Holidays and travel

Vocabulary

1. Where do you prefer to spend your holidays?

in the mountains in a quiet village visiting a city

on a beach by a lake at home

2. Match the pictures with types of holiday.

a b

1) winter holiday 2) seaside holiday 3) camping holiday 4) activity holiday 5) city break 6) sightseeing holiday

c d e f

3. What do you need for the holiday? Use these words and say. 4. What do you like doing on your holidays? Match and say.

passport / fishing rod / helmet / money / camera / backpack / parachute / matches / snorkel/ swimsuit and flip-flops / map / skies or snowboard / tent/ scarf and mittens / guidebook / suitcase / sun cream / compass

listEning

1) climb up 2) cycle around 3) hike across 4) jump with 5) ski down 6) build 7) sunbathe 8) make 9) visit 10) learn a) about traditions b) interesting places c) on the beach d) the hill e) a parachute f) the forest g) sandcastles h) the rocks i) the country j) a campfire

5. Listen to the speakers and say what kind of holiday they like.

Alice Tim John

Mia Mark Veronika

6. Listen again and say what the people like doing during their holidays.

Who likes .... ___hiking ___walking ___shopping ___sightseeing ___skiing ___sunbathing ___fishing ___swimming ___horse riding

rEading

7. Read and match the ads with the e-mails. Where were the children?

Touring Ukraine

We start preparing for holidays long before they begin. We surf the Internet, look for a place to stay and ways to get there, write packing lists and plan the activities. All these depend on what kind of holiday we prefer.

A___ Nothing compares to the beauty of the Black Sea in Odesa! You’ll enjoy sandy beaches, big waves and the sun! You can visit the water park ‘Odesa’ with its pools and slides. Relax and let your kids enjoy the fun! We also offer sightseeing tours around the city. There you’ll see the famous Odesa Opera House, walk up and down the Potyomkin Stairs and visit Odesa Film Studio. C___ Would you like to go to a desert and cross the sands? And, how about trying sand boarding – a desert version of snowboarding? You don’t need to go to Africa, because you can find it all in a real desert in Ukraine! The Oleshky Sands are only 30 kilometres from the city of Kherson!

B___ Are you interested in history? We invite you to spend a weekend and visit interesting places in Lviv! You’ll see the sights like palaces and castles and feel the atmosphere of the old days. We start with the famous Olesko Castle, where a future king of Poland was born and lived in the 17th century! Our trip continues to Zolochiv Castle, a palace and a fortress. D___ If you are bored with swimming in the sea and sunbathing on the beach, come and enjoy the beauty of Carpathian nature. We’re always happy to see you at our campsite. We offer fishing, horse riding and hiking in the mountains. For extreme sports lovers we offer rafting down Cheremosh!

Yana, 11

We were at the seaside but one day we all went on an extreme tour! Can you imagine? We crossed a desert on our bikes! That was cool!

Ivan, 12

I really enjoyed the horse riding but my mum didn’t let me go down the river in a raft! I’m going to try it next year!

Maria, 14

I like old buildings; they are full of secrets of history! We looked around the palace and I imagined how people lived there centuries ago!

Mark, 10

Our holiday this year was OK! I swam and played in the sea all day and I liked it, but the excursions were a bit boring!

8. Check out the meanings of the words in bold from the text. Match them to the pictures. Say which...

1) ... is about a camping holiday? 2) ... offers holidays which can be dangerous? 3) … speaks about old buildings? 4) ... tells us about a very hot place? 5) ... offers holidays in the south of c

Ukraine? 6) ... offers holidays in the west of Ukraine? 7) ... offers sightseeing tours? 8) ... tells us about a famous person? 9) ... mentions a river?

a e

spEaking

b

d

9. Work in groups. Give ideas about the city, town or region in Ukraine for people who want to try the activities you read about in the lesson.

Ex.: The Black Sea is good for sailing or swimming. The Carpathians are good for skiing in winter or hiking in summer.