UNIT 2

TRAVELLERS

Describe an interesting journey that you have made in detail.

Would you like to live permanently in another country? Why or why not?

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Which is the longest journey you have ever made? How did you travel? What
events do you remember on the way?

Which capital city is your favourite? How do you like to spend your time there?

Do you suffer from travel sickness or anxiety in cars boats or planes? If so, what
do you do to overcome these problems?

Do you prefer winter vacations or summer vacations? Why? Which would you
prefer: a cruise, a holiday on the beach, a holiday in the mountain, a language
course in a summer school, a holiday in an amusement park, a sightseeing
holiday in Europe?

Have you ever taken a package tour? If so, tell about this experience.

When you are travelling, do you try to speak the local language?

What are your essentials when travelling?

When you were a child, did your family take trips? Would you always go to the
same place or to different places?

Describe the worst trip you ever took? What made it a bad?

How do you feel about travelling? NGL 16 Listening

You will hear five short extracts in which people talk about travel.
TASK ONE: choose from the list what each speaker says about their main experience of travelling.

SPEAKER 1 A came late to travelling

SPEAKER 2 B had a career as a diplomat
SPEAKER 3 C has to travel for a living
SPEAKER 4 D never travelled anywhere
SPEAKER 4 E went on trips with friends
F has a major fear of flying
G was brought up travelling
H had bad holiday experiences

TASK TWO: choose how each speaker feels about travel now.
SPEAKER 1 A likes how dramatic it is
SPEAKER 2 B disrupts the home life
SPEAKER 3 C thinks of it as glamorous
SPEAKER 4 D its enriching and exciting
SPEAKER 4 E considers it a privilege
F feels uneasy about it
G finds travel terrifying
H can take it or leave it

Travellers Vocabulary

1 How would you define a traveller? Are you a traveller? 30

Look at these different types of traveller. How would you define or describe them?
a pilgrim a tourist an emigrant a holiday-maker
a commuter a hitchhiker a bus conductor

2 Which probably takes longest?

a. a boat trip a channel crossing a voyage a cruise

b. a stroll a trek a hike a walk
c. a trip an excursion an expedition a journey
d. going as the crow flies taking the scenic route taking a short cut

3 Which of the people below are travellers, and which are tourists?
1 I always go on all-inclusive package holidays, and stay in luxurious resorts. I prefer to book everything
in advance.
2 Im very adventurous a bit of an explorer really I like to find my own way around new and unusual
places. I like to get off the beaten track.
3 I love backpacking around the world, travelling on a shoestring, staying in budget accommodation and
meeting fellow globetrotters.

4 Find phrases above which mean:

a. Everything paid for before you go.
b. Go places that most people dont go to.
c. Travel without spending much money.

What kind of traveller are you?

Work with a partner. Imagine you have booked a two-week package tour together, staying in a foreign
seaside resort. Discuss the following questions and mark the answers which your partener chooses.

1. There is no sign of your luggage shen you arrive at your destination in the middle of the night.
Do you
a) think what a terrible start to the holiday and decide to stay at the airport until it turns up?
b) take a telephone number and ring back in the morning?
c) do nothing and wait for the courier to sort it out?
d) grab a taxi and tell the driver to take you to the nearest all-night disco?
2. At the hotel, you are shown a room which has neither the balcony nor the seaview which
youve asked and paid for. Do you
a) take what youre offered for the moment, but determine to get what you want in the
morning?
b) refuse to accept the room and camp in the lounge?
c) smile and turn up the volume on your ipod (you knew things would go wrong)?
d) take the room, ceratin youll be able to sleep later?

3. The restaurant at the hotel turns out to be ridiculously expensive. Do you

 a) eat without worrying, after all, youre on holiday?
b) pay up but moan continuously?
c) decide to go on a diet for the durantion of the holiday?
d) find a cheaper restaurant a couple of streets away?
4. The weather is awful. Do you
a) see if theres any chance of an earlier flight home?
b) stay in your room and lsiten to music on your ipod?
c) organise trips to museums and art galleries until it gets better?
d) make for the beach anyway?

5. Doing the accounts at the end of the days, you realise that you handed over a 50 instead of a 5
note as a tip for lunch. Do you
a) go back to the restaurant, certain theyll give you a refund once you explain whats 30
happened?
b) curse all foreigners and never leave another tip all holiday?
c) shrug your shosulders and write it off to experience?
d) have an enoormous meal at an expensive restaurant to show that you wont let your
holiday be spoilt by a little thing like money?
 6. Having tried all the restaurants, you are forced to ackowledge that the local cuisine is appaling.
Do you
a) feel thankful that at least the fruit salads are delicious and resolve to stick to them?
b) complain bitterly, and eats lots of ice-cream and sweets between meals, even though
neither of them is particularly appetising?
c) give up on the local cuisine and go on a crash diet?
d) reckon youve just been unlucky so far, and give the restaurant another try?
7. You go on a whole day coach trip with regular stops for drinks, meals and sightseeing. The rest
of the party dont look like the sort of people youd mix at home. Do you
a) talk only to your holiday companion and feel glad you both brought books?
b) bitterly regret your mistake and spend all day in a bad mood?
c) single out anyone who looks in the least bit your type and see if you can start a
converation? 30
d) make yourself the life and sould of the party?
8. When you go away on holiday, do you
a) hardly think about whats going on at home from the moment you arrive until the moment
you return?
b) know theres absolutely no point in worrying about things at home because theres nothing
you can do about them?
c) wake up most mornings worrying about how on earth theyr ara managing at home without
you?
d) send postcards to a few close friends during the second week?

Scoring
a b c d
1 Z W X Y
2 W Z Y X
3 X Z Y W
4 Z Y W X
5 X Z W Y
6 W Z Y X
7 Y Z W X
8 Y X Z W

If you chose a large number of:

W: it shows you are a good holiday person, flexible, adaptable and capable of coping in awkward
situations.
X: you are a blind optimist. If you are lucky, your blindness to reality may work for you but you tend to
be a tiring holiday companion.
Y: you are a selfish pleasure seeker, determined to vary on with what you want to do no matter whats
happening around you. You can have a good time in the most disastrous holiday but you dont contribute
to anyone elses enjoyment.
Z: you are a self-destructive grumbler, seeing trouble where none exists and biting off your nose to spite
your face.

In Patagonia Reading and speaking

1 Work in pairs. You have two minutes to get an impression of Patagonia. Then close your books and tell
each other what you know.

Student A: Look at the map and the photo.

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Student B: Look at the fact file.

Land area: 777,000 km (France is 675,000 km)

Population density: <2 people per km
Industry: sheep farming, whaling, oil and mineral mining
Geography: plains and lakes in the east; Andes Mountains in the west
Climate: cool and dry, wet in the west
Ethnic group: Welsh, Spanish, other European and a few Indians
Attractions: dramatic landscape, rich in fossil remains.

2 The author Bruce Chatwin travelled through Patagonia in the 1970s and wrote a book about it, In
Patagonia. In this extract from the book, he visits a poet. Read the extract and say which sentence (a-c) is
true of the poet.
a Living in Patagonia enables him to produce lots of poetry in peace and quiet,
b His environment is harsh and he finds life a constant struggle,
c He is passionate about the nature and history of Patagonia.

Anselmo told me to go and see the poet. specimens, Indian artefacts and fossil
The Maestro, he said. The poet lived along oysters. On the walls were a cuckoo clock,
a lonely stretch of river, in overgrown a lithograph of pampas Indians, and
orchards of apricots, alone in a two-roomed another of the Gaucho Martin Fierro.
hut. He had been a teacher of literature in
Buenos Aires. He came down to Patagonia 'The Indians rode better than the Gauchos,
forty years back and stayed. he said. Brown limbs! Naked on horseback!
Their children learnt to ride before they
I knocked on the door and he woke. It was walked. They were one with their horses.
drizzling and while he dressed, I sheltered Ah! Mi Indio!'
under the porch and watched his colony of
pet toads. His desk was littered with broken almond
shells and his favourite books; Ovids
His fingers gripped my arm. He fixed me Tristia, the Georgies, Walden, Pigafettas
with an intense and luminous stare. Voyage of Magellan, Leaves of Grass, The
Patagonia! he cried. She is a hard Poem of Martin Fierro, The Purple Land
mistress. She casts her spell. An and Blakes Songs of Innocence, of which
enchantress! She folds you in her arms and he was especially fond. Smacking it free of
never lets go. dust, he gave me a copy of his Canto on
the Last Flooding of the Ghuhut River,
The rain drummed on the tin roof. For the privately printed in Trelew, which combined,
next two hours he was my Patagonia. The in Alexandrines, his vision of the Deluge
room was dark and dusty. A t the back, and a paean of praise for the engineers of
shelves made of planks and packing cases the new dam. He had published two
bent under the weight of books, mineral volumes of poetry in his life, Voices of the
Earth and Rolling Stones, the last named geological transformations of Patagonia. I
after the layer of glacier-rolled pebbles that asked him what he was writing at present.
cover the Patagonian pampas. The scope He cackled humorously. My production is
of his verse was cosmic; technically, it was limited. As TS Eliot once said: the poem
astonishing. He managed to squeeze the can wait.
extinction of the dinosaurs into rhymed
couplets, using Spanish and Linnaean It stopped raining and I came to leave.
Latin. Bees hummed around the poets hives. His
apricots were ripening, the colour of a pale
He gave me a sticky aperitif of his own sun. Clouds of thistledown drifted across
manufacture, sat me in a chair, and read, the view and in a field there were some
with gestures and clattering of false teeth, fleecy white sheep.
weighty stanzas that described the
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aperitif (n) a drink taken before a meal
artefacts (n) objects of cultural interest
couplet (n) two lines of a poem that go together
drizzle (n) light rain
gaucho (n) an Argentinian cowboy
hive (n) a house for bees to live in
lithograph (n) a print made from a drawing on a flat sheet of metal
oyster (n) type of shellfish
paean (n) /'piian/ a song or poem of praise
pampas (n) the plains of Argentina
pebble (n) a small round stone
stanza (n) one verse of a poem

3 Read the sentences which summarise the extract and correct the underlined words.
1 The poet had lived in Patagonia for a few years.
2 Strangely, he kept sheep as domestic animals.
3 Every surface was covered with Patagonian objects.
4 He obviously liked to eat seafood while writing.
5 One of his poems celebrated a glacier being formed.
6 He was relaxed about his work and wrote a large number of poems.

Critical thinking: analysing descriptive language

4 The writer uses descriptive language to paint a picture of the place and the person (the poet).
Find the adjectives that describe the following.
1 the surroundings of the house and environment
2 the house itself
3 the poet
4 the poet's work

5 Work in pairs. Putting the adjectives you found in Exercise 4 together, what is the overall impression
you have of this man and where he lives? Compare your answers with your partner.

6 What other descriptions in the passage also contribute to the impression you have?

Word focus cast

7 Cast is a literary word meaning 'throw'. Find an expression with cast in the extract. What did the poet
use it to describe?

8 Work in pairs. Complete these other phrases with cast using the words given. Then discuss their
meaning with your partner.
doubt eye mind net shadow vote
1 I'd like you to cast your .back to when you first travelled abroad.
2 They have cast the ..wide by not asking job applicants for specific
qualifications.
3 Can you cast your ..over this speech I've written?
4 New video evidence has cast ..on the defendant's claim.
5 You should cast your ..for the best candidate.
6 Getting food poisoning cast a over the rest of our holiday.

Speaking
9 Work in groups. Take turns to describe a meeting with someone when travelling and how that meeting
affected your perception of the place. Include the following details.
a description of the place you were visiting and what you were doing there 30
how the meeting came about
a description of the person and the impression that they made on you

Marina Vardy, a travel writer AT 1. 07 Listening

You will hear part of a radio interview with a travel writer called Marina Vardy. Choose the correct
answer.

1. What made Marina start travelling?

a) A sudden desire to overcome her fear of the sea.
b) A difficult problem in the life she has at the time.
c) An unexpected opportunity to escape a boring routine.
d) A friends wish for a travelling companion.

2. What is Marinas main reason for being happy about her decision to go on that first journey?
a) It led to a successful career as an author.
b) It gave her a more positive outlook of life.
c) It offered her some exciting adventures.
d) It taught her to cope with difficulties.

3. How did Marina first get into writing?

a) She wanted to describe the different exotic places she visited.
b) She found it satisfying to write her private feelings in a teenage diary.
c) She enjoyed the reaction of other to something she wrote as a young girl
d) She was keen to be like her father, who was an enthusiastic writer.

4. What does Marina say is her greatest challenge?

a) Feeling uncertain about the quality of her work.
b) Coping with some lack of support from her family.
c) Having to face danger for the sake of a story.
d) Finding things to write about that will interest her readers.

5. Marina says that aspiring travel writers must ensure that they
a) Work hard to make their writing style as good as they can.
b) Try to make their readers experience strong emotions
c) Offer much more than an account of their own adventures.
d) Keep their own grandmother in mind as they write.

6. What does Marina say she finds particularly rewarding about being a travel writer?
a) It has developed her powers of observation.
b) It offers her the chance to take revenge on unkind people.
c) It provides her with an adventurous lifestyle.
d) It gives her a satisfying psychological detachment.
 Grammar study Comparing and contrasting

INTENSIFIERS
When comparing two things it is possible to use intensifiers to give more emphasis
to the comparison. For comparatives of superiority use much / far / slightly before
the comparative adjective:
Alison is much / far better at golf than her sister.
This computer is slightly cheaper than yours but it is not so good.
When using as ..... as the most frequent intensifiers are almost, just, every bit
if the sentence is affirmative , not nearly and nothing like for negative 30
comparisons.
It is almost as cold as yesterday.
You are just as strong as ever.
Shes every bit as beautiful as her sister.
It is not nearly as cold as yesterday.
You are nothing like as critical as you used to be.

TWICE, THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES, HALF, A QUARTER ...can be used

with
as ... as .
Your house is twice as big as mine
His new film is half as long as his first production

It is possible to express the same idea in a different way:

Your house is twice the size of my house.
His new film is half the length of his first production.

LINKED COMPARATIVES
The earlier you detect a problem, the easier it is to cure.
WITH ORDINAL NUMBERS
K-2 is the second highest mountain in the world.

Tick the best explanation:

1. The prices on the menu arent nearly as expensive as I expected.
A Prices are a little cheaper than I expected.
B Prices are much cheaper than I expected.

2. It looks as if your new car isnt any more reliable than your old one.
A Both cars are equally unreliable.
B The new car is slightly less unreliable than the old one.

3. Of all the teams in the league, theirs is the least successful.

A Their team is the most unsuccessful.
B Their team is less successful than some of the others.

4. They said it was one of the most powerful earthquakes ever.

A No other earthquake was as powerful.
B There may have been more powerful earthquakes.

5. I have to say that the hotel wasnt quite as luxurious as the brochure claimed.
A The hotel was much less luxurious than the brochure claimed.
B The hotel was slightly less luxurious than the brochure claimed.

6. This is by far the best seat on the plane. Theres loads of legroom.
A No seat on the plane is better.
 B Other seats may be equally good.

7. She isnt anything as snobbish as you said.

A She is less snobbish than you said.
B She isnt snobbish.

8. Im afraid your figures are no more accurate than the ones Rachel gave me.
A You figures are less accurate than Rachels.
B Both are equally inaccurate.

9. As far as Daniels job is concerned, things are about as bad as they can be.
A Daniels job could get worse.
B Daniels job couldnt be any worse than it is.
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Complete each sentence so that it means the same as the preceding one.

1. As students get closer to their exams the become more nervous. (themore)
The closer students
2. The lecture was very boring. As a result I fell asleep. (sothat)
The lecture
3. The tickets sold out within days because the concert was so well publicised. ([Link])
It was
4. I couldnt find my contact lenses because it was very dark. (too)
It was
5. Shes slightly angry but she is very disappointed. (than)
Shes.
6. Approaching the church, we noticed the sound of the bells becoming increasingly loud. (and)
Approaching the church, we noticed the sound of the bells.
7. As a dog gets older it becomes less aggressive. (the less)
The older
8. The wording of the document is very complicated. It is incomprehensible. (soas to)
The wording of the document ..
9. My son cant get a place at kindergarten because he is too young. (enough)
My son isnt..
10. Their remarks were only slightly insulting but they were extremely inaccurate. (not so much)
Their remarks

Work in pairs. You have to guess your partners sentences. Complete them as many times as it is
necessary until you guess them.

STUDENT A

1. The ..........................I travel, the less...................................... .

2. Winter holidays are cheaper than summer holidays.
3. Travelling by bus isnt .....................................as travelling by plane.
4. To get from Paris to London it takes longer to go through the Channel
Tunnel than to go by plane.
5. China is the third ...................................... in the world.
6. Liechtenstein is one of the smallest countries in Europe.
7. China has ..................................... in the world.
8. The older I get, the more I understand my parents.
9. The ................................ a journey is , the more ................................ .
10. Rather than travel abroad, Id prefer to book a holiday by the seaside.
11. The higher the mountain, the ....................................... .
12. The longer I am away from home, the harder it is to come back
STUDENT B

1. The more I travel, the less I like my country.

2. Winter holidays are ............................... than summer holidays.
3. Travelling by bus isnt as fast as travelling by plane.
4. To get from Paris to London it takes ........................................ to go through the
Channel Tunnel .................................... go by plane.
5. China is the third biggest country in the world. 30
6. Liechtenstein is one ............................................ in Europe.
7. China has the biggest population in the world.
8. The older I get, the more .............................................. .
9. The longer a journey is , the more you spend.
10. Rather than travel abroad, Id prefer to ............................ .
11. The higher the mountain, the better the view.
12. The longer I am away from home, the harder it is ...................................... .

Use the similes to rewrite the sentences.

Like a cat on a hot tin roof Like a trooper

Like a lamb to the slaughter Like a bull in a china shop
Like a bear with a sore head Like a log
Like a chimney Like a rocket
Like hot cakes
As .. as a fiddle As .as a
feather
As .. as ice As.
as a grave
As. as a sheet As .as a
mule
As .as the hills

White Obstinate Light

Old Fit Quiet Cold

1. Stonehenge is credibly ancient, more than 4,000 years old. It is

2. Shes a heavy smoker. She
3. Hes incredibly clumsy and breaks things. He is
4. I slept soundly last night. I
5. It is absolutely freezing in here. It
6. She is so nave she doesnt realise what a dangerous situation she is going into.
She
7. My grandmother may be 85 but she is incredibly healthy. She
8. Do you feel alright? You are very pale. You
 9. He is terribly nervous, he cant keep still. He
10. She is in a foul mood this morning, shouting and arguing. She
11. Our new car goes really fast. It
12. My new flatmate never stops swearing. He
13. Once the light went out the dormitory became very quiet. It
14. She doesnt need to diet. She is very thin. She
15. Once he has made up his mind, he never changes it. He
16. These new mobile phones are selling amazingly well. They..

Canadian pair return from round-the-world trip Reading

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Which countries would you most like to visit? What makes you want to visit those places?
Fill the gaps in the sentences with these key words from the text.

groundswell dismay globe trotter platonic mutual

abrupt blossom namesake viral explicitly

1. A __________________ is a person with the same name as someone else.

2. __________________ is a feeling of extreme disappointment or sadness.
3. If love affairs __________________, they develop and become more intense.
4. A __________________ is someone who travels a lot and visits a lot of countries.
5. If you say something __________________, you say or explain it in a very clear and direct way.
6. A __________________ relationship is one that is friendly but does not involve sex.
7. If feelings are __________________, they are experienced in the same way by each of two or
more people.
8. A __________________ is a sudden increase in peoples feelings about something.
9. An __________________ ending is sudden and unexpected.
10. If something on the internet goes __________________, it becomes very popular and spreads
very quickly.

Find the following information in the text as quickly as possible.

1. What is A Ticket Forward?
2. Where is Jordan Axani from?
3. How did people follow Axani and Gallagher?
How does Axani think of Gallagher?
4.
5. What does Elizabeth Gallagher call herself?
6. Which city did they describe as a favourite?

Love not on the itinerary as Canadian pair return from round-the-world trip
Jordan Axani says they had a blast but stresses that three-week jaunt with stranger who shared his
ex-girlfriends name was strictly platonic

1 A Canadian man who sprang to fame after offering a free round-the-world trip to a woman with
the same name as his ex-girlfriend has returned from the jaunt with his chosen namesake, although, to the
dismay of those following the story, love did not blossom between the pair. Jordan Axani, a 28-year-old
Toronto real-estate developer turned charity founder, made it back to Canada with Elizabeth Quinn
Gallagher but said the pair had forged a brother-sister-like relationship.

2 Axani had made headlines in 2014 after offering an air ticket to any Canadian named Elizabeth
Gallagher. He had booked a three-week vacation with his ex-girlfriend but, after they split up, he was
unable to change the name on the flights.

3 Thats where Axanis new travelmate, a 23-year-old student from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia,
came in. Gallagher, who goes by the name Quinn, replied to a Reddit post Axani had submitted along
with other hopeful Elizabeth Gallaghers and was selected. Gallagher had made it clear before the trip
that she had a pretty serious boyfriend but that had not stopped romantics, and journalists, from hoping
the globetrotters might fall for one another. Unfortunately, it was not to be.
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4 Im going to be explicitly clear, Axani said, shortly after the pair returned to Toronto. This
was never a romantic endeavour. It was strictly platonic. I do not think of Quinn in a romantic light in the
least. There is no future for us romantically. She is a good friend. I think of her as a little sister but that
will be it. And her feelings are entirely mutual in that regard. It took work to establish that brother-sister,
good-friend, no-future-for-us-romantically relationship, however.

5 It wasnt easy and it certainly wasnt immediate. It took us about a week to really figure each
other out, Axani said. There was a certain amount of natural stumbling around the dos and donts of
travelling together as the pair got to know each other. At the end of it, wed developed a really great
rhythm of, one second, having really funny inside jokes, and, the next second, knowing when the other
needed space.

6 Although the pair failed to fall for one another, Axani said the trip, which took in Milan, Venice,
Vienna, Prague, Khao Lak (in Thailand) and Hong Kong, was fantastic. A favourite place was Prague,
Axani said, where they had the largest groundswell of people reaching out.

7 Over the course of two and a half days, I think we met about two dozen people. So thats a lot
of stories, thats a lot of individuals and thats a lot of love for their home city of Prague.

8 People were following the pair on Twitter and Instagram, Axani said, and they were even
recognized in the street in Hong Kong. It was a real adventure. We had a blast. We learned a lot about
ourselves and about each other. I think, coming out of it, I cant imagine it going much better than it did.

9 Axani made it back to Toronto at 3am on Monday, 12 January, when the holiday came to an
abrupt halt. He went straight into a board meeting with fellow board members at his charity, A Ticket
Forward. Axani started the non-profit organization after his Reddit post went viral and intends to offer
round-the-world-trips to survivors of abuse, cancer and war.

10 Alongside that, Axani is also in talks to spin his story into a television show or film, although he
would not comment on what form those productions might take. Suffice to say theres been significant
interest from many production companies. Were well advanced. In terms of his love life, Axani said he
was not looking for his next Elizabeth Gallagher just yet. Im not looking for anything, per se, but life
happens and well see, he said. As always, lifes a journey.

Choose the best answer according to the text.

1. Why was Jordan Axani offering a free air ticket to any Canadian named Elizabeth Gallagher?
a. because he wanted a new girlfriend with the same name as his former girlfriend
b. because the air ticket was in his former girlfriends name and he wasnt able to change the name on the
ticket
c. because his charity, A Ticket to Ride, needed the publicity

2 What did Elizabeth Gallagher make clear before the trip?

a. that she wanted to be called Quinn
b. that she already had a boyfriend
c. that she was looking for a romantic relationship

3. What was the great rhythm Axani describes?

a. that they knew the dos and donts of travelling together
b. that there was a certain amount of natural stumbling as they got to know each other
c. that they could laugh and joke one minute and, then, know when the other person needed space

4. Why did they like Prague so much?

a. because they met a lot of people with stories about their city
b. because its a beautiful place
c. because lots of people tried to meet them and talk to them 30
Find the following words and phrases in the text.
1. a three-word verb phrase meaning suddenly become well known (para 1)
2. a noun meaning a journey that you take for fun (para 1)
3. a noun meaning an effort to do something, especially something new or difficult (para 4)
4. a three-word verb phrase meaning have a very enjoyable experience (para 8)
5. a five-word verb phrase meaning suddenly stop (para 9)
6. a three-word verb phrase used to show that the statement you are making contains your main
idea, even though you could say more about it (para 10)
7. a two-word adverbial phrase used for emphasizing that you are not considering something in
relation to anything else (para 10)

Match the phrasal verbs from the text with their meanings.
1. fall for
2. reach out
3. figure out
4. take in
5. split up
6. stumble around

a. to be able to understand something or someone

b. to end a romantic relationship
c. to be very attracted to someone and to start to love them
d. to make mistakes when you are trying to achieve something
e. to include
f. to try to make contact with someone

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets at the end of each sentence.
1. Jordan Axani is a real-estate ____________________. [DEVELOP]
2. A number of ____________________ Elizabeth Gallaghers replied to Axanis post. [HOPE]
3. Axani said there was no future for them ____________________. [ROMANCE]
4. His charity intends to offer trips to ____________________ of abuse, cancer and war.
[SURVIVE]
5. Their relationship was ____________________ platonic. [STRICT]
6. The feelings between them were ____________________ mutual. [ENTIRE]
What do you think of A Ticket Forward? Is it a good idea? Why? Why not?
Would you accept an offer to travel round the world with a complete stranger? What problems
could people experience in that situation?

Travelling around the world AT 3. 03 Listening

You will hear an interview for a student magazine with Penny and Giles, who have both just returned to
Britain after travelling around the world. Choose the correct answer.
1. Why did Giles decide to stay abroad for more than one year?
a) To decide which country he would eventually settle in.
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c) To try and get his articles published in different countries
d) To become familiar with cultures of different countries
2. What did Penny and Giles both find unexpected about their time
abroad?
a) How little they knew about other countries.
b) How difficult it was to learn other languages.
c) How unadventurous they were about food.
d) How many people were willing to talk to them.
3. What aspect of tourism does Penny criticise?
a) The motives that some tourists have for travelling
b) The effect on traditional crafts
c) The physical changes that are made to some places
d) Its economic impact on the area.
4. Giles reference to an incident that happened in Thailand is probably intended to illustrate
a) His wish to avoid commitments
b) His pleasure in making new friends
c) His sense of responsibility
d) His difficulty in learning foreign languages
5. In relation to what he does in the future, Giles has decided
a) To work abroad for a period as a journalist
b) To go ahead with his plan of becoming a travel journalist
c) To maximise his chances of getting work eventually
d) To change to a career in politics.
6. Penny says that when she arrived back home, she felt that
a) Some parts of her trip have been disappointing
b) In some ways, Britain seemed strange to her
c) The best part of her life seemed to be over
d) It was a relief to resume her usual way of life.

The negative effects of tourism

Speaking

A Describe the picture briefly suggesting

who could be responsible, comment on
the problem this represents for the local
people and for the environment and if
you can think of a way of tackling the
problem or lessening its impact, mention
this too.
 B Describe the picture briefly
suggesting who could be
responsible, comment on the
problem this represents for the
local people and for the
environment and if you can think
of a way of tackling the problem
or lessening its impact, mention 30
this too

Andrew McCarthy finds his roots in Ireland Video

You are going to watch a video with the actor and travel writer After you watch:
Andrew McCarthy about his latest book, Journeys Home.
1. Work in pairs.
1 Descriptive words. Complete these compound adjectives.
Student A: Imagine you are a
traveller. Think of a place you have
Fetched going moving packed provoking willed written
always wanted to visit and imagine
wrenching
that you have made this trip. Look at
the point below and make notes.
a) Thought- e.g. book
b) Far- e.g. plot
Student B: Imagine you are a
c) Heavy e.g. book
journalist. You are going to interview
d) Well- e.g. book
a traveller who has made an important
e) Action- e.g. adventure
trip. Look at the points below and
f) Heart- e.g. ending
prepare questions.
g) Fast- e.g. plot
What the place was like
h) Strong- e.g. character
A significant event that
Watch the video an answer these questions: happened while you were
a) What is Journeys Home? travelling there
b) How did it start? The effect that the trip had
c) What does he say about: on you.
d) Cork and Kerry Then change roles.
e) Getting older
f) A crazy waiter 2. Make a list of the five things
g) Mark Twain that make people nervous
h) His next story about travel. Which ones
i) Why does he say travel is a therapy? make you anxious? Then
discuss the items and how
you deal with each one.
Formal and informal English Style and register

Specialized vocabulary. Formal words.

The three passages below are written in formal English. They contain words and structures which are
often found in notices, regulations and formal letters but which are not common in ordinary everyday
conversation.
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1. Put each of the following formal words in its correct place in the notice below.
enquire produce facilitate stating seek obligatory attend admitted leave

ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS

If you wish to obtain a certificate of registration you will be required to
(1)............................ your admission slip. A note from your teacher
(2)...............................that you (3)...................... your class regularly is not
(4)........................ but will greatly (5).......................... matters. If you
(6)............................ advice, please (7).......................... at the office. Overseas
students should be aware that students are (8).......................... to the college
only on condition that they have obtained (9)........................... to study from the
Home Office.

2. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.
provide prior notify in possession of additional further desire in excess of held
retain locations terminating

CONDITIONS OF CAR RENTAL

Drivers must have (1)........................... a valid driving

licence for a minimum of three years. Overseas
visitors should be (2)....................... a British or
International licence.
Cars rented from our London office may only be
returned to our other offices (Manchester, Bristol,
Oxford) by (3)........................... arrangement and on
payment of an (4)............................... charge.
If a driver fails to return a car to us by one week after
the agreed (5)............................ date, we will be
obliged to inform the police.
Special rates are available for periods
(6).................................. three months.
Drivers who (7)........................... to
(8)........................... the car for a longer duration
should (9).......................... the company as soon as
possible.
3. Instructions as above.
funds commencement ensure in duration commences departs requested prior to
undertake assist attire appropriate
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TOUR OF SOUTHERN SPAIN
The tour is fourteen days (1)............ and (2)................. on
Saturday 11 June, when our luxury coach (3).................... from our
London office. The price, which should be paid at least ten days
(4)............... the (5)................ of the tour, is inclusive of
all transport, meals and accommodation, but travellers should
(6)................ that they take with them adequate (7).............
for extra expenses.

In the event of the cancellation of the tour we (8)............. to

refund the complete amount paid. The tour group will be accompanied by a
courier, who will (9) .................. members of the group at all
times.

Travellers are (10) ................. to wear (11)................. for

visits to churches and other holy places.

4. Make the following phrases more formal by replacing each word or phrase in italics with a word
or phrase from one of the groups in the above three exercises. In some cases it is necessary to make a
small change in , or addition to, the words or phrases.

e.g. the train leaves at 07.15 the train departs at 07.15

we agree to do the work we undertake to do the work

a) Ask at the station k) More information

b) To make things easier l) Tell the company

c) They go to a primary school m) Keep your ticket

d) He was allowed to enter n) Theyll give more information.

e) The regulations say that... o) You must have a valid passport

f) He has permission to be absent p) The tour will end in Paris

g) Show your driving licence q) If you want information

h) Before our arrival r) She will help us

i) A previous engagement s) The beginning of the course

j) More than 100 pounds t) Sufficient money for expenses

u) Make sure you have permission

A letter of complaint (1) Writing

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Find a word or expression in the letter that means:

-to tell you how unhappy I am
-not good enough
-asked for something which was logical
-to put up with
-hasty and superficial, without enthusiasm
-nobody tried to
-I want my money back
Make a list of abstract nouns used in the letter.
Write a letter complaining about a service during your holidays (hotel, travel agency, cruise, flight)

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