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Transport, travel, holidays Mi transport On. £1.11] the vocabulary in the box is from the text below. Is the text about a journey by train, car, plane, bus or underground? seat headset pass. crew departure. control. passport board check-in conveyor gate-—belt—refreshments security Read the text below and complete it with the correct words from the box. First of all, don’t forget to pack your ticket and your (1) ssn P8820! in your hand luggage. When you arrive at the (2) desk, your bags will be weighed and put on a (3) belt. You will be given a boarding (4) allocated a seat and told to go to the (5) lounge. To get there, you will pass through passport (6) .. and a(7).. heck. Look at the departure (8) in the lounge so you know which (9) . number you must go to when it's time to board The cabin (10).. will direct you to your (11) when you board, and you have to fasten your seat (12) . before take-off. You will be served (13) ‘most companies provide an entertainment system with a (14) and Choose the best word to complete the title for the text. ‘Making your frst journey/crossing/ ght trip [1.211 @ 112) Listen and check you have filled in the gaps correctly. [1.3 1 (@ 110) Listen to a short description of four other journeys. What type of travel is each person describing? 2 3 4 $1.41 Read the recording script for 11b and underline all the words related to each kind of travel. Then put them in the correct circle below. Highlight any words which appear in more than one circle. (+) a“ (-) (-) Mitravel 12.11 use the words betow to complete the sentences. hotel suitcase travel Juggese” money 1 There's no need to take a lot of . MO OME ensrsssnesenne 2 We searched for centre. 3 The 4 You don’t have to take MUCH ssssssansne but it's a good idea to take a digital .. 5 You don’t need to have a lot of . 6 I'd always enjoyed all kinds of .. 7 Iwanted some 8 I found that public .. around. equipment storm guidebook camera accommodation on the internet and eventually found a really nice .. for the trolley at the airport. information Moving around 11 weather car journey transport coin hen you travel ~ you should be able to pack all your clothes . inthe was very changeable while we were on holiday, and at the end of the week we had a big . on walking holiday apart from waterproof boots and clothing, if you want to take pictures. .. with you when you travel, but make sure you've got a but by the time I'd finished a long motorway ovneimnnnne tO Scottand in thick snow and icy winds, I'd changed my mind! about the city, so I went into a bookshop and bought a... Barcelona was excellent, so I never used my 12.211 Check your answers and then decide whether the words in the box are countable or uncountable. Put a C or U next to them in the box. Write them in a word tree. See page 000 for advice on recording vocabulary. Minolidays B3.10 97 mae I's holiday fime -.- © How do you usualy travel when you go on holiday? A bycor 8 bytrain € by plane @ Where do you usually go for a holiday? ‘10 vist friends and family 8 10.0.ctyor resort in your own, country € toa city or resort abroad inswer the questions in the questionnaire below. © What kind of holiday do you uusvolly take? & on activity holiday 8 abeach holiday € assightseeing holiday © What do you ike doing on holiday? A visiting galleries. museums and ‘archaeological sites B geting fit and doing some exercise € just relaxing and toking it easy © Where do you stay on holiday? A in a hotel or guesthouse B atarelative or friend's home C onacompsite © What is the best thing about having a holiday? A getting away from routine B getting to know new places getting together with friends 11 Moving around £3,211 @ 1) tistento.aman anda woman talking ("PSST about the kind of holidays they like. Write the realrs thay would give tothe questionnaireen | Warelcanbe verb ora dun, When ts nouns uncountable and describes the activity of travelling: alae Air travel is becoming increasingly popular. | fc 7 3 5 We use Journey to describe going from one placeto | 2 S another. It is a countable noun, Youn 2 2 3 4 The journey from home to work takes two hours. $ $ We use trip to describe a short journey somewhere when you gofor a short time and then come home. | £3.31] what do you think? Complete the answers to the ices existtabls pou: | aie ‘My friend and I went on a weekend trp to Amsterdom. Is it better to book a holiday at the last minute or ——— well in advance? think it’s better to. 5.11 PHRASAL VERBS Some phrasal verbs have more because se i i than one meaning. Look at how set out is used in 2 Would you prefer to go on a package tour or travel these sentences. Match each sentence 1-4 with independently? ‘one of the meanings A-D below. Id always prefer to ‘ eae 1 He set out to find the cave he'd seen marked on an old map. & He set the main points of his report out clearly, so we could all understand it. 3 Alison set the chairs out so that everyone could see the speaker. 4 | Complete the sentences using travel, journey or 4 We set out for the airport before it got light. trip. 3 Would you rather stay in a small guesthouse or a luxurious five-star hotel? Pd rather because A arrange something neatly 10 Mexico 8 do something with a clear aim or intention 1 Tn August, I'm going on a... City with my wife. give well organised written information 2 They set off on the difficult. before dawn, and they didn't arrive until after dark, 0 begin a journey 3 Drive carefully and hi Beit Arete faves safe £5.21) Look at these other phrasal verbs with set. Match home! : = each sentence 1-4 with one of the meanings A-D 4 He's away on a business all next below. week, but I'l give him the message when he returns. The stormy weather set in on Monday, and it was 5 Tknow rai takes longer than going stil raining four days later. ne, but I reall i EY plage ont Lremmrenkey ‘When we opened the boot, it set off the car alarm. © T'm realy looking forward to my to New Zealand. I'l have ots to talk about when | get He setup a helpgroup called NightWatch for people who had problems sleeping. back. 7 My parents have always said that 4 ba ene eco a got no idea makes you more independent. a io set Soeak rapa EPP A anaction caused something to happen something unpleasant started which continued for a long time 8 How long is YOUT nn «to college each morning? 8 something was established —_—— 1 to start to do somethin = 0 ig Vocabulary Coming and going eRe ee TE) ‘see page 186 for defnitions abroad (adv) ‘accommodation (n} book (w) break (n) cancel (v) catch (v) coach (n} convenient (adi) crash tv, n) crowded (ad) ‘cruise (n) delay (vn) destination (n) terry (0) flight (n) foreign (adi) harbour (n} journey (n) luggage in) nearby (adi, adv) Giza get in{to) get off get on(to} get out (of) go away enter a car leave a bus/train/etc enter a bus/train/etc leave a car/building/room/ete leave a place/sb go back (to) return (to) set off take off start ajourney leave the ground eAiochoane cen) ct back choose comfort dopart attractive, attraction backwards chose, chosen, choice (unjcomfortable departure pack (v) passport (n) platform (n) public transport (n phr) reach (v) resort (n) ‘souvenir (n) tratfic (n) trip (n) vehicle (n) by air/sea/bus/car/etc on board on foot on holiday (on schedule on the coast direction rove, driven, driver flew, flown, fight traveller visitor SAECO adjectives close to famous for far from late for suitable for arrive at/n ask for look at prepare for ask (sb) about provide sb with Wait for Coming and poing Unit 9 Topic vocabulary A} Complete using a word formed from the letters given. 1 The airline say my is too heavy and | have to pay extra. EGULGAG 2. This model of Big Ben will be a lovely of our holiday. EUNSVORI 3 Do you know which so our train is on? MLF RAP OT 4 We've had a ternble...... and now Im just happy to be home. YUN ORJE 5 Let's walk around the and have a look at all the fishing boats. BUROHAR 6 You have to choose your voououane and the ticket machine gives you your ticket. INETIDSOTAN 7 This is suitable for city driving and for rough country roads. HENCE VL 8 The vows tO Australia takes 24 hours! HIG LT F 9 Look out! We're going to if youre not carefull HAC SR 10 The cost of the holiday includes ata fivestar hotel. CONDIOMACAOMT 11 ‘Have you ever travelled vou” Yes, | went to Italy last year’ DAR AO B 12 Tina and Julie are going away on a weekend... to Berlin. KER AB [B] Circle the correct word or phrase. crowded / nearby cruise / coach a convenient / foreign Passport / public transport resort / trip 37 ‘coming going Unit 9 Prepositional phrases BB Gonpiste using tive worden te har: Auld any other worla ya soe board » bus coast * foot + holiday * schedule 1 When you go it always takes a few days to completely relax. 2 hope our plane arrives I'm bored just siting here, waiting 3 Ifyou come , don't forget to get off at the stop outside the bank. 4 Living is great. | love walking on the beach every morning, 5 The cowboys got off their horses and went the rest of the way 6 Now we're the ship let's have a look around. Word formation G] Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. =Going abroad en Up until the 1960s, not many British people had (1) abroad for FLY ‘their holidays. Although the idea was (2) , flying was still too ATTRACT expensive for most people. The only (3) people had was to go © CHOOSE to British resorts. Instead of flying, families (4) to the British DRIVE coast. Places like Blackpool and Brighton had millions of (5) .. _ VISIT every year. During the 60s and 70s, prices dropped and (6) “ TRAVEL began to visit places like Spain. At first, hotels were (7) , but COMFORT ‘they slowly got better. These days, the (8) lounges at airports © DEPART are full and people travel (9) and forwards across the world for BACK work and on holiday. Every summer, tourists go in all (10) in DIRECT search of the perfect beach and the perfect resort. Word patterns [H] Write one word in each gap. 1 Sydney is famous its harbour. You should also look ‘the Opera House and the bridge while you're there. 2 We arrived the hotel and they provided us ‘a map of the area, 3 When you're preparing a holiday, pack clothes that are suitable the place where you're going, 4. Iprefer to be far ther people when I'm on holiday. | dont ike being close crowds of tourists. 5 While we were waiting ur tain, | asked someone the delay. 6 Will was late his appointment so he asked me some money for a taxi. 39

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