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2 He has made six TV travel series.
3 He has never visited South America.
4 He ate insects in 1985.
5 His favourite place is in Africa.
6 He thinks there are friendly people everywhere.
2d Look at these sentences and answer the questions.
a)
I made a TV series when I was 42.
b)
I’ve travelled across every continent.
c)
I’ve written six books.
d)
I wrote a book in 1988.
1 Which sentences give the time when Michael Palin did something?
2 Which tense do we use when we give the time we did something?
3 Which tense can we use when we do not give the exact time we did something?
4 How do we form the present perfect and the past simple tense?
2e Complete this personal travel history with the correct verb form.
I 1)_______(visit) many different countries but I 2) ________ (not be) to South
America and Africa – I hope to go there soon. I first 3) ________ (go) abroad in
1991. I went to France with my school and two years later I 4) ________ (visit)
Spain – my favourite country. I also love Asia. I 5) ________ (work) in China
and I 6) ________ (visit) Thailand and Japan. I 7) ________ (work) in China in
2003 – I 8) ________ (have) a wonderful time because it 9) ________ (be) so
different from my country. Finally, last year I 10) ________ (study) at film
school in New Zealand – that was great!
3. Speaking
3a Do you know what places are shown in the pictures A-F? Find the places’
names in the list below in ex. 3.b.
A
B
C
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D
E
F
3b Work with a partner and match the places with the encyclopedia entries
about them.
With your partner discuss the following:
have you ever been to any of them, or seen any of them?
what else do you know about them?
1 Heathrow Airport
9 Mount Fuji
2 the North Pole
10 Uluru (Ayers Rock)
3 the South Pole
11 Easter Island
4 Table Mountain
12 the Grand Canyon
5 the Coliseum
13 Machu Picchu
6 the Taj Mahal
14 the Empire State Building
7 the Great Wall of China
15 the Amazon Forest
8 Angkor Wat
16 the Djenne Mosque
A
a steep-sided gorge carved by the
Colorado River in the United States in
the state of Arizona
K
a volcanic island in the Pacific,
discovered on Easter Sunday, 1722;
noted for the remains of an aboriginal
culture, which includes gigantic stone
figures.
B
a large isolated desert rock,
sometimes described as the world's
largest monolith, in the Northern
Territory of Australia: sacred to local
Aboriginal people. Height: 330m. Base
circumference: 9 km
L
the largest mud brick building in the
world and is considered by many
architects to be the greatest
achievement of the Sudano-Sahelian
architectural style
C
a moist broadleaf forest that covers
most of the Amazon Basin of South
America
M
a ruined Incan city in the south of
Peru
D
a 102-story landmark Art Deco
skyscraper in New York City at the
intersection of Fifth Avenue and West
34th Street
N
an extinct volcano in central Japan:
the highest mountain in Japan, famous
for its symmetrical snow-capped cone.
Height: 3776 m. Also called: Fujiyama
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E
the southernmost point on the earth's
axis, at the latitude of 90°S
O
a large area of ruins of the former
Khmer Empire in Cambodia
F
a white marble mausoleum in central
India, in Agra: built (1632-43) by the
emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his
beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal
P
a wall in China from Gansu to the
Gulf of Liaodong, constructed in the
3rd century BC as a defense against the
Mongols. Length: over 2400 km;
height: 6 m; width: 6 m
I
the largest and busiest airport in the
United Kingdom
Q
a mountain in South Africa,
overlooking Cape Town and Table
Bay: flat-topped and steep-sided.
Height: 1087 m (3567 ft.)
G
the northernmost point on the earth's
axis, at a latitude of 90°N
R
an amphitheatre in Rome built about
75-80 A.D
3c Listen to a woman talking about one of the places. Which place is it?
Track 12.
3d Listen again. What does she say about it? Make notes.
1 first view of it:
2 visits to it:
3 reasons for liking it:
3e Work with a partner to share your travelling experience.
Student A:
Talk about your last holiday for about one minute.
Student B:
Listen to your partner. Ask questions to get more information.
3f Choose six places from ex. 3.a that you would like to visit (you have to
choose from at least three continents). Think of the reasons for visiting them.
Then tell a partner about them.
4. Language skills
4a Work with a partner to discuss the following.
Do you prefer to go abroad for your holidays or stay in your own country?
What kinds of places do you like to visit on holiday?
If you could travel anywhere in the world for your holiday, where would you
go? Why?
4b You will hear four young people being interviewed on a radio holiday
programme. As you listen, write down which statement ( a-e) each speaker
(1-4) makes. There is one statement you do not need. Track 13.
a I’ve always enjoyed going to different places. ___
b I’ve always been afraid of flying. ___
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c I always go on holiday with my parents. ___
d I don’t like spending too much money on a holiday. ___
e I like dancing and having a good time. ___
4c In pairs, find out from each other the following information about your
summer holidays. Make a note of your partner’s answers
.
favourite / usual holiday destination
usual means of travelling there
length of time spent there
activities to do there
holiday companions
type of food eaten
feelings about the holiday
4d Now find another partner and report what you first partner said. Use the
verbs say and tell, and don’t forget to make all the other necessary changes,
for example, to the tenses.
5. Listening
5a Discuss the questions with a partner.
What do you know about ‘ethical travel’?
Does ‘ethical travel’ mean:
a)
behaving yourself while travelling
b)
caring for the places (and people) you visit
c)
taking a keen interest in the place’s history and culture?
5b Listen to the conversation about ‘ethical travel’ and check if your
guesses were right. Could you add some more main features of ‘ethical
travel’? Track 14.
5c Listen to the conversation once again and fill in the missing words or
phrases from the box below (there are three phrases you don’t need).
A
the effect
B
tips
C
be more aware of
D
causing problems
E
‘package’ and ‘all inclusive’
F
solve problems
G
long plane journey
H
at their cost
I
running water
J
form of income
1. Most of us have probably heard of ____________ holidays but when I asked
Bush House, not many of us had heard of ‘ethical travel’.
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2. Trisha was talking about _____________ that tourists can have on the people
who live in the countries they visit.
3. We also heard how the local people usually have very poor ‘infrastructures’,
for example, little access to transport, electricity and __________ .
4. We’ll be able to visit those countries in the future without _____________.
5. The governments of many developing countries encourage tourism as a
valuable ___________ .
6. According to Trisha, knowing what’s going on could lead tourists helping to
___________ rather than adding to them.
7. Do you think that ___________ - giving extra money to low-paid workers –
keeps their wages low?
5d With a partner, discuss the problem of ethical tourism and suggest some
ways of traveling without causing problems to the local people.
6. Extra Activities: Planning a holiday
6a You and your partner have got
$500 each and seven days holiday.
Look at the holiday adverts below
and decide where you want to go.
You can go on more than one trip.
Look at these phrases. Can you
remember how to continue?
I’d like…
I prefer…
Yes. But this one is more… than
I’d rather…
I don’t mind…
It looks …
We could …
6b Look at these phrases and divide
them into things a customer or a
travel agent would probably say. See
if you can finish the phrase with
suitable words.
I’d like to book …
Certainly, when would you …?
I’m afraid that’s not available, but
you could …
I was wondering if …?
Could you tell me …?
Can I pay by …?
6c Work with a different partner. Student A is a travel agent and Student
B wants to book the holiday. Use the phrases in 6.b and the information in
the adverts to help you.
6d Find another partner and tell them about the holiday you have chosen,
and when you are going.