ROUTES

 What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘maps’?

 Are men or women better at reading maps? Are you good at

it?

 Have you ever got lost using a map?

 Do you need a physical map to find a new place or can you

picture the map in your head?

 Are you good at drawing maps?

 # word # definition
1 route A places of interest
2 robber B to investigate; to search or travel for the purpose
of discovery
3 edge C to pass from one side of to the other
4 cave D the line that separates one country from another
5 monk E a person who steals; who takes things that don’t
belong to him/her
6 border F a hollow made usually in the mountain
7 to cross G a line or border
8 to explore H a man who has left the world for religious
reasons, usually to stay in a monastery
9 sightseeing I a course, way, or road for passage or travel

10 to reach J to arrive at
 You will listen to a woman, Karen, talking about the route from
one place to another. Your task is to draw the route, paying
careful attention to prepositions she uses.

These are some of the places she mentions:

Lake Leman
Montreux
Brig
Simplon tunnel
Lake Maggiore

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 What prepositions of direction did Karen use?

Tell us about the route Karen has just described.

How much time does it take to get to Montreux?

How much time does it take to get to Brig from the
Rhone Valley.
What do you know about the Silk
Road?
 Compare and say what the difference is:
The Silk Road used to be an important trade route.
The city of Xian used to have a different name.
There used to be a market at Kashgar, but there isn’t now.
AND
Silk traders built the Jiayuguan Fort.
Robbers attacked in the Gansu Corridor.
 How do we form sentences
with “used to”?

 When do we use “used to”?

 Give your examples with

the “used to” construction.
1. Work in pairs. Look at the map and put the text
in order. What helps you? (English Result pre-
intermediate. Student’s Book. p. 102)

2. Read the text.

3. Make 2 questions using

information from the text.
 The Silk Road used to be an important trade route.
 Robbers used to attack in the Gansu Corridor.
 Silk traders built the Jiayuguan Fort.
 The city of Xian used to have a different name.
 There used to be a market at Kashgar, but there
isn’t now.
 Samarkand is the last stop on the Silk Road.
Look at the map and tell about the Silk
Road route using prepositions of
direction that you already know.
 Just a bit more of information about the Silk Road
and a task for checking your understanding.

Watch a video and answer the questions based on

it.
http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_low_intermediate.php?id=26275
Work in pairs.

Draw a route plan of a journey you used to make.

Make the most important notes about how to get to
the end of the journey (dates, places, etc.). Draw some
pictures if necessary. DO NOT write sentences.

Your partner will tell about your journey using “used

to” and prepositions of directions.
 English Result. Student’s Book. p. 104, ex. 1
(read and translate).
 English Result. Work Book. Unit 10 D.
 Mind maps
(mindomo.com):
be prepared to talk about
your projects.