UNIT 2A
1. VOCABULARY
HOLIDAYS
HOLIDAYS
Remember that you studied some vocabulary about holidays in Basic2 Unit 2A
Restrictions on liquids at the airport.
Liquids include:
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Holiday clothes
Things to pack in your suitcase
REMEMBER that some nouns referring to clothes are plural:
To refer to them, you'd need to use SOME or A PAIR OF
To refer to them, you'd need to use SOME or A PAIR OF
Vocabulary related to holidays
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2. PRONUNCIATION
Plural pronunciation:
/S/ /p/, /t/, /k/, /f/, /θ/ (voiceless consonants) /Z/
vowels, /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /l/, /r/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/ (voiced consonants) /IZ/
/s/, /z/, /ʒ/, /dʒ/, /ʃ/, /x/, /tʃ/ |
caps /ps/ cats /ts/ books /ks/ roof /fs/ month /θs/ keys /iz/ boys /iz/ countries /iz/ babies /iz/ flies /iz/ beds /dz/ dogs /gz/ stoves /vz/ rooms /mz/ places /siz/ - gases /siz/ - glasses /siz/
noses /ziz/ judges /dʒiz/ brushes /ʃiz/ watches /tʃiz/ boxes /xiz/ |
3. LISTENING
Do you think being an airport security screener in an easy or difficult job? Why?
Watch the following videos to find it out.
Airport new baggage screening device
How to speed through airport security
How to get through airport security
Getting through airport security
4. SPEAKING AND WRITING
Want a cheap holiday?
Try these ideas
Try these ideas
1. Go coach-surfing
https://www.couchsurfing.org/
2. Swap houses
http://www.lovehomeswap.com/?kw=swap%20houses&adgroup=House-swap-E&campaign=Main-Terms-Spain&gclid=CL7_mI3c0cECFe3LtAodIEIA5w
https://www.couchsurfing.org/
2. Swap houses
http://www.lovehomeswap.com/?kw=swap%20houses&adgroup=House-swap-E&campaign=Main-Terms-Spain&gclid=CL7_mI3c0cECFe3LtAodIEIA5w
3. Save on travel costs
Interrail: http://www.interrail.eu/
Car-sharing: http://www.avancar.es/ http://www.roadsharing.com/es/
Interrail: http://www.interrail.eu/
Car-sharing: http://www.avancar.es/ http://www.roadsharing.com/es/
4. Eat street food.
A good way to try local cheap specialities.
A good way to try local cheap specialities.
SPEAKING
If you want to talk about your holidays, you can answer these questions in order to get ideas for your speaking theme:
1. Do you prefer to book holidays through travel agents or to make your
own arrangements? Describe your best and worst holidays?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of TWO of the following
forms of holiday accommodation:
(a) five star hotel
(b) budget hotel
(c) guest house
(d) bed & breakfast
(e) student family
(f) youth hostel
(g) caravan
(h) tent
3. Which form of accommodation did you have on your last holiday? Were you satisfied with it?
4. Which form of accommodation would you prefer for your next holiday
and how many people would you like to accompany you?
5. What are your favourite holiday activities?
6. Has your country been spoilt (estropeado) by tourist developments?
7. A friend wants to get to know your country and is planning a tour.
What advice would you give about places to visit, travel, accommodation,
eating out, shopping, sightseeing, things to bring and souvenirs to buy?
Describe your best holiday.
· Describe your worst holiday.
· Where are you planning to go on your next holiday?
· How long will you stay?
· Have you ever been abroad?
· Where have you been?
· How many countries have you been to?
· How many times have you travelled abroad?
· What are some countries that you would like to visit? Why?
· What are some things that you always take with you on holiday?
· What do you need before you can travel to another country?
· What is the most interesting city to visit in your country?
· What souvenirs do you usually buy people?
· Would you like to take a cruise? Where to? With who?
· Where do you prefer to stay, when you go on holiday?
· What do you usually do on long car journeys?
· Would you like to live in another country?
· Do you like to travel with your parents? Why or why not?
· Do you prefer to travel alone or in a group? Why?
· How do you prefer to travel by train, bus or plane?
· Do you prefer travelling by car or by plane?
· Have you ever been in a difficult situation while travelling?
· Have you ever been on an airplane? How many times?
· Which airlines have you flown with?
· Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat?
· Have you ever been hitchhiking? If so, where?
· Have you ever been on a package tour?
· How do you spend your time when you are on holiday?
- Did you enjoy your last vacation? (How was your vacation?)
- How do you feel after a long vacation?
- How many days was your vacation?
- How much money did you spend on your last vacation?
- Did you encounter any problems during your vacation?
- How did you resolve them?
- Did you have a part-time job during the holidays?
- Did you have any bad experiences?
- Did you meet any interesting people? Cn you tell me about them.
- Did you notice any cross-cultural differences during your vacation?
- Did you study during the vacation? If so, what did you study?
- How was your trip?
- Why did you visit the place(s) you went to?
- How did you get there?
- Why did you choose the means of transportation that you chose?
- How much luggage did you take?
- Would you take the same or different equipment next time?
- In what ways did you obtain real satisfaction when you were on vacation?
- Was the place you went to very different from where you live?
- What were the women like?
- What were the men like?
- Were people friendly?
- Did you stay in a hotel?
- What was the daily rate?
- What historical sites did you visit and what did you learn?
- What interesting people did you meet? Tell me about them.
- What souvenirs did you buy?
- What was the best food you ate during your vacation?
- What was the most enjoyable thing that you did during your vacation?
- What was the most interesting thing that you did during the vacation?
- What was the most interesting thing you did during the holiday?
- Where did you go for your last vacation?
- Did people speak English there?
- Did you have any problems?
- Did you use a lot of English?
- How did you get there?
- How long did it take to get there?
- How long were you there?
- How much money did you spend?
- What did you do there?
- What did you see in each place?
- What kind of food did you eat?
- What souvenirs did you buy?
- What was the activity you enjoyed the most, and why?
- What was the weather/food/scenery like?
- What were the people/restaurants/scenic spots like?
- Where did you stay?
- Where did you visit?
- Where would you like to go next?
- Who did you travel with?
- Would you recommend your friends visit there, why or why not?
- Where did you go? How long did you stay? How did you get there?
- Where is your favorite place to go on vacation?
- Where in the world would you most like to go for your next vacation?
- Of all the places you visited, which would you recommend to your friends?
- How do you get to sleep when you are traveling on a plane?
- How far was it to the beaches, to the nearest town, village etc.?
- How long did it take you to get there?
- What sort of condition was the hotel in?
- Did the room overlook the sea?
- Did you have a nice view from your room?
- Have you ever run out of money when you are on holidays?
- Who is the most remarkable person you have ever met on holiday?
- How would you feel if there weren't any holidays?
- Have you ever been mugged while on vacation?
- What is the most exotic or strangest thing you ate on holiday?
- Have you ever thought of giving up your holiday due to unavoidable reasons?
If you want to talk about your holidays, you can answer these questions in order to get ideas for your speaking theme:
1. Do you prefer to book holidays through travel agents or to make your
own arrangements? Describe your best and worst holidays?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of TWO of the following
forms of holiday accommodation:
(a) five star hotel
(b) budget hotel
(c) guest house
(d) bed & breakfast
(e) student family
(f) youth hostel
(g) caravan
(h) tent
3. Which form of accommodation did you have on your last holiday? Were you satisfied with it?
4. Which form of accommodation would you prefer for your next holiday
and how many people would you like to accompany you?
5. What are your favourite holiday activities?
6. Has your country been spoilt (estropeado) by tourist developments?
7. A friend wants to get to know your country and is planning a tour.
What advice would you give about places to visit, travel, accommodation,
eating out, shopping, sightseeing, things to bring and souvenirs to buy?
Describe your best holiday.
· Describe your worst holiday.
· Where are you planning to go on your next holiday?
· How long will you stay?
· Have you ever been abroad?
· Where have you been?
· How many countries have you been to?
· How many times have you travelled abroad?
· What are some countries that you would like to visit? Why?
· What are some things that you always take with you on holiday?
· What do you need before you can travel to another country?
· What is the most interesting city to visit in your country?
· What souvenirs do you usually buy people?
· Would you like to take a cruise? Where to? With who?
· Where do you prefer to stay, when you go on holiday?
· What do you usually do on long car journeys?
· Would you like to live in another country?
· Do you like to travel with your parents? Why or why not?
· Do you prefer to travel alone or in a group? Why?
· How do you prefer to travel by train, bus or plane?
· Do you prefer travelling by car or by plane?
· Have you ever been in a difficult situation while travelling?
· Have you ever been on an airplane? How many times?
· Which airlines have you flown with?
· Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat?
· Have you ever been hitchhiking? If so, where?
· Have you ever been on a package tour?
· How do you spend your time when you are on holiday?
- Did you enjoy your last vacation? (How was your vacation?)
- How do you feel after a long vacation?
- How many days was your vacation?
- How much money did you spend on your last vacation?
- Did you encounter any problems during your vacation?
- How did you resolve them?
- Did you have a part-time job during the holidays?
- Did you have any bad experiences?
- Did you meet any interesting people? Cn you tell me about them.
- Did you notice any cross-cultural differences during your vacation?
- Did you study during the vacation? If so, what did you study?
- How was your trip?
- Why did you visit the place(s) you went to?
- How did you get there?
- Why did you choose the means of transportation that you chose?
- How much luggage did you take?
- Would you take the same or different equipment next time?
- In what ways did you obtain real satisfaction when you were on vacation?
- Was the place you went to very different from where you live?
- What were the women like?
- What were the men like?
- Were people friendly?
- Did you stay in a hotel?
- What was the daily rate?
- What historical sites did you visit and what did you learn?
- What interesting people did you meet? Tell me about them.
- What souvenirs did you buy?
- What was the best food you ate during your vacation?
- What was the most enjoyable thing that you did during your vacation?
- What was the most interesting thing that you did during the vacation?
- What was the most interesting thing you did during the holiday?
- Where did you go for your last vacation?
- Did people speak English there?
- Did you have any problems?
- Did you use a lot of English?
- How did you get there?
- How long did it take to get there?
- How long were you there?
- How much money did you spend?
- What did you do there?
- What did you see in each place?
- What kind of food did you eat?
- What souvenirs did you buy?
- What was the activity you enjoyed the most, and why?
- What was the weather/food/scenery like?
- What were the people/restaurants/scenic spots like?
- Where did you stay?
- Where did you visit?
- Where would you like to go next?
- Who did you travel with?
- Would you recommend your friends visit there, why or why not?
- Where did you go? How long did you stay? How did you get there?
- Where is your favorite place to go on vacation?
- Where in the world would you most like to go for your next vacation?
- Of all the places you visited, which would you recommend to your friends?
- How do you get to sleep when you are traveling on a plane?
- How far was it to the beaches, to the nearest town, village etc.?
- How long did it take you to get there?
- What sort of condition was the hotel in?
- Did the room overlook the sea?
- Did you have a nice view from your room?
- Have you ever run out of money when you are on holidays?
- Who is the most remarkable person you have ever met on holiday?
- How would you feel if there weren't any holidays?
- Have you ever been mugged while on vacation?
- What is the most exotic or strangest thing you ate on holiday?
- Have you ever thought of giving up your holiday due to unavoidable reasons?
WRITING You are a travel agent and your friend Susan has sent you an email asking you for advice to find a cheap holiday. Answer her email and give her a good piece of advice. Write about 60 words.
5. GRAMMAR
Present tenses
Present tenses
- Action and non-action verbs
Non-action verbs, not usually used with continuous forms, may refer to mental states (believe, know, realize), emotions (admire, dislike, respect), the senses (feel, hear, smell) and possession (owe, own, posses).
Remember the difference between going to and the present continuous:
going to
to talk about a plan in the future (just made a decision)
We are going to get married next year.
present continuous
to talk about personal arrangements in the future (it has been organized, a wedding, a party, social events in general, etc.)
We're getting married on 25th of June.
- Present continuous for future arrangements
Remember the difference between going to and the present continuous:
going to
to talk about a plan in the future (just made a decision)
We are going to get married next year.
present continuous
to talk about personal arrangements in the future (it has been organized, a wedding, a party, social events in general, etc.)
We're getting married on 25th of June.
- Present simple for 'timetable' future
6. READING
Remember:
VOCABULARY
Remember:
- look+ adjective or age. eg. She looks sad/ old/ young/ younger than her brother.
- look like + a noun. eg. He looks like his father/ a famous TV presenter.
- look as if + a clause eg. He looks as if... he understood the problem/ he's going to cry/ he was going to have lunch.
VOCABULARY
- Undisputed- certain, not debatable.
- keen on- eager or enthusiastic
- upmarket- expensive, sophisticated, elegant.
- Eager to soak up- looking forward to absorb.
- hoteliers- an owner or manager of one or more hotels.
- frugal-economical.
- at the bottom of the list- at the end of the list.
7. SPEAKING
Asking for more information
Really? Why is/ was that?
What will/ did you do next?
What is/ was it like?
Would you do it again?
More expressions to ask about extra information
Asking for more information
Really? Why is/ was that?
What will/ did you do next?
What is/ was it like?
Would you do it again?
More expressions to ask about extra information
- Can you tell me...?
- Could you tell me...?
- I'd like to know...
- Do you know...
- (Got / Have you) any idea...?
- Could you tell me...?
- (Do / Would) you happen to know...?
- I don't suppose you (would) know...?
- I wonder if you could tell me...?
- I wonder if you could tell me...?
8. WRITING
p.114 Writing-Holiday tweets
Write a short note (about 60 words) as a holiday tweet describing how you're spending your holidays.
Remember that tweets can only have a maximum of 140 characters so people frequently leave out words in sentences. This is acceptable in tweets and text messages not in formal writing.
p.114 Writing-Holiday tweets
Write a short note (about 60 words) as a holiday tweet describing how you're spending your holidays.
Remember that tweets can only have a maximum of 140 characters so people frequently leave out words in sentences. This is acceptable in tweets and text messages not in formal writing.
9. SONG