CONVERSATION ACTIVITIES – TRAVEL
A. QUESTIONS
1. How many countries have you been to? 2. Where did you spend your last holidays? What did you do?
3. When you were a child, did your family take trips? Did you always go to the same place or different places?
4. When you are travelling, do you try to speak the local language?
5. Have you ever taken a package tour? If so, tell about this experience?
6. What type of accommodation do you usually stay in when you travel?
7. Where will you go on your next holiday? 8. Describe the best trip you have ever had. Where did you go? Who did you travel with? What did you do?
9. Describe the worst trip you have ever had. Where did you go? What made it a bad trip?
10. What three countries would you most like to visit? Why?
11. Do you prefer winter holidays or summer holidays? Why?
12. Would you like to take a cruise? Why or why not?
13. Have you ever hitchhiked? If so, where were you and how was this experience?
14 What three countries would you least like to visit? Why?
15. If you could go back to another time and place, what time and place would you choose and why?
16. Who's the most adventurous person in your family? Describe what they do.
17. Tell us about a road trip that you've taken.
18. What's your favourite adventure story, movie, or book? Tell us about it.
19. If you were offered a trip on the space shuttle, would you go? Why or why not?
20. Have you ever moved to a place far from your family and friends? If so, where did you go and why?
21. What countries (other than your own) would you like to live in? Why?
B. TRAVEL VOCABULARY
The words below are some of the most important used when talking about Travel.
Travel – Air airport to check-in to fly to land landing plane to take off Travel - General Related Words destination journey passenger route to travel travel agent Trip
Travel - Holidays camp to go camping charter flight cruise excursion (youth) hostel hotel luggage motel package holiday self-catering holiday sightseeing to go sightseeing suitcase tour tourism tourist
Travel – Land bicycle bike bus bus station car coach coach station lane motorbike motorway rail to go by rail railway railway station road main road minor road taxi traffic train tube underground
Travel-Sea boat crossing ferry port sail sea to set sail ship voyage to hitch-hike to set off to catch
Accomodation alojamiento
admission fee costo de la entrada brochure folleto
camping site sitio para acampar car rental (US) alquiler de autos car hire (GB) alquiler de autos car park (GB) estacionamiento city centre (GB) centro de la ciudad cruise crucero
double room habitación doble
double room with twin beds habitación doble con dos camas
downtown (US) centro de la ciudad flight vuelo
fortnight quincena
guesthouse casa de huéspedes, pensión
guide guía
high season temporada alta
hiking trail sendero de caminata holidays (GB) vacaciones
holidaymaker veraneante, turista hostel hostal
hotel hotel
hotel chain cadena de hoteles
inn posada
low season temporada baja motor-home casa rodante one-way ticket (US) viaje de ida package deal paquete
parking lot (US) estacionamiento resort lugar de vacaciones return ticket (GB) viaje de ida y vuelta round ticket (US) viaje de ida y vuelta season temporada
sightseeing tour visita con guía single ticket (GB) viaje de ida
single room habitación simple ski resort estación de esquí sun lotion bronceador
sunglasses gafas de sol sunblock filtro solar
sunburn quemadura de sol theme park parque de diversiones time-sharing tiempo compartido tour operator empresa de viajes tourist office oficina de turismo travel agency agencia de viajes travel agent agente de viajes vacation (US) vacaciones
waiting list lista de espera youth hostel albergue juvenil to book reservar to confirm confirmar to drive conducir to fly volar to go on holiday (GB), vacation (US) irse de vacaciones to go abroad irse al extranjero
to go camping ir de camping to go climbing ir a escalar
to go hiking ir a dar una caminata to go mountaineering hacer alpinismo
to go sightseeing visitar lugares de interés to go skiing ir a esquiar
to go swimming ir a nadar to go to the beach ir a la playa to have a good time pasarlo bien to have a bad time pasarlo mal to make a reservation reservar
to hold a reservation mantener una reserva to plan organizar
to rent a car alquilar un auto to stay permanecer to sunbathe tomar sol to take a holiday (GB),
vacation (US)
tomarse vacaciones to take a photograph tomar una fotografía to travel viajar
C. ROLE PLAY
Imagine the following situations. Act them out with your classmates.
1. You arrive at your hotel in London and discover that your reservation hasn’t been made. Unfortunately the hotel is full. (Tourist, hotel receptionist, hotel manager).
2.You are on a plane and the passenger in front of you is acting very strangely. You are worried that she/he might be a terrorist. (Passengers, flight attendant, pilot)
3.You are enjoying a trip to London, but a taxi driver has just charged you far too much for your ride from Piccadilly Circus to the Tower of London. (Passengers, taxi driver, police officer)
4.You are in London on holiday and you don’t know how to get to Regent’s Park, Madame Tussaud’s and the Sherlock Holmes Museum. (Tourist, tourist information clerk)
5.You are in London for a short break and you want to know what’s the cheapest way to travel round the centre of the city. (Tourist, clerk at London Transport) 6.You go to the travel agent’s to book a
holiday for two adults and a child to Disneyland in California. Arrange flights, accommodation and tickets.
7.Your flight to New York has been delayed until the following afternoon. You approach the Information Desk at the airport to enquire what you can do. (Passenger, airport ground staff)
8.You are aboard an ocean-going liner on an expensive cruise across the Atlantic to New York, then on to the Caribbean. However, a stomach bug breaks out on board and the passengers are put into quarantine. (Passengers, petty officer, doctor)
