Unit 6: Travelling and tourism

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Aims and Objectives

In this unit you will learn:

  • more phrases about accomodation and leisure
  • to talk about things which should have been done

The grammar focus of this unit is:

Vocabulary

Comprehension

Exercise 1: True/False Statements

For each of the statements below, choose True or False.

Recording:
Transcript:
ANDRASEszter, have they sent us the confirmation which according to their instructions they should have sent yesterday?
ESZTERUnfortunately not.
ANDRASI told you, we should have made the reservation through the old agency.
ESZTERAndras you know, the championship budget is limited and once we decide to have extra expenses on extra activities, we have to find reserves somewhere else.
ANDRASWhere?
ESZTERThe new agency have promised us to book rooms at corporate rate.
ANDRASIf we had made an early booking, may be. However now we are going to end up with suitcases in our hands standing on the sidewalk in front of fully booked hotels.
ESZTEROh, look, Andras, I've just got an e-mail from them!
ANDRASLet me see... ok, rooms booked. Fine! Yeah, I've known that from the beginnig, you could have asked me right away! The new agency was the only choice - especially if we want to do some extra activities for a few days. Yes, that presents extra expenses and we have to save somewhere.
  1. Andras knew from the beginning the new agency was better.


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  2. Eszter was trying to find out how to save resources.


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  3. The new agency has never replied to their e-mail.


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  4. They booked a room on the sidewalk.


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  5. The championship budget is limited.


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  6. The new agency should have sent the confirmation the day before.


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  7. Eszter has a very calm an constructive colleague.


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  8. Eszter and Andras had decided to do some extra activities after the Championship.


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Exercise 2: Cloze

Listen to the exercise and fill in missing words to the gaps.

Recording:
Transcript:

This could have been wonderful week. The intensive training week is over, we've worked hard and now we deserve three days off. We could have had a nice time, what was it they promised? Friendly and efficient services, trips to uncrowded beaches and visiting the loveliest place in the world? Who only found out that we are going to pay in advance? There should have been a place with sports facilities and an operator organising and supervising social activities. It should have been a luxury coach tour and we are here in this stinking place looking at the old, rotten bus with a driver who can hardly string a sentence in English, except for "no petrol". Yeah it must have been a beautiful new bus just fifty years before World War II. I shouldn't have gotten into this. Had I known that, I would have never agreed to book a flight back home for three days later.

This ? have been wonderful week. The intensive training week is ?, we've worked hard and now we ? three days off. We could have had a nice time, what was it they promised? Friendly and ? services, trips to ? beaches and visiting the ? place in the world? Who only found out that we are going to pay in ?? There should have been a place with sports ? and an operator organising and ? social activities. It should have been a luxury ? tour and we are here in this ? place looking at the old, rotten bus with a driver who can ? string a sentence in English, except for "no petrol". Yeah it must ? been a beautiful new bus just fifty years ? World War II. I shouldn't have ? into this. Had I known that, I would have never agreed to ? a flight back home ? three days later.

Exercise 3: Multiple Choice Questions

Listen to the previous exercise again and then answer the following questions.

  1. The speaker believes
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  2. The tourist operator promised
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  3. The tourist operator provided the speaker with
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  4. The speaker made a mistake by
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  5. The speaker's bus has
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  6. The driver of the bus
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?
  7. The speaker would have
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    ?

Exercise 4: Exposed Cloze

How would you define the following types of tourism? Fill the gaps with one of these words.

  • adventure
  • cultural
  • ecotourism
  • health
  • heritage
  • language
  • rural
  • sport
Transcript:

Jeff and his wife spent a week at a farmhouse in France and rode bicycles round the countryside. rural tourism

We're interested in history and art so for our last holiday we went to Vilnius. cultural tourism

More and more young people spend a month in Canada to practise their English. language tourism

Jack and Jill went skiing in Austria last winter. sport tourism

Last summer we went rafting and rock-climbing in Arizona. adventure tourism

Robert has rheumatism and he needs to lose some weight, so he's going to a spa for a month. health tourism

I thought the Railway Museum and Mining Museum were fascinating. heritage tourism

Elena and her husband went on a trip to the Danube Delta to look at the flora and fauna. ecotourism

Example:

Doctor Capello attended an international sports conference in Helsinki. [congress] tourism

  1. Jeff and his wife spent a week at a farmhouse in France and rode bicycles round the countryside. tourism
    ?
  2. We're interested in history and art so for our last holiday we went to Vilnius. tourism
    ?
  3. More and more young people spend a month in Canada to practise their English. tourism
    ?
  4. Jack and Jill went skiing in Austria last winter. tourism
    ?
  5. Last summer we went rafting and rock-climbing in Arizona. tourism
    ?
  6. Robert has rheumatism and he needs to lose some weight, so he's going to a spa for a month. tourism
    ?
  7. I thought the Railway Museum and Mining Museum were fascinating. tourism
    ?
  8. Elena and her husband went on a trip to the Danube Delta to look at the flora and fauna.
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Exercise 5: Multiple Choice Questions

Check what you know about areas of work in the travel and tourism industry. Read the descriptions below and choose the best definition, A or B.

  1. Wanderlust Travel is a small family business that advises people about holidays and books tickets for them.
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  2. VisitBritain's mission is to promote Britain as a tourist destination.
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  3. Beagle Charter operates flights and ferry services throughout South America.
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  4. Hadrian's Wall was constructed on the orders the Emperor Hadrian in A.D. 122 as the most northern frontier of the Roman Empire and is visited by thousands of people every year.
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  5. If you want leaflets or maps of the place you are visiting, go to one of these places.
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  6. Giuliana is an art student and speaks three languages. In the summer she accompanies groups of people round Florence and explains the history of the places they visit.
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  7. Peter's job in the company was to put together all-inclusive packages for trips to Namibia.
    a. 
    b. 
    ?

Exercise 6: Multiple Choice Questions

Choose the expression, A or B, that is closest in meaning to the word as used in the text.

  1. BOOKING
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  2. LIAISON
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  3. COACH
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  4. FERRY
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  5. STAFF
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  6. CUSTOMS
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  7. STOPOVER
    a. 
    b. 
    ?

Exercise 7: Multiple Choice Questions

What do the words travel, journey, voyage or trip suggest? Choose the correct definition.

  1. Travelling by ship, especially to a distant place, or into space:
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    d. 
    ?
  2. Travelling a long distance and with a certain degree of difficulty, usually by land:
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    d. 
    ?
  3. Travelling somewhere for a short period, usually quite easily and for a specific purpose:
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    d. 
    ?
  4. The general idea or activity of travelling:
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
    d. 
    ?

Exercise 8: Cloze

Now complete these sentences.

Transcript:

I'm going away tomorrow on a business trip.

How are you going to travel ? By car or by plane?

The journey over the mountains took a week.

Isabelle went on a long ocean voyage to Brazil.

Well, goodbye Hans. See you next week. Have a good trip.

  1. I'm going away tomorrow on a business .
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  2. How are you going to ? By car or by plane?
    ?
  3. The over the mountains took a week.
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  4. Isabelle went on a long ocean to Brazil.
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  5. Well, goodbye Hans. See you next week. Have a good .
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Exercise 9: Multiple Choice Questions

Choose the expression, A or B, that is closest in meaning to the word as used in the text.

  1. TO MONITOR
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  2. TO ASSESS
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  3. TRENDS
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  4. UP-TO-DATE
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  5. FORTHCOMING
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  6. EVENT
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  7. AIRCRAFT
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  8. CAR HIRE
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  9. STEWARD
    a. 
    b. 
    ?
  10. BEHIND-THE-SCENES STAFF
    a. 
    b. 
    ?

Grammar Practice

Exercise 1: Selections

Choose the best grammar structure.

  1. a. 
    b. 
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  2. a. 
    b. 
    ?
  3. a. 
    b. 
    ?
  4. a. 
    b. 
    ?
  5. a. 
    b. 
    ?
  6. a. 
    b. 
    ?
  7. a. 
    b. 
    ?
  8. a. 
    b. 
    ?

Exercise 2: Transformation

Make past tense of modals.

Example:

It must be the place. It must have been the place.

  1. A.
    B. ?
  2. A.
    B. ?
  3. A.
    B. ?
  4. A.
    B. ?
  5. A.
    B. ?
  6. A.
    B. ?
  7. A.
    B. ?
  8. A.
    B. ?

Exercise 3: Transformation

Opose the sentence, say "it didn't have to happen".

Example:

She must have known the place. She didn't have to know the place.

  1. A.
    B. ?
  2. A.
    B. ?
  3. A.
    B. ?
  4. A.
    B. ?
  5. A.
    B. ?
  6. A.
    B. ?
  7. A.
    B. ?

Exercise 4: Exposed Cloze

Use the correct word or expression from the list below to fill in the gaps in the sentences.

  • been
  • could
  • could
  • didn't
  • have
  • might
  • not
  • should
  • told
Transcript:

They could have sold it for half price, but we might not have had enough money to buy that.
Why should she have told him when she hasn't told anybody else.
Who might have known that the weather will get worse?
Well, I could have mentioned that, but I simply didn't want to.
I know, this could have been the loveliest place in the world.
When she knew them so well, she could have acted as a mediator.
He knew about the excursion, he should have told us!

They could ? sold it for half price, but we might ? have had enough money to buy that.
Why should she have ? him when she hasn't told anybody else.
Who ? have known that the weather will get worse?
Well, I ? have mentioned that, but I simply ? want to.
I know, this could have ? the loveliest place in the world.
When she knew them so well, she ? have acted as a mediator.
He knew about the excursion, he ? have told us!

Dictation

Exercise 1: Dictation

Listen to the complete recording first. Then go to the textbox and use the ‘>’ key to listen to the text section by section. Type what you hear into the textbox. For detailed instructions, read the Exercise Help.

Recording:
Transcript:

A good tour operator should be able to manage comprehensive sightseeing tours during the daytime and organise and supervise social activities in the evenings.

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Exercise 2: Dictation

Listen to the complete recording first. Then go to the textbox and use the ‘>’ key to listen to the text section by section. Type what you hear into the textbox. For detailed instructions, read the Exercise Help.

Recording:
Transcript:

The reservation should have been made and paid in advance. Then the guests could have had a quiet stay in a nice place for a reasonable price.

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Checklist

Use the following list to check whether you have obtained full benefit from this unit. You should have more confidence in:

  • reading for information
  • writing a cover letter

You should also have greater skill and confidence in the use of:

  • The definite article
  • Prepositions
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