eX el. me First Certificate FOR THE REVISED EXA SUE O’CONNELLWhat sort of holiday would you choose as a break from studying or working? Look at the pictures below and think about the kind of holidays they represent. Choose bro that you would prefer and think about the reasons why you would enjoy them, Think also ‘of one thing about each holiday which you are not so keen on! Work with a partner. Ask each other about your choices and say what you like about them, and what you are not so fond of, Use the following exchange as an example. Which of the holidays would you enjoy most? Well, Pal prefer What do you like especially about .. 1 really enjoy Is there anything you don’t like about .. Well, | don't like ... very much. epae ee© _ Now check the Functions Bank on page 105. How many of the expressions did you use or hear? Make a note of the ones you didn’t use and try to include them next time, © Change partners and discuss your choices again © Report back to the class what your second partner told you. Text 1 @ Read the article I CAN’T TRAVEL WITHOUT What are the things you can't do without when you go away? the photographer, never goes far without the Olympus Pearicorder dictating machine which lets him catch up with his vorrespondence wherever he is, The tiny tapes are either posted to his secretary, Felicity, or he gives them to someone to bring back. The quallly is very good but there are often some interesting background noises. ’ tr the cartoonist, jokes about ling his suitcase with tranguilisers and tree ctferent kinds of toothbwushes alter recent, expensive dental freatment, but itis his dary and sketch-book that are always with him when he is on the move. dont keep'a diary except when I™m away. I star a new one each trp now since 1 est itteplaceabie notes on two previous trips an @ bus in the States. Glee ‘who recently launched Virgin Atlantic Airways, believes in traveling light. ‘Suntan lotion for my nose and my notebooks which are my lifeline. But | will aways sting in a pack of cards. | love a game of cards, particularly bridge, canasta or spades, but I'm not a gamer: From The Sunday Express Magazine 0 Ei the film critic, never travels anywhere without his credit card. ‘The days of anyone being stranded abroad are now over, | remember onco, before credit cards were common, the Daily Mail sent me to Italy at & moment's notice. It was a bank holiday, Ihad no money and the ‘banks wore shul. There | was in Milan on a beautiful sunny day sitting in my hotel because It was the only place | could eat or drink because | could sign for it” Ce an the TV scriptwriter and humorist, never sets off on a journey without packing his Swiss army penknife. ‘t does everything,’ he says. ‘i has about 140 things that come out. It opens bottles, gets things out of horses! hooves, it has scissors, screwdrivers, tweezers, | never {90 anywhere without it and | have never used it” © Choose from the five sections (A-E) to answer these questions and write the letters in the boxes. Who likes to take as little luggage as possible? ‘Who likes to keep a record of his travels? Who takes something he hasn't tested? Which two people seem to take their work with them when they travel? Which two people take something to avoid bad experiences they've had in the past? Li Who takes the strangest thing, in your opinion? Who takes the most useful thing, in your opinion?