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Activity 1 A Pair work Look at these people did on their vacation.. D Pair work Discuss these questions.. Activity 2 A Group work Look at these vacation pictures.. B Group work Descri

Activity 1 A Pair work

Look at these people did on their vacation

Which vacations look fun? Which don’t look fun?

The camping trip looks fun It’s great to sleep outdoors

I don’t think I agree

B Listen

Julia, Charlie, and Michael are describing their vacations Write the name of each person under the correct picture

C Listen again

Who is describing his or her vacation? Check () the correct boxes

wishes he or she had planned

D Pair work Discuss these questions

Have you had a vacation like Julia’s, Charlie’s, or Michael’s? What happened?

What did you do on your last vacation?

What’s the best vacation you’ve ever had?

Have you had a vacation like Charlie’s ?

I sure have! Last summer, my cousin visited

my hometown, and…

Activity 2 A Group work

Look at these vacation pictures

Then discuss the questions below

What are the people doing? Where do you think they are? Imagine that you can take one of these vacations

Which would you choose? Why?

B Group work Describe your perfect vacations

Discuss these questions

Where would you go?

Who would you go with?

How long would you stay there?

What would you do there?

I’d go to England and Ireland with my friend Ling

C Communication task

Work in pairs One of you should look at Task 11 on page 79, and the other at Task 31 on page 87

You’re going to look at more vacation pictures.

Activity 1 A Pair work

Describe this picture Use the words in the box and your own ideas

In the first picture, there are some beautiful mountains and

B Pair work

Guess which country the pictures show

Then check your answer on page 93

“ I’m not sure , but I think The country is…”

Are any places where you live similar to the places in

part A? Have you ever visited another country? What did

or didn’t you like about it? If you could visit any country, where would you go? Why?

“We have some high mountains in the north, and there are beaches”

Activity 2 A Pair work

Sally and Harry just returned from their vacations Can you guess the country each person visited?

“I think Sally visited….”

B Listen Sally and Harry are discussing their vacations.

Answer the questions

Sally Harry

2 What was the weather like?

3 What did he or she enjoy the

most?

4 What was disappointing?

5 What souvenirs did he or she buy?

6 Who did he or she travel with?

7 What country did he or she visit?

C Group work Discuss these questions

Which country from part B would you prefer to visit? Why?

What are the most popular tourist attractions where you live? Would you recommend these attractions? Why or why not? What three things would you tell a tourist visiting your country

to do or see?

Self-study

For extra grammar, listening, and vocabulary practice,

go to pages 110-111