Ted Talk1

How to travel the world with almost no money

1. Introduction. Watch the first minute and answer the following questions:
Where is Tom from? How does he travel? What landscapes can you see?
2. Watch the next shots and answer
a. What happened in 2008? What was his job?
b. What website did he find? Have you heard of it? What does he explain?
c. How/ Why did he change his mind about travelling?
3. Complete the ideas below [2:17]
a. “When I was a host (…) I was afraid of ________________ and going by myself
into the _____________. I was also afraid of ___________________.”
b. Some people told him: “you don’t have to ____________________. You just
have to have __________________________. You don’t have to be _______ to
travel”
4. How does he classify traveling expenses?

Travelling
expenses

a.___________ b._________ c. ___________

a. How did he manage to travel for 5 years with almost no money? What tips does
he give? Write the dos and don’ts

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What’s the ultimate hitchhiking rule? Are there alternative ways?

b. What options does he mention? (4)

c. What can you do to save money?

5. Answer the following questions

a. How can you EARN money when travelling?
b. What did he do in Australia? What did he achieve in 13 days?

6. What general truths did he learn? Complete

a. “Don’t trust ______________________.”
b. “Preserve ________________________.”
c. “Turn down your ______________________.”
d. “All the people grow _______________________.”

7. What life lesson did he learn?

8. Post-travelling depression. What options do you

have? What are the pros and cons of each of them?
a. _________ to your lifestyle.
b. Take back your backpack and
__________________________.
c. _________ of the former two.
Which option do you think is the best? Why?

9. Conclusion. Is this for everyone? What are the downsides (=disadvantages)? What is his
last piece of advice?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7vmHGAshi8