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    speakout Pre-Intermediate

    5 TRAVEL
    UNIT 5

    Overview
    Watch the video podcast. Do you have similar opinions?
    1  Read Finn’s text and complete it with the words from the box. Then watch the video podcast from
    0:10-0:30 and check your answers.

    Finn I’ve 1 spent a lot of time living in different 2 _____________ so there isn’t one
    place I think 3 _____________ as home. I 4 __________ lived in Scotland
    5
    ___________ Poland and China. I love 6 ____________ to new places
    and learning about 7 ____________ cultures. Today, I 8 ___________ asking
    people about travel.

    spent   new   am   and   going   of   countries   have

    2  Watch the video podcast from 0:30-3:07. Number the phrases in the box in the order you hear
    them, 1-8.

    Egypt      plane journeys      good experience  1


    different lifestyle      backpacking      missing flights 
    eating different food      beautiful scenery   

    Glossary: s cenery = the natural things you see around you in the countryside, e.g. rivers,
    mountains; backpacking = travelling for a long time with a rucksack; flight = a
    journey in a plane

    3  What do they say about travel? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the
    video podcast from 0:30-1:22 and underline the correct answers, a or b.

    1 Travelling is one of her ______. 2 He’s lived in _______. 3 She’s done ________ travelling.
    a)  passions  b)  dreams a)  Istanbul  b)  India a)  very little  b)  quite a bit of

    4 She ________ to travel to 5 He’s been travelling for 6 She’s been to ________.
    different countries. ________ years. a)  Turkey  b)  Thailand.
    a)  likes  b)  loves a)  two and a half   b)  two

    © Pearson Education Limited 2011 page 1


    speakout Pre-Intermediate
    5 TRAVEL
    UNIT 5

    4  What do they like about travelling? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch
    the video podcast from1:23-2:06 and delete the words you don’t hear.

    1 I think you mature a lot when 2 I like the flying/airport experience. 3 We love to see theatre/museums
    you travel/go travelling. in other countries.

    4 You see some of the best/most 5 I like getting out there and 6 The anticipation of being in a
    beautiful scenery around the experiencing a different culture/ new place/country, of seeing
    world. country. different things.

    Glossary: m
     ature = grow up and become more adult; culture = the ideas, things people
    believe etc. of a country; anticipation = being excited about something that you
    expect to happen

    5  What don’t they like? Watch the video podcast from 2:07-3:07 and match the people in pictures A-F
    to their answers.

    A B C D E F

    1 I suppose plane journeys are not always the most exciting of things. _B_
    2 I don’t like long flights. ___
    3 So when I was backpacking, and we ran out of money, or we were in dangerous
    situations, I actually quite enjoyed that. ___
    4 Flying. I don’t particularly like flying, but it’s a necessity when you live in Ireland, you know. ___
    5 You spend a lot of time outside the United Kingdom and the disadvantage of that is –
    that you tend to miss families and friends. ___
    6 I suppose the biggest problem I have with travelling is living out of a suitcase. ___

    © Pearson Education Limited 2011 TRAVEL page page 2


    speakout Pre-Intermediate
    5 TRAVEL
    UNIT 5
    Vocabulary
    6  Look at the words/phrases in italics in Ex 5. Match them to definitions A-F.
    A) think perhaps it’s true suppose
    B) something you need _______
    C) you travel a lot and never have time to unpack and feel at home _______
    D) you used it all and you don’t have any more _______
    E) you often do this _______
    F) a negative thing _______

    The way we speak


    7  Look at the people and read their sentences. Then watch the video podcast from 0:30-3:07 and
    complete the sentences. Watch the podcast again to check your answers. Notice the use of the verb get.

    A B C
    You get 1to meet different people It’s always nice to just get I get very 3_________ about the
    from different backgrounds, and 2
    __________ and experience thought of going to most countries,
    that’s pretty important to get an a different culture and different any country.
    understanding. lifestyle.

    D E
    The hardest thing for me is that I’m My wife’s usually late getting
    handicapped. And so sometimes 5
    ________ the airport. It wasn’t
    getting 4__________, especially until I got 6_____________ that I
    very old cities, is very difficult. actually started missing flights.

    Glossary: h andicapped = have a physical problem that makes it difficult to


    move normally

    © Pearson Education Limited 2011 page 3


    speakout Pre-Intermediate
    5 TRAVEL
    UNIT 5

    Personalisation
    8  Write your answers to the questions.
    1 What do you think about travelling? Do you like it? Why /Why not?
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________

    2 Have you travelled much? Where have you been? What did you like most/ least?
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________

    Fun Facts
    UK holiday makers love to house swap. The most popular place for them to
    go is the USA. To find out more, go to the BBC link below:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/
    sixminute/2009/05/090604_6min_homeswap_page.shtml

    © Pearson Education Limited 2011 page 4

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