english: world travel

WORLD TRAVELCrossing Country Boarders

What would you advise?Read the following travel situations. What advice can you give these travelers?

A group of 6 friends are backpacking through Europe for the summer. They’ve been traveling together for 1 month already, but they’re starting to get tired of each other.

How can they get along better on their trip? What advice do you have for getting along with everyone when you travel?

What advice would you give to someone who is on a flight and the person sitting next to them is being extremely loud / rude and keeps talking.

What advise would you give to a group of friends who are camping… however, one person HATES it. They keep complaining about missing their bed, missing restaurants, missing a toilet… Everyone is annoyed.

What advice would you give to a family who traveled to the beach, only to be stuck in a longmonsoon. What activities can they do instead of playing at the beach?

What medical advice can you give to someone who is on a boat and starts to feel sea sick?

Many people love to travel to new countries, but not everyone is a fan oftrying new foods. What advice would you give to a picky eater?

SPEAKING POP QUIZ!You’ll hear these words later in your listening exercise…

Say the 12 months of the year.

JANUARYFEBRUARYMARCHAPRILMAYJUNEJULY AUGUSTSEPTEMBEROCTOBERNOVEMBERDECEMBER

JANUARYFEBRUARYMARCHAPRILMAYJUNEJULY AUGUSTSEPTEMBEROCTOBERNOVEMBERDECEMBER

JANUARYFEBRUARYMARCHAPRILMAYJUNEJULY AUGUSTSEPTEMBEROCTOBERNOVEMBERDECEMBER

In the U.S., what season is it from:

March – May

June- August

September- November

December - February

In the U.S., what season is it from:

March – May SPRING

June- August SUMMER

September- November FALL / AUTUMN

December – February WINTER

Today is a U.S. holiday to celebrate when the U.S. became independent from England.

What’s the name of the holiday?- Fireworks- Cookout

What is smaller than the ocean but biggerthan a pond?

What are these?

What kind of landscape do you see?

What’s this landform? Vietnam has the largest in the world.

What’s this woman covered in?

MUD

What are these called again?

What are these special swimming shoes called?

FLIPPERS

What are these items?

Snorkel and mask

Both Vietnam and Thailand are famousfor this soft fabric.

You can use it to make dresses (ao dai), robes,pajamas, etc.

Silk (it’s made by silk worms!)

What’s this verb?

To C________ wood.

To carve something from wood. (a statue, a beda table, etc.)

World Travel Vocabulary

HCMC __________

The place you are traveling to is called theD_________________

“What’s your final d_________?”

The traveling time to your destination is calledthe J___________

“I hope you have a safe J_________”

The way you go to reach your destination(the path of your journey) is called theR___________ (similar to “Path”)

There are many different ways to plan a trip.

1) Hire a tour company.

2) D.I.Y. Holiday WHAT DOES D.I.Y. STAND FOR?

3) You can buy a travel package from a hotel or travel company

Travel the world by SEA

One way to see many different countries on 1 trip is to take a C___________. You can sleep on the boat and stop at many countries

There’s a lot of entertainment on board a cruise ship. There are gyms,many restaurants, casinos, live performances, and many swimming pools.

Some pools have this…. It’s a water S____________

Water Slide

Cruise ships carry many smaller boats on board in case there’san accident. These boats are called L______boats.

* In Titanic, there were not enough of these to save everyone…

Lifeboats

When a ship turns over on it’s side.. this means to Cap______

Capsize

So, what happenedto one of the mostfamous cruise shipsin the world, the Titanic…?

It hit an iceberg and sank (to sink).

The place where people can get on board & disembark the cruise ship is called the P___________. Saigon has one on Ton Duc Thang street.

Port

The person who is in control and responsible forsailing the ship is called the C__________

Captain

World Travel by AIR & LAND

When you travel to a new country, we call thisgoing A__________

Many young people(students) enjoy traveling cheaply andwithout much luggage.

They usually just bringa backpack.

This is called B________________

Another style of traveling is MUCH more expensive. It includes first class tickets, expensive hotels, gourmet meals.L_________ travel is comfortable, but not so adventurous.

Most hotels and resorts want guests to B________ a room in advance.

Backpackers often stay in cheap H___________ . They oftenhave to share their room with other travelers, and it’s very social and easy to meet friends.

When people travel, they often like to buy small presents or gifts to remember their trip. These are called S______________

Here are some popular Souvenirs:

These can stick on your refrigerator. M______

Magnets

KEYCHAIN

S________Globe

SNOWGLOBE

You can mail these to friends and family

What Souvenirs have you bought?