Bangkok; a tour guide
Possible answers: She uses a tourism website. She also shows people places that many tourists never see.
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1 BEFORE YOU READ
PAIRS When you visit a new city, what do
you like to do and see? Do you sometimes go on tours? How do you choose a tour guide?
VOCABULARY 08-22 Listen. Then listen and repeat.
sign up: put your name on a list to show you want to do something directly: with nothing and no one in between
ordinary: not different or special
check out: look at something because it is interesting or attractive neighborhood: a small part of a town or city with a lot of homes offer: provide; make something available
2 READ
PREVIEW Read the title and look at the photo. What city is the article about?
Who is Jom Palao?
08-23 Read and listen to an article about being a tour guide. How is Jom different from many other tour guides?
Jom Palao
People sometimes say to me, “You speak English so well.” I tell them, “I practice with native speakers,” but I don’t tell them that I make money while I practice! How do I do it?
It all started when I joined a tourism website and became a tour guide. Here’s how it works: People from all over the world can sign up for tours with me directly. That keeps the prices low for the tourists. And I don’t pay anything to have my name on the site!
The people on the site want to see the usual tourist attractions, like museums and monuments, but they also want to see the places that ordinary tourists never see. I can show them. When I give tours of my city, Bangkok, I take visitors to restaurants and shops that only Thai people visit. We check out interesting neighborhoods where they can talk to local people and eat local food.
Can you guess my visitors’ favorite activity? Eating! We visit markets and my favorite little restaurants. They look around, and everyone else is Thai. That really makes their visit special. Their interest in Thai food gave me an idea: cooking lessons! So, last year my mother and I offered cooking lessons for the fi rst time.
Well, my mother cooks, and I explain everything in English. The classes are now more popular than my tours. Every class is full. Maybe next I will offer Thai dancing lessons!
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LESSON
96 UNIT 8
4
DIEGO SALAS
@DiegoS
Just read a cool blog post. This person found such a smart way to learn English!
READ ABOUT AN UNUSUAL JOB
UNIT 8 T-96
LESSON 4 READ ABOUT AN UNUSUAL JOB
Choose a warm-up activity from the Warm-Up Activity Bank on page xxii.
• Read the lesson title aloud. Ask, What are some unusual jobs you know about? Do you think being a tour guide is an unusual job? Do you think you would like being a tour guide?
• Then read the social media message aloud. Ask, What are some smart ways to learn English? Do you ever try to learn English online? What sites do you go to? Make a list on the board so Ss can refer to those websites, references, and learning strategies.
1 BEFORE YOU READ
• Have Ss discuss the questions in pairs. Then bring the class together and have pairs share answers with the class.
• Draw attention to the vocabulary words. Play the audio.
Ask Ss to listen and repeat.
• Make sure Ss understand the definitions. Ask questions to give Ss the opportunity to practice using the words in context. For example: What is something you signed up for? What is something you handled directly rather than involving other people? What kind of vacation do you consider ordinary? What kind of vacation is different or special? What is something you checked out recently? What is your neighborhood like? What did someone offer you recently?
EXTENSION Play Hangman or create a written test, showing the vocabulary words with missing letters.
Have Ss guess the missing letters.
TEACHING TIP One good way to build vocabulary is to encourage Ss to try to think of synonyms and antonyms (words with similar or opposite meanings) for each new word or phrase they learn. Encourage them to check that the synonyms work for the definitions given for each word or phrase. Then have them write the synonyms and antonyms in their notebooks (possibly using word webs to link them to the original vocabulary word or phrase).
2 READ
• Review the concept of making predictions before you read in the Unit 1 Reading Skill box, page 12. Ask Ss to look at the picture and the title. Ask, Where do you think she is from? What do you think she does?
• Solicit volunteers to share their answers to the questions.
• Have Ss read and listen. If necessary let them read and listen again. Ask, Were your predictions from 2A correct?
• Ask, What are tour guides usually like? Elicit ideas and write them on the board. Then ask, What is Jom like?
What kinds of tours does she give? In pairs, have Ss use the ideas on the board to compare Jom to ordinary tour guides.
• Have pairs share answers with the class. Ask, Are the kinds of tours Jom gives better or worse than normal
tours? Do you ever hire people to do things directly online? Can you think of any possible problems there might be with taking tours like this?
OPTION Have Ss find the vocabulary terms from 1B in the article and underline them. Ask Ss if there is any other vocabulary they don’t understand in the article. Have Ss look up definitions for the vocabulary and write the new words and their definitions on the board.
EXTENSION Have Ss talk about what they would like to see in Jom’s city. Ask, Has anyone been to Thailand? If so, did you take a tour? What places have you toured? Tell us about a tour you were on. What did you like? What did you dislike?
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UNIT 8 97 I CAN READ ABOUT AN UNUSUAL JOB.
3 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
What is the main idea of the article?
a. Being a tour guide is the best way to learn a new language.
b. The internet has changed many things for tourists and travelers.
c. A local tour guide can give tourists a special experience.
READING SKILL 1. Read the Reading Skill. Cross out the details that are not in the text.
a. The cost for tourists is low.
b. Eating is often tourists’ favorite thing to do.
c. Tourists visit neighborhoods where Thai people live.
d. The website is free for guides.
e. Thailand needs more tourism websites.
f. Tourists can fi nd local guides.
g. Jom and her mother offer cooking lessons.
h. Tourists visit small stores where Thai people shop.
i. Visitors meet and talk to Thai people.
j. Jom heard about the tourism website from a friend.
2. Now match the supporting details to each of the three big ideas below.
Write the letters on the lines.
a 1. Jom’s tourism website has many advantages.
2. Local guides help tourists understand Thai people and culture.
3. Jom works for visitors who love Thai food.
FOCUS ON LANGUAGE Read. What do the underlined words mean?
I tell them, “I practice with native speakers,” but I don’t tell them that I make money when I practice!
a. people who started speaking a language as a child b. people who speak a language at work
PAIRS What is the article about? Retell the most important ideas in the article.
Use your own words.
Jom is a tour guide in Thailand. She …
4 MAKE IT PERSONAL
Describe some attractions or activities in your town that visitors don’t usually see or do.
Why are they special? What kinds of visitors would enjoy them?
Place Why it’s special
Street market It’s exciting. You can also talk to local people.
PAIRS Imagine you are a tour guide. You want to show visitors places that only local people know about. Explain why they are special and which visitors might enjoy them. Use the information in the chart from 4A.
There’s a great market that sells local fruit. Tourists never go there.
READING SKILL Find details Most readings have a few big ideas and then some details to give information about those ideas. Finding details can help you understand the writer’s ideas better.
Search for local guides in your own city or a city you want to visit. Find out about the services they offer.
UNIT 8 T-97
3 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
• Have Ss answer the question about the main idea of the reading.
• Go over the answers as a class.
EXTENSION Have Ss discuss the incorrect answers.
Ask, Do you think being a tour guide is the best way to learn a language? What are other jobs that might be good for learning a new language? Do you think the internet has changed things for tourists and travelers? In what ways?
• Have Ss read the Reading Skill box silently. Then read it aloud. Mention that finding details is a strategy they can use to take tests (if they want to continue schooling) or do well at work (if they want to get a job).
• Focus on the first part of the exercise. Go over the first item as an example. Ask, Is The cost for tourists is low a detail that we can find in the article? (yes) Where is it?
(In the second paragraph: That keeps the prices low for the tourists.) Point out that the details may not be phrased in exactly the same words in the article.
• Have Ss work individually to read the sentences and cross out the details that are not in the text.
• Let Ss compare answers with a partner.
• Go over the answers with the whole class. Encourage Ss to point out exactly where they found each detail in the text.
• Draw attention to the second part of the exercise.
Explain that Ss need to use the lettered items in the first part of the exercise and match them to the main ideas in the second part. As an example, go over why a is listed next to number 1. Say, The low cost for tourists is a definite advantage for Jom’s website.
• Have Ss complete the rest of the exercise. Go over the answers as a class.
• Read the sentence aloud. Ask Ss to choose the answer that describes what the underlined phrase means.
• Go over the answer as a class.
• Ask questions that require Ss to use the target language. For example: What language are you a native speaker of? Who is a native English speaker you know?
• Read the example sentence aloud. Pair Ss to discuss the most important ideas. Remind them to use the example sentence to begin their statements.
OPTION Focus attention on the box to the right of 3D. Have Ss complete the research task during class or for homework. Then ask Ss to share what they learned. Put Ss in small groups and have them talk for a few minutes about their search results. Encourage Ss to share information about the most interesting guides with the class.
4 MAKE IT PERSONAL
• Go over the directions and the chart. Encourage Ss to concentrate on unusual, special places and activities, not the famous ones that everyone knows about.
• Give Ss time to complete their chart. Circulate to help with vocabulary as needed.
OPTION For lower-level Ss, make a list of unusual activities on the board or create a list as a class. Then have Ss complete the second part of the chart about what makes the place or activity special.
OPTION Give Ss time to do research in the school’s computer lab or at home if they need more time to add new ideas to the chart. Similarly, challenge them to think of more than one item to add to the chart.
• Go over the directions and have a volunteer read the example sentence aloud. Challenge Ss to act like tour guides as they complete this exercise.
• In pairs, have Ss describe the unusual places and activities they researched. Remind them to use the notes they took in their charts in 4A. Encourage them to include pictures or illustrations when they present, if possible.
EXTENSION Have Ss make more formal presentations. In pairs, have them practice their presentations and give each other feedback on how the presentations can be improved. Encourage Ss to revise their presentations based on the peer feedback. Then have Ss give their tour guide presentations to a group or the class.
EXIT TICKET Write one main idea and three details on the board and have Ss identify which sentence is the main idea and which sentences are the details.
For example:
1. It has lots of small shops where you can buy jewelry and art. (detail)
2. There is a night market in my town. (main idea) 3. You can buy food from all over the world
there. (detail)
4. People of all ages like to hang out there. (detail) Have Ss write the numbers 1–4 on a blank card or piece of paper, and then main idea or detail after each number. Collect the cards. Read them to make sure Ss can tell the difference between main ideas and details. Identify areas for review in later lessons and to identify individual Ss who may need additional practice.
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UNIT 8 97 I CAN READ ABOUT AN UNUSUAL JOB.
3 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
What is the main idea of the article?
a. Being a tour guide is the best way to learn a new language.
b. The internet has changed many things for tourists and travelers.
c. A local tour guide can give tourists a special experience.
READING SKILL 1. Read the Reading Skill. Cross out the details that are not in the text.
a. The cost for tourists is low.
b. Eating is often tourists’ favorite thing to do.
c. Tourists visit neighborhoods where Thai people live.
d. The website is free for guides.
e. Thailand needs more tourism websites.
f. Tourists can fi nd local guides.
g. Jom and her mother offer cooking lessons.
h. Tourists visit small stores where Thai people shop.
i. Visitors meet and talk to Thai people.
j. Jom heard about the tourism website from a friend.
2. Now match the supporting details to each of the three big ideas below.
Write the letters on the lines.
a 1. Jom’s tourism website has many advantages.
2. Local guides help tourists understand Thai people and culture.
3. Jom works for visitors who love Thai food.
FOCUS ON LANGUAGE Read. What do the underlined words mean?
I tell them, “I practice with native speakers,” but I don’t tell them that I make money when I practice!
a. people who started speaking a language as a child b. people who speak a language at work
PAIRS What is the article about? Retell the most important ideas in the article.
Use your own words.
Jom is a tour guide in Thailand. She …
4 MAKE IT PERSONAL
Describe some attractions or activities in your town that visitors don’t usually see or do.
Why are they special? What kinds of visitors would enjoy them?
Place Why it’s special
Street market It’s exciting. You can also talk to local people.
PAIRS Imagine you are a tour guide. You want to show visitors places that only local people know about. Explain why they are special and which visitors might enjoy them. Use the information in the chart from 4A.
There’s a great market that sells local fruit. Tourists never go there.
READING SKILL Find details Most readings have a few big ideas and then some details to give information about those ideas. Finding details can help you understand the writer’s ideas better.
Search for local guides in your own city or a city you want to visit. Find out about the services they offer.
d, f c, h, i b, g
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1 BEFORE YOU WRITE
Read the hotel review. What is the writer’s opinion of the hotel? What did she like about it?
“I’ll never go back!”
September 29
I spent two nights at the San Marco Bellview Hotel last month. I’ll never go back. It was horrible. First, the room was boiling hot. I don’t think I slept at all. The website showed amenities like a gym, a swimming pool, and free Wi-Fi. That’s why I chose this hotel, but when I arrived, I was really disappointed! The gym was closed, the pool was really dirty, and the Wi-Fi was not very strong, so I complained at the front desk. They were not helpful. The only good thing was the restaurant. The food there was cheap and pretty good, so we ate breakfast there both mornings.
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Read the review again. Write one reason in each arrow. The reasons should explain why the author chose the Bellview Hotel and why she complained.
Reasons 1.
2.
I chose the Bellview Hotel.
I complained.
gym
Action, event, or opinion
PAIRS Do you ever read reviews online? For what kinds of things? Why or why not?
I usually read reviews for hotels because…
LESSON
98 UNIT 8
5
DIEGO SALAS
@DiegoS
I’ll never stay at a hotel again without reading some reviews fi rst.