CONVERSATION ACTIVITIES TRAVEL

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1 CONVERSATION ACTIVITIES TRAVEL A. QUESTIONS 1. How many countries have you been to? 2. Where did you spend your last holidays? What did you do? 3. When you were a child, did your family take trips? Did you always go to the same place or different places? 4. When you are travelling, do you try to speak the local language? 5. Have you ever taken a package tour? If so, tell about this experience? 6. What type of accommodation do you usually stay in when you travel? 7. Where will you go on your next holiday? 8. Describe the best trip you have ever had. Where did you go? Who did you travel with? What did you do? 9. Describe the worst trip you have ever had. Where did you go? What made it a bad trip? 1

2 10. What three countries would you most like to visit? Why? 11. Do you prefer winter holidays or summer holidays? Why? 12. Would you like to take a cruise? Why or why not? 13. Have you ever hitchhiked? If so, where were you and how was this experience? 14 What three countries would you least like to visit? Why? 15. If you could go back to another time and place, what time and place would you choose and why? 16. Who's the most adventurous person in your family? Describe what they do. 17. Tell us about a road trip that you've taken. 18. What's your favourite adventure story, movie, or book? Tell us about it. 19. If you were offered a trip on the space shuttle, would you go? Why or why not? 20. Have you ever moved to a place far from your family and friends? If so, where did you go and why? 21. What countries (other than your own) would you like to live in? Why? 2

3 B. TRAVEL VOCABULARY The words below are some of the most important used when talking about Travel. Travel Air airport to check-in to fly to land landing plane to take off Travel - General Related Words destination journey passenger route to travel travel agent Trip 3

4 Travel - Holidays camp to go camping charter flight cruise excursion (youth) hostel hotel luggage motel package holiday self-catering holiday sightseeing to go sightseeing suitcase tour tourism tourist 4

5 Travel Land bicycle bike bus bus station car coach coach station lane motorbike motorway rail to go by rail railway railway station road main road minor road taxi traffic train tube underground 5

6 Travel-Sea boat crossing ferry port sail sea to set sail ship voyage to hitch-hike to set off to catch 6

7 Accomodation admission fee brochure camping site car rental (US) car hire (GB) car park (GB) city centre (GB) cruise double room double room with twin beds downtown (US) flight fortnight guesthouse guide high season hiking trail holidays (GB) holidaymaker hostel hotel hotel chain inn low season motor-home one-way ticket (US) package deal alojamiento costo de la entrada folleto sitio para acampar alquiler de autos alquiler de autos estacionamiento centro de la ciudad crucero habitación doble habitación doble con dos camas centro de la ciudad vuelo quincena casa de huéspedes, pensión guía temporada alta sendero de caminata vacaciones veraneante, turista hostal hotel cadena de hoteles posada temporada baja casa rodante viaje de ida paquete 7

8 parking lot (US) resort return ticket (GB) round ticket (US) season sightseeing tour single ticket (GB) single room ski resort sun lotion sunglasses sunblock sunburn theme park time-sharing tour operator tourist office travel agency travel agent vacation (US) waiting list youth hostel estacionamiento lugar de vacaciones viaje de ida y vuelta viaje de ida y vuelta temporada visita con guía viaje de ida habitación simple estación de esquí bronceador gafas de sol filtro solar quemadura de sol parque de diversiones tiempo compartido empresa de viajes oficina de turismo agencia de viajes agente de viajes vacaciones lista de espera albergue juvenil to book to confirm to drive to fly to go on holiday (GB), vacation (US) to go abroad reservar confirmar conducir volar irse de vacaciones irse al extranjero 8

9 to go camping to go climbing to go hiking to go mountaineering to go sightseeing to go skiing to go swimming to go to the beach to have a good time to have a bad time to make a reservation to hold a reservation to plan to rent a car to stay to sunbathe to take a holiday (GB), vacation (US) to take a photograph to travel ir de camping ir a escalar ir a dar una caminata hacer alpinismo visitar lugares de interés ir a esquiar ir a nadar ir a la playa pasarlo bien pasarlo mal reservar mantener una reserva organizar alquilar un auto permanecer tomar sol tomarse vacaciones tomar una fotografía viajar US=American English GB=British English 9

10 C. ROLE PLAY Imagine the following situations. Act them out with your classmates. 1. You arrive at your hotel in London and discover that your reservation hasn t been made. Unfortunately the hotel is full. (Tourist, hotel receptionist, hotel manager). 2. You are on a plane and the passenger in front of you is acting very strangely. You are worried that she/he might be a terrorist. (Passengers, flight attendant, pilot) 3. You are enjoying a trip to London, but a taxi driver has just charged you far too much for your ride from Piccadilly Circus to the Tower of London. (Passengers, taxi driver, police officer) 4. You are in London on holiday and you don t know how to get to Regent s Park, Madame Tussaud s and the Sherlock Holmes Museum. (Tourist, tourist information clerk) 10

11 5. You are in London for a short break and you want to know what s the cheapest way to travel round the centre of the city. (Tourist, clerk at London Transport) 6. You go to the travel agent s to book a holiday for two adults and a child to Disneyland in California. Arrange flights, accommodation and tickets. 7. Your flight to New York has been delayed until the following afternoon. You approach the Information Desk at the airport to enquire what you can do. (Passenger, airport ground staff) 8. You are aboard an ocean-going liner on an expensive cruise across the Atlantic to New York, then on to the Caribbean. However, a stomach bug breaks out on board and the passengers are put into quarantine. (Passengers, petty officer, doctor) 11