This is because they do not have very much time off work. Look at this table to see how many days holiday people in different countries have. The number of days includes public holidays.

These are average figures and some people may get more holiday and some less. In some countries a lot of people don’t take all their holidays. This often happens in the United States, in Japan and, more and more often, in the UK.

Average number of Country days holiday per year

Finland 39 days

Greece 37 days

Japan 17 days

New Zealand 15 days

United Kingdom 20 – 25 days

United States 10 – 15 days

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When Ben Murphy arrived in Hong Kong he tried to phone Jenny Chan from the airport but only the mailbox answered. “I’ll try again later,” thought Ben.

He went to the airport hotel desk and asked for a hotel for one night. Then his mobile started to ring. 

A voice said, “You called my number.”“Jenny?” Ben asked. There was a pause. Then the voice said, “Who is it?”“This is Ben Murphy.”“Who?”“Ben Murphy of First Choice. We met last week.”“Oh yes.”

Ben asked her if she would like to meet for a drink. After another pause, she said, “OK.” She gave him the name of her hotel. “At 7.30 in the bar,” she said. Then the phone went dead.

Listen to the CD to find out what happens next. 06

What does Jenny ask Ben to do?

Why does she invite Ben to come to her hotel room?

Listen to the CD to find out what happens next. 06

What does Jenny ask Ben to do?

Why does she invite Ben to come to her hotel room?

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TRAVEL INFORMATION

Read the questions, then listen to six announcements. Listen again and answer the questions.

1 Which gate should passengers to Istanbul go to?

2 What is the new departure time of the train to Oxford?

3 Why is the ferry from Ostend to Dover late?

4 What is the number of the flight to Madrid?

5 What should underground passengers do?

6 Which platform will the train to Glasgow leave from?

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