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1 CULTURE
Every year, millions of people in the United States and Canada go camping.
Many bring tents and sleeping bags and go to a park campsite. Some go to
quiet wilderness areas with few people. Others go to private campgrounds.
Most people say they camp to get away from everything and everyone.
But this is not always possible. At popular parks like Yellowstone National
Park and the Grand Canyon, you have to make a reservation for a campsite
Joanna Kerr months in advance – and be prepared for traffic jams!
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Have you ever gone camping? Where? When?
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think are two enjoyable things and two difficult things
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about camping?
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6 GOING CAMPING
A GROUP WORK Plan a weekend camping trip. First, choose one of
the places below or another place that you know.
7 ROLE PLAY
A GROUP WORK Imagine you are a family on a camping trip.
In groups of four, take the role of mother, father, or one of the two children.
What would you like to do? List at least four possibilities for your character.
My character:
I’d like to take it easy.
I’d like to . . .
go fishing
B Now take turns acting out the trip: arriving at the campsite,
setting up camp, and doing what you want to do. How do you
get along? Who wants to do the same things? Who decides
what you do?
1. Why don’t you grab a chair and your book and take it easy?
2. Why don’t you
take it easy?
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B pair work Imagine that you are about to leave on a camping trip. Give
five more suggestions of your own, using the expressions in column A above.
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