Free Time & Easter

Nina Dearle

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Topic 9

Vocabulary Work

Vocabulary in Use (Upper Intermediate)

54 Travel55 Holidays

Vocabulary in Use (Advanced)

30 On the Road31 Travel and Accommodation32 Tourism40 Authorities: customs and police42 Festivals in their cultural context

brochuretourist guideself-cateringtippostcardsnapshotsbalconycampsitesuntanpackagesightseeingexcursionsandcastlesHOLIDAYMAKERS

campsitespabed & breakfastguest househotelboarding housecaravanholiday campchaletmotelyouth hostelself-catering

Good morning. Can I help you?Yes, I’d like to book a coach holiday, please. To Holland.In which month?June or July.And where exactly in Holland?Amsterdam.Amsterdam. I see. And for how long?Two weeks, if possible.Two weeks? Right. We have trips to Amsterdam on June 3rd, June 18th, July 5th and July 20th.Did you say June 5th?No, the 3rd. It’s July 5th.I see. Well, the one on June 3rd sounds all right. I’ll take that.June 3rd. Yes, we have room. How many of you will there be?Just me.Right. Now if I could just have some details from you …

package toursunbathingbrochuresforeign currencyresortviewbalconyphrase-bookholiday-makersexcursionvisabeauty spotitineraryguidebookcruise

A. 1,3,5,6.B. cC. A 2&4 B 1&3D. 4,2 1,3E. Don’t/Do/Do/DoF. 1,3,5.G. 1 this will not be discussed2 as an aside/secondary issue3 change the topic4 to finish off5 this document is about another one6 read something earlier in the text

Travel

1) It was probably written for two main purposes: as a review of the booklet Have a good trip!, and as a general-interest article about British attitudes to holiday-making.

2) a 3) d 4) a 5) b 6) c

7) It means “giving information about the dangers that can arise when we go on holiday”.

8) The author thinks she knows better than the experts, and therefore does things that she shouldn’t. The word “recklessness” suggests she also acts without thinking about the consequences of her actions.

9) Her “major phobia” is for sharks; her “final complaint” is that the booklet has very little information on them.

10) Your summary should contain the following information followed by a well-founded personal information:

published by Micropharm Ltd put together by Mr B.T. O’Boyle endorsed by the Health Education Council costs 50p, has 23 passport-sized pagescontains information about dangers that can arise during holidays (e..g. typhoid, seafood, etc.), and ways of preventing or treating these dangers (e.g. sterile wound dressings, times for when to start and stop sunbathing).

Second text (extract from a current British passport)

11a The holder of a passport must (still) comply with any immigration regulations in force in any territory and must obtain a visa or permit where required.

b A passport including particulars of the holder’s spouse may not be used when the spouse is travelling alone.

c If they fail to do so, they may in an emergency experience difficulty or delay in getting assistance and protection. (or Failure to do so may, if there is an emergency, result in …)

d If the passport is lost or destroyed, you should immediately report this to the local police. (or this should be immediately reported to …)

12. Text 1

a) time away from workb) a necessityc) even if it is the foreign seasided) privately-owned rather than state-

owned businessese) only a small amount of energy

(but = only)f) start and end: normally this would

mean “start work and end work”, referring to the machine with a clock that records the time at which employees arrive at and leave their place of work

g) I would never think (of avoiding)h) places abroadi) extremely unhelpful

Text 2

a) if it doesn’t say something else

b) to start withc) without any

more money having to be paid

d) which apply, in operation

e) if you fail to do this

f) when a request for it is made

1) What is the bumper for?2) What’s in the bonnet?3) Have you got a car? What’s your

number plate?4) What would you put on your rack?5) What would you put in the boot?6) What part of your car has given you

problems in the last twelve months?

1. Look at the aspects of travel listed below. What are they like in your country? How are they different in any other country you have been to?

a) roads and car driversb) airportsc) train servicesd) hitch-hiking possibilities

2. What’s the furthest you have travelled in one 24-hour period? Describe the journey.

The Heinemann English Wordbuilder (Heinemann)

More examples of crazy explanations for accidents.

rememberreadbe repairedfocusnot enterapologizedrivebe takenreducebe invited

Mini-tutorial on the use of the subjunctive in English

What are the two people talking about on today’s programme?Who have been criticised and why?What is the question for today’s programme?What does the interviewer think the answer is?What problems do they talk about?Have you ever experienced the situations described?What is the answer?

Country Cottage Holidays

Dear Mr Jefferies,

I was most interested by in your advertisement in “The Herald” and I am writing to obtain further information about your country cottage holidays.

In particular, I would like to know in which parts of the country your cottages are located as my friends and I are interested in staying as far away from large cities as possible. I would also like to know if it would be possible to rent a cottage for six people for up to six months and whether pets are allowed as my friends and I have three well-behaved dogs we are planning to take with us.

I should therefore be most/extremely/terribly grateful if you would send me full details of your larger more isolated cottages and any brochures you may have.

Thanking you in advance for your help. I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

Yours sincerelySandy MelvilleSANDY MELVILLE

True Ghost Stories?

a) What did Houdini want to send his wife after his death?b) What would this prove, do you think?c) How were numbers over ten formed in the Houdinis' code?d) So what was the code word for "N"?e) Why do you think Houdini and his wife chose the word believe?

You are going to hear a conversation between two people who are staying in a cottage in the New Forest.

a) What are the two people's names? b) What are they talking about? c) Who has seen the ghost?d) Where?e) What was it wearing?f) What did the ghost say?g) What did the ghost do when it heard the shout?h) Where is Catherine going to sleep?

Do ghosts exist?

The case for and against the existence of ghosts.

FOR AGAINST

Worksheet 12

When my mother finally became too old to live alone, we decided that she should stay with us in town. I was surprised at/by the amount of furniture she had, but there was no room/space in our flat to store it, so we had to leave it in her house. I always intended to clear it out and sell the place, but somehow I kept putting it off.One night I woke suddenly at four o’clock almost in tears. I was extremely upset by a dream in which I saw two men break a window, climb into my mother’s house, and start to take her belongings. Then the burglars must have heard someone’s voice outside or a door being closed, because they dropped what(ever)/everything they were carrying and left in a hurry. The dream made me feel very guilty that I had not taken better care of the house.Later that morning I received a phone call from a lady who lived next door to the house. To my astonishment, she told me that it had been broken into during the night. Fortunately, something must have disturbed the burglars because they left without taking anything. I didn’t use to believe in the supernatural, but now I’m not so sure!

1. Title?2. “However, the primary argument against recent extraterrestrial

visitations is the absence of evidence.”3. Paragraph 1: However, the primary argument against recent

extraterrestrial visitations is the absence of evidence. Paragraph 2: Such cases are reliable but not particularly interesting. Paragraph 3: This is a case that is interesting but unreliable. Paragraph 4: Unfortunately, there are no cases that are both reliable and interesting.

4. evidence (second paragraph) hordes of people (third paragraph)5. “Take leprechauns …” (illustration) “In a case of such importance

…” (restatement)6. “Suppose” “Such cases are … This is a case that …..”7. S/M/S/S/S/M/S/S/M

The Roots of Coincidence

enquiredfocusingcome to lightshrug offpremonitionsdevotedroots

stressfished outwith a startskullsignificancediligenceultimately

1. For a joke and because he had nothing better to do.2. Because it was the first time he had visited the hotel or the town.3. Because they are so common.4. As “meaningful coincidences” which seem to be connected by time and meaning but

not by cause and effect.5. When unconscious feelings come to the surface at certain times of stress or change.6. Because he was overpowered by the image of someone drowning. 7. No.8. One night he woke up with a dull pain in his head as if something had struck his

forehead and the back of his skull.9. He shot himself through the head.10. Because he believed they had deep significance and wanted to discover what they

meant.

B. Find words in the text.

enquired stress

focusing fished out

(has) come to light

with a start

shrug off skull

premonitions significance

devoted diligence

roots ultimately

C. Some of the adjectives can be used in several sentences but you should try and use a different adjective in each sentence. For example:

a) surprised d) shocked g) fascinated j) sad

b) astonished e) anxious h) puzzled k) curious

c) amazed f) alarmed i) worried