STUDENTS’ HANDOUT (demo)

Date: 3/10/2022

Topic: Travel

I – Warm-up

1. Change your virtual backgrounds to the pictures you were asked to prepare in the last
session. Ko

2. Discuss and answer the question: What are some popular travelling destinations in
Vietnam?
Try to list as many as you can.

II – Vocabulary boost

Exercise 1: Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks with a word or phrase. Then guess what each
word/phrase means.

A: So, are we all ready to go?

B: Yup, I think so. The car’s (1) _______, we have (2) __________ and music and… the map’s in the
car!
A: Did you get the camera?
B: Got it! Did you (3) _______________?
A: Yup, it’s (4) _______.
B: You’re sure we’re not forgetting anything?
A: I’m sure... We’ve got (5) ____________________.
B: Well, let’s get going then. I love (6) _________!
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B: Uhmm… Do you think we can make a (7) ________?
A: But we’ve only been on the road for ten minutes!
B: I know… but I forgot to go to the bathroom before we left.

Exercise 2:

2a. Complete the text below with these words.

architecture destination port of call

scenery sightseeing vehicle

(1) _______________ in India is amazing because the country is a land of contrasts. There’s the
wonderful (2) _______________ of buildings like the Taj Mahal, as well as the stunning (3)
_______________: tropical rain forests, deserts and beautiful beaches. Make New Delhi your first (4)
_______________, then hire a(n) (5) _______________ to explore the rest of the country. It’s a
great (6) _______________ for tourists.

2b. Replace the words or phrases in bold with these words.

cuisine currency itinerary resort voyage

1. If you need to get some foreign money, go to the bank and get some.

2. I am looking forward to trying the local food when we get to Syria.

3. It says on the programme I got from our travel agent that we will be in Madrid on the 23 rd of June.

4. Our journey by sea to England will be long, but don’t worry, there’ll be loads to do on the ship.

5. My grandparents spent their holidays at a very popular place for tourists in the Canary Islands.

Exercise 3:

First, look at these e-mails and note the different collocations for travel, journey and trip.

Jane, Hi Karen,
Have you made your travel arrangements for I know next week is a business trip, but you
the sales conference yet? If you want a good must do some sightseeing too while you’re
travel agent, I can recommend Atlas World. here. I suggest take a day trip to Canamuca on
The specialise in business travel. Their number the Sunday. It’s about two hours by car, and we
is 2572423. They’re very helpful. can take a boat trip to the island in the middle
Rickie of the lake and have lunch there. Looking
forward to seeing you on Monday. Safe
journey2.
David
Hi Mel, Janine,
I’m finally free after and extremely tiring I got some travel brochures with details of
journey! The flight was three hours late, they camping trips. Want to meet for lunch to look
lost my luggage, then there were no taxis at the at them? One of them is in Chile, but it’s a long
airport. I hope my return journey1 is better! I’m overnight journey from the capital to get there,
at the Hotel Rex, room 1305, tel: 977864. Give so maybe we should look nearer home? Nice to
me a call. dream of holidays during work time!
Simon Lorna
1
The opposite of return journey is outward journey.
2
said to someone who is about to make a journey.

Now, complete each sentence with trip, travel or journey.

1. I’ll get some ____________ brochures today and we can start planning our holiday.

2. John is away on a business ____________ all week.

3. It’s a rather difficult overnight ____________ to the mountains but it’s well worth it.

4. I prefer to arrange my holidays myself rather than use a ____________ agent.

5. On Saturday we went on a day ____________ to an interesting old castle.

6. Was it a tiring ____________ from Seoul to Los Angeles?

7. On summer weekends we often used to go on camping ____________.

8. Do you use a special firm to arrange business ____________ for your staff?

→ Try explaining the meaning of these collocations according to your understanding.

III – Practice speaking

Exercise 1: Discuss these questions with your partner.

1. Do you like trying the local cuisine when travelling to other regions?

2. When travelling, do you like to have an itinerary or would you prefer to find your own way?

3. If you had to choose, would you rather go on a cruise or a coach tour?

4. What is better: travelling in a group or going on your own?

Exercise 2: Look at these items below that someone might take with them on a camping trip. Put
them in order of how useful they are (1 = most useful, 8 = least useful). Then, discuss your answer
with a partner, give reasons for your choices.

1. suitcase

2. first-aid kit

3. laptop

4. torch

5. tinned food

6. camera

7. money

8. toothbrush

Notes: Some useful expressions:

- Stating preferences:

I think… is (much) better than…

To be honest, I’d prefer…

I prefer… to…

There’s no comparison. I’d much rather…

- Giving reasons:

I say this because/since/as…

The main reason for this is that…

One of the reasons I decided on… is that…

I chose… because/since/as…

I suggest… because/since/as

Exercise 3: Spend 2-3 minutes preparing the questions below and take turn to answer them.
1. What kind of places do you like to travel to?

2. Do you like to travel in your holidays or free time?

Now listen to the sample answer twice and note some of the words, phrases or structures that you
find useful.

Exercise 4: Look at the cue card below and brainstorm some ideas:

Describe a place you would like to visit in the future

You should say:

- where this place is

- how you know about it

- what this place looks like

- and explain why you would like to visit this place

Now read a sample answer from the screen. Then tell the whole class what you think about this
answer & what you can learn from it.

Exercise 5: Make a brief outline for the following question:

Describe a short trip that you usually make (or, take) but dislike
You should say

- where you travel from and to

- how often you make this trip
- why you make this trip
- and explain why you dislike this trip

IV – At home

Exercise 1: Not looking back at the notes you have taken on today’s lesson, complete the table
below:

Vocabulary summary

New word Meaning Nghĩa

packed
munchies
fill up the tank
(to be) all set
 to have all (one’s)
bases covered
or: to cover all
bases
road trip
pit stop
sightseeing
architecture
scenery
destination
vehicle
port of call
currency
itinerary
cuisine
resort
voyage
travel arrangement
travel agent
business
travel/business trip
travel brochure
day trip
boat trip
camping trip
return journey
overnight journey
“Safe journey”
exotic
have the
opportunity to
enjoy oneself
adventure
have a change of
(sth)
for a while

Exercise 2: Choose one of the two questions from exercise 4 and 5, then record your complete
response.

Exercise 3: Prepare the questions below:

1. Do you think it is safer to travel now than in the past?

2. Do you think it’s true that travel broadens the mind?

3. How have holidays changed over the past few decades?

4. Why do some people prefer to travel abroad rather than in their own country?

5. In your opinion, is it important to speak the language of the country you’re visiting?