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    THE TRAVEL TALK

    Talk about…

    1. an ideal travel companion


    2. the biggest tourist attraction in your country
    3. the last postcard you sent
    4. what you think of package holidays
    5. what you do to pass the time while travelling
    6. the last souvenir you bought on holiday
    7. what you think about cruises
    8. the thing that you miss most when you travel
    9. why your country is/is not good for foreigners to visit
    10. your worst journey
    11.something you never travel without

    DO YOU TRAVEL WELL?


    up
    1. You are going on holiday and your plane is held _______. Do you
    a) shout at the airline employees?
    b) chill ____outwith a cup of coffee?
    c) complain to the people you are travelling with?
    2. You visit the country where you don’t speak the language. Do you
    off
    a) switch _______ and refuse to communicate with anyone?
    b) buy a phrasebook an try to use it?
    c) speak very slowly and use mime?
    3. You get to the hotel and the room is dirty. Do you
    a) call the receptionist and ask for a maid immediately?
    up
    b) wipe a few surfaces and then go and soak _________ the sun?
    out
    c) check _________ and go somewhere else?
    4. You set ___________
    off on an excursion but forget your bag. Do you
    back
    a) insist everybody turns ___________ so you can get your bag?
    b) decide to just enjoy it but not eat or buy anything?
    c) borrow money, e.g. from the trip organizer?

    Use the phrasal verbs in the sentences below.

    1. set off
    I always ___________________ when people start showing me their holiday snaps.
    2. chill out
    When I’m on holiday I ________________________ by lying in the sun and reading.
    3. When we __________________
    check out they tried to charge us extra for room service.
    4. set off
    We ________________ from the house so late that we missed the plane.
    5. soak up
    On holiday I like to just wander around a city and ________________ the atmosphere.
    6. holding up
    We were ________________ for hours during an air traffic controllers’ strike.
    7. On the climb, the weather was so bad that we decided to ________________
    turn back and try
    again the next day.
    TRAVELLING (vocabulary)
    an expedition • a flight • a tour • a voyage • a package tour • a trip • travel • a cruise

    1. a cruise
    A journey by ship for pleasure ___________________
    2. a flight
    A journey by plane ___________________
    3. an expedition
    A journey for a scientific purpose ___________________
    4. package tour
    A holiday which includes organized travel and accommodation __________________
    5. travel
    Taking journeys, as a general idea ___________________
    6. tour
    An organized journey to see the sights of a place ___________________
    7. a voyage
    A journey by sea ___________________
    8. trip
    An informal word for journey, a short journey ___________________
    Use the same words in the sentences below:
    1. tour
    My neighbours went on a guided ___________________ of Rome.
    2. cruise
    The first prize in the competition is a luxury Mediterranean ___________________.
    3. package tour
    When you go on a/an ___________________, you pay one prize that covers everything.
    4. an expedition
    The college organized a/an ___________________ to search for the ancient ruins.
    5. flight
    Olympic Airways announced the arrival of ___________________ OA269 from Athens.
    6. voyage
    The Titanic sank on its first ___________________ in 1912.
    7. travel
    ___________________ is one of my main interests.
    8. trip
    Mr Dean is away on a business ___________________ at the moment. Can I help you?

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