6 68
Everyday English
1 No time for boredom… a) Listen to the hotel ad and complete the gaps.
teenager
free
sport excursions
basketball fitness
Even in rain the holiday is great fun in our hotel! Look forward to a superb _________ programme, to great excursions, adventurous experience – all while making new friends. Even in bad weather there is always something to do: in our huge indoor play arena on 1.600 m², the largest indoor playground of all hotels in Austria you will find all sorts of attractive leisure facilities: football, _________, hockey, trampoline with 3 fields and the list goes on. We intentionally do not offer any electronic entertainments or digital screens. • Generous sport offer in the hotel: indoor and outdoor tennis, beach volleyball, beach soccer, professional selection of bicycles (free hire), perfectly well equipped __________ gym (from 15 years), archery. • Hotel cinema with attractive up-to-date film programme. • __________ Wi-Fi everywhere in the hotel. • All year round leisure activities’ programme specially for teenagers 35 hrs a week from Su–Fr and also in the evenings. • Various archery parcs, climbing schools, scooter downhill ________ in the valley. b) Discuss with your partner why the holiday in the hotel is great fun. c) Choose one activity from the list and explain to your partner why you like it. Some phrases in the box below can help you. Use phrases like “I would rather”, “I prefer”, “I would like”. Example: I would rather play on a trampoline because I really enjoy making ups and downs. I like exercising. Explanations To have a family adventure in the forest. To keep in touch with my friends through social networking sites. It’s my sport because I’m not the competitive type. Archery lets me go at my own pace. I hate walking. I am a cycling enthusiast. I like how the electric bike masters every ascent with little effort.
120
We often use words like prefer, would prefer, would rather to talk or ask about preferences. I prefer living on my own. Would you prefer to see a movie or go to a club? Would you rather go shopping with me?
