Lonely Planet travel guide in fraud scandal!The Lonely Planet company has been by claims of poor research and low pay.. Author Thomas Kohnstamm, writer of nearly a Lonely Planet guides,
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Quickly ask and answer questions with a partner
Write your partner's name on the line if they answer “yes” to the question.
Questions: Have you ? Do you like/prefer/get/own ? Are you ? Can you ?
1 Has gotten lost while traveling _
7 Is going on vacation this winter _
10 Has traveled by airplane more than 10times _
12 Has to travel for business often _
13 Likes to go on organized tours _
14 Has ridden on an elephant _
15 Can drive a speedboat or sail a sailboat _
17 Has been to more than 5 foreign countries _
19 Is wearing clothing from a foreign country _
20 Owns a guidebook for a foreign country _
Trang 2Lonely Planet travel guide in fraud scandal!
The Lonely Planet company has been by
claims of poor research and low pay Author Thomas Kohnstamm, writer of
nearly a Lonely Planet guides, has ‘revealed all’ in a book of his own about life as a travel writer In “Do Travel Writers
Go To Hell?” he tells an of his three years in South America
He that he made up large parts of the Lonely Planet book on Brazil and didn’t even visit Colombia "They didn't pay me to
go Colombia," he said He : "I wrote the book in San
Francisco I got the information from a I was dating – an
in the Colombian consulate.” He claims he spent more time women and accepting gifts from restaurant owners than
checking on train timetables and menus He also said he had to sell drugs
to while on the road.
Lonely Planet's publisher has stated that “All Lonely Planet guidebooks are
the result of research and draw from the
knowledge of a global travel community….If it's in the guidebook our
authors have been there.” Lonely Planet said it had reviewed Kohnstamm's
guidebooks but did not find any in them.
1) Vocabulary Match
1 Chasing _ a Stunned, Surprised, Shocked
2 Revealed _ b Tell the truth
3 Intern _ c 12 things
4 Account _ d Sufficient, Plenty
5 Travel Guide _ e Independent
6 Chick _ f Uncover, Make public
7 Rocked _ g Helps plan a trip
8 Make ends meet _ h Woman, Girl (informal)
9 Collective _ i Story, Report
10 Dozen _ j A student or beginner worker
11 Enough _ k Working on location
12 Inaccuracies _ l Running after
13 On-the-ground _ m Mistakes
14 Confess _ n Shared, a Group
15 Freelance _ o Have enough money to live
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Write 3 challenging quiz questions and answers about the article with a partner then test
partners from a different group
1 | a) b) c)
2 | a) b) c)
3 | a) b) c)
3) Role-play
Here are 8 scenarios about bad things that could happen while traveling Choose 2 scenarios with a partner and prepare short role-plays
1 You get in a car crash with your rental car You have to call the rental company and explain what happened
2 You get sent to jail while traveling abroad Call your consulate, explain the situation and ask for advice
3 There is a sudden natural disaster where you are traveling What do you do? Who helps you?
4 You've broken your leg while hiking How do you get help?
5 You left your suitcase in a taxi What was in it? How do you get it back?
6 Your hotel has canceled your reservation and no other hotel in the city has a room available What do you do?
7 You lose your wallet, it had everything in it What do you do?
8 Your child goes missing What do you do?
4) Rank Which of these countries would you like to travel around to research for a
guidebook? Rank the countries from 10 (would love to research) to 1 (zero interest)
the USA
Bhutan
Zimbabwe
Peru
Antarctica
England
Fiji
Finland Ask and answer questions about the you picks and lowest rated countries with a partner
Ask: Which country would you like to research the most? The least? Why?
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You met some nice people while traveling You all decide to spend the next 2 days traveling together Look at the guidebooks, talk and make a plan together
Discuss how much you want to spend, where you will go, how you'll get there, where you'll stay, what you will do, what you will see, what and where you'll eat, what you will do for entertainment in the evenings, what you'll do if it the weather is bad etc
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
6) Oh No!! What a disaster!
One or more pieces of information in the guidebook was horribly, terribly wrong!
What was wrong? What happened? Can you make it better or is your trip completely ruined?
Trang 5Lonely Planet travel guide in fraud scandal!
The Lonely Planet travel guide company has been rocked by claims of poor research and low pay Author Thomas Kohnstamm, writer of nearly a dozen
Lonely Planet guides, has ‘revealed all’ in a book of his own about life as a
freelance travel writer In “Do Travel Writers Go To Hell?” he tells an account of
his three years in South America He confesses that he made up large parts of
the Lonely Planet book on Brazil and didn’t even visit Colombia "They didn't pay
me enough to go Colombia," he said He revealed: "I wrote the book in San Francisco I got the information from a chick I was dating - an intern in the Colombian consulate.” He claims he spent more time chasing women and
accepting gifts from restaurant owners than checking on train timetables and
menus He also said he had to sell drugs to make ends meet while on the road.
Lonely Planet's publisher has stated that “All Lonely Planet guidebooks are the
result of on-the-ground research and draw from the collective knowledge of a
global travel community….If it's in the guidebook our authors have been there.” Lonely Planet said it had reviewed Kohnstamm's guidebooks but did not find any
inaccuracies in them.
1 Vocabulary Match
1 Chasing L a Stunned, Surprised, Shocked
2 Revealed F b Tell the truth
3 Intern J c 12 things
4 Account I d Sufficient, Plenty
5 Travel Guide G e Independent
6 Chick H f Uncover, Make public
7 Rocked A g Helps plan a trip
8 Make ends meet O h Woman, Girl (informal, slang)
9 Collective N i Story, Report
10 Dozen C j A student or beginner worker
11 Enough D k Working on location
12 Inaccuracies M l Running after
13 On-the-ground K m Mistakes
14 Confess B n Shared, a Group
15 Freelance E o To have enough money to live