Unit 19 - Lesson 1

Vocabulary: On the move

Part 1: Language development - Vocabulary (Pg.87-88)

Learning Objectives
• Vocabulary: Types of holiday
• Vocabulary: Holiday activities
• Vocabulary: Effects of tourism
 Have you taken these types of holiday?

package trip

self-catering trip

road trip

backpacking trip

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 Match questions 1-5 to their responses a-e.

1. Did you get a package deal? a. No, I'm too old for that now. I don't want to rough
it anymore!
2. Oh, you're going round Europe. Are you
b. Well, eating out is so expensive.
going backpacking again?
c. Yes, we go often because we've got a holiday
3. Have you booked your holiday already?
home there.
4. Are you going to Italy again?
d. No, we booked our flights and accommodation

5. How come you decided to go separately. It was cheaper that way.

self-catering? e. No, we're going to try and get a last-minute deal.

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Tick the activities you have done on holiday.
Then, talk about the chosen activities.

❑ going sightseeing
❑ relaxing
❑ shopping
❑ sunbathing
❑ sampling the nightlife
❑ going hiking
❑ going on excursions
❑ visiting museums and galleries
❑ eating out

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Tick the activities you have done on holiday.
Then, talk about the chosen activities.

❑ going sightseeing
❑ relaxing
I went sightseeing last year
❑ shopping
when I was in Beijing. It was
amazing because everything ❑ sunbathing
was on such a grand scale. ❑ sampling the nightlife
However, it was also tiring ❑ going hiking
because we had to travel a lot. ❑ going on excursions
❑ visiting museums and
galleries
❑ eating out

STEP 1: say the activity

STEP 2: say when and where you did it
STEP 3: say what you liked about it.
[OPTIONAL] say what you didn't like about it.
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Put the impacts of tourism (1-8) into the suitable categories (Positive Impacts and
Negative Impacts). There is one impact that can be both positive and negative.

Positive Impacts
1. Hotels are built on previously unspoilt beaches. 2
............ , ............
2. Tourism can bring higher levels of employment.
............ , ............
3. There is increased investment, especially from foreign
companies.
4. There is improved infrastructure, such as roads and airports.
5. Jobs in tourism are often low paid and seasonal.
6. Tourists drop litter and cause footpath erosion. Negative Impacts
7. Big hotels and tourist sites may take trade away from smaller 1
businesses. ............ , ............
8. Income from tourism can go into conserving the environment. ............ , ............
............

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 Which areas does tourism have an impact on?

Decide whether it is the economy (EC), environment (ENV) or local people (LP)
that are most affected by tourism

Positive Impacts Negative Impacts

........... Tourism can bring higher levels ........... Hotels are built on previously unspoilt beaches.
of employment. ........... Jobs in tourism are often low paid and
........... There is increased investment, seasonal.
especially from foreign companies. ...........There is improved infrastructure, such as roads
........... There is improved infrastructure, and airports.
such as roads and airports. ........... Tourists drop litter and cause footpath erosion.
........... Income from tourism can go into ........... Big hotels and tourist sites may take trade
conserving the environment. away from smaller businesses.

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 Which underlined words in the text about impacts of tourism are defined below?

Positive Impacts Negative Impacts

EC & LP - Tourism can bring higher levels of ENV - Hotels are built on previously unspoilt beaches.
employment. LP - Jobs in tourism are often low paid and seasonal.
EC - There is increased investment, ENV - There is improved infrastructure, such as roads
especially from foreign companies.
and airports.
LP - There is improved infrastructure, such
as roads and airports. ENV - Tourists drop litter and cause footpath erosion.
ENV - Income from tourism can go into EC - Big hotels and tourist sites may take trade away
conserving the environment. from smaller businesses.

1. happening only for a certain part of the year _______________

2. the gradual damage and removal of soil or rocks by the wind, rain or waves _______________
3. beautiful because it has not been changed/damaged by people _______________
4. business activity _______________
5. basic facilities such as transport, communications, power supplies _______________
6. the spending of money for a purpose that it considers useful or profitable _______________
7. protecting something from harm, loss or change _______________
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 Mock test | IELTS Speaking Part 3 USEFUL LANGUAGE

• To introduce positive impacts: one of the main benefits

of ..., a really/ very good thing about ..., another good thing
about ..., one more great thing about..., tourism might/ can
Positive Impacts bring/ offer many benefits/ be good for ...
EC & LP - Tourism can bring higher levels of employment. • To introduce negative impacts: one drawback of ..., a/
EC - There is increased investment, especially from the bad thing about..., a/ the one bad point about/ of,
foreign companies. tourism might/ can damage/ harm/ cause/ not be so
LP - There is improved infrastructure, such as roads and good for/ be problematic for ...
airports.
ENV - Income from tourism can go into conserving the • To transit between positive and negative impacts:
environment. although, however, while, yet at the same time, while at the
same time, having said that, then again, on the one hand/
on the other hand.
Negative Impacts
ENV - Hotels are built on previously unspoilt beaches.
LP - Jobs in tourism are often low paid and seasonal. 1. What are positive and negative impacts of
ENV - There is improved infrastructure, such as roads and tourism on people who live at the tourist sites?
airports. 2. What are positive and negative impacts of
ENV - Tourists drop litter and cause footpath erosion. tourism on the economy?
EC - Big hotels and tourist sites may take trade away from
3. What are positive and negative impacts of
smaller businesses. tourism on the environment?
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Reflection!

What I've learned today

☐ Vocabulary: Types of holiday

☐ Vocabulary: Holiday activities
☐ Vocabulary: Effects of tourism

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and see you next time!