TRAVEL:

1. Vocabulary:

-Avid traveller: (n)

I am truly an avid traveller and I primarily spend most of my free time traveling to broaden my
horizon.

-Broaden one’s (my, her, his) horizon / widen knowledge/ broaden knowledge (VP)

-Primarily (adv) mainly (adv)

-Knowledge (n) => knowledgeable (a) knowing a lot.

Acknowledge (v) accept that something is true.
->I have to acknowledge the fact that I am partly responsible.

What do u often do in ur free time?

->well, READING. I’m the type who is really into reading since I acknowledge that reading is
one of the fastest ways to obtain more knowledge and experience. That’s why I allocate/spend
my spare time reading a lot of to become a knowledgeable person.

Ex: well, I spend most of my free/spare time going out and joining social activities to improve
my communication skill since I feel like mine (my communication skill) is STILL
INSUFFICIENT/ INADEQUATE for my future work.

-Know (v) get to know (v)

->Travelling is a way for me to get to know more places.

-holiday destination (n) / tourist attraction destination (n)

Ex: In the previous decades, these holiday destinations attracted a lot of tourists but due to the
covid, global tourism has been suspended, resulting in the cancellation of both domestic and
international flights except several important ones carrying goods (commodities)

-cancel (v) => cancellation (n)

-except/ apart from/ other than/ but.
->they do not know anything but keep complaining and blaming circumstances for their
failures.
Blame something /someone for something.

-Cup of tea: the thing that you like to do.

-Go back on one’s (my, her, your) word: break one’s promise.
Going back on my words is not my cup of tea.
-Reach (v, n)
Out of one’s reach.

-An overseas trip (n)

As a university student, an overseas trip is still out of my reach since international tickets are
prohibitively expensive (…tickets cost an arm and a leg) so I can’t afford it.

=>when you can afford something => that thing is AFFORDABLE TO you.
________cannot________________=>________UNAFFORDABLE TO you.

-Have a deep understanding of something (v)

Understandable (a) (of behaviour, feelings, reactions, etc.) seeming normal and reasonable in a
particular situation

->I think her behaviour in that cause is understandable and we can forgive her.

-Gain more soft skills:

+communication (language) skill:
+survival skill
+problem-solving skill
+time-management skill:

II. QUESTIONS:
1. Do you like travelling?
2. How often do you travel?
3. Benefits of travelling?
4. When you visit new places, what do you like to do?
5. Do you like to travel alone or in a group?
6. Would you say your country is a good place for travellers to visit?
7. What do you usually do on your holiday?
8. What do most people do during their holidays in your country? Why?
9. Have you ever travelled overseas before?