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The document discusses travel journalist Boyd Matson's experiences and philosophy on travel, highlighting his work with NBC News and his belief that travel can be both fun and risky. It also mentions various travel destinations, including Monument Valley and Prague, emphasizing their cultural significance and attractions. Additionally, the document includes exercises related to travel vocabulary and grammar.
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4) a long time ago-
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He thinks that travel can be
@ dangerous.
b fun.
© risky.
4 His attitude to travel is that it
a avoid danger.
b observe people.
© take part in things.
4 451 Listen again. Complete the sentences
1 Matson usually manages to find
© Veweet onhis trips
bestto,
2 Henever seems to take these yoo Y
too seriously. .
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fist F his time travelling and
Teporting from places that were in the news
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coca ee ore few years now. That's the way to go (no
sand tor somewhere completely different to the Le
raptiness of Arizona, try Prague. It's a really
atmospheric city and since Hollywood ‘discovered
Prague in the 1990s, this beautiful and vibrant piace
has been attracting a lot of action heroes. Tom Cruse
was here to film Mission Impossible, and Wesley Sins
chased vampires through the Old Town in Blade i
Prague has always been one of Europe's main cultual
centres, so there's alot to see Including museums, ae
and fantastic architecture. In the last few years aire
ave been adding more flights andi more connectors
teally easy to get there.
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hakespeare in Love and Bridget Jones. We as
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6 Vocabulary extra synonyms
Look at these words from the radio programme
Match the pairs of words with a similar meaning
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companies. low-cost
Package holidays — cuestions
Pa
MeJs somethin
ry travel problems
d nouns with these words,
ound nouns
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next dong Ut ee tc her
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Yes, ve
eft my bag with al my a
nents somewhere. \ net
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F Vm frail the light has been delayed
4 Pronunciation strong and weak forms
#954 Complete the exchanges with these
Prepositions, Then listen and repeat
1
2
fe
6 55 Listen to comme!
Respond with your own words
Brackets. Then compare your
at for from
A: Which gate arwyou ab 2
Bi Tm at _ gate 17
A: Where have these people came £
B: They're fram theotherbus-—itbroke
down.
A: How long are you here!»
B: F+/ another week
isten and respond travel situations
model answer that follows.
ssanything wrong?
Yes ive fost my
passport
port) i
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sagen) |"
ants in travel situations
using the word in
sponse with the
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genrence’s Fal
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ces in a More informal s,)
4 raking oy
e@. Rewrite these sentent
1 The weather here is fantastic.
Chine Were. 10 ura one
2 We've heen lying by the hotel pool since.
arevee
retin pace ain
4. mthinking of staying an extra week beens,
it's SO. Peel
A hsallens, of desing a1 ety woeed cos
4 We've arranged to go.0n a couple of day trp.
frsagel lo geeniapnsc ob
5 Wehad a terrible flight. There was.a caites
the seats were uncomfortable and there
What was the journey like?
What's the weather ike?
are the people like?
Es the food like?
a
‘omtae _ nouns together to mean one thing
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ovncan 68 ad UD Of TWO Word, hon
me one word (BACKDACK) OF two Words ‘
1 definitions with the woed
The plural is made by .
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aoe in back again, ally oa short
2 ine moral
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4 Check the meaning of tour and toyage in your
dictionary if necessary. Th
sentences,
en complete the
I've been on a sightseeing
around the island,
2 The Vaj.ue across the Indian Ocean
took a coupleof weeks
3 Wedidawalking \ coy of London
and saw lots of famous places.
4 I've been reading about James Cook's fist
Veyaxe— tothe East
Check!
5 Solve the anagrams to find words from Student's
Book Unit 8.
1 AEE ‘ j
‘you often get them at airports: }.\ey.s :
PEERAGE
visiting famous monuments, et
sein -
(allB/Afol) Calle! (slimils)
_you can play these on rainy days
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