Listening Activities ;Unit 8 Vacations (new version)

UNIT 8
VACATIONS
Employees
Discuss these questions:
1.Where do you think the woman in the picture is? (Office)
2. Do you think she is busy or worried?(Both)
Word Focus 1
Match the words with their definitions.
A.
1. Holyday- d a. Copy or simulate
2. leisure- g b. A right to do or receive something
3.Imitate - a c.Chargeable with a particular fault or error.
4. afford- e d. Days that you take off from work
5.employer- i e. Have sufficient money and means for.
6. Guilty - c f. A principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization.
7. decides - h g. A time off to relax
8. worker - j h-Come to a resolution after consideration
9-entitled- b i- An organization that employs people
10 policy- f j- A person who does a labor or a job.

Make A Prediction
A.Guess the answer
Swedish workers have more vacation than the average American.
a. True
b. False
Check Your Comprehension
Choose the correct Answer.
Main Idea.
1. What is the central point of the conversation?
A. Holydays
B. American Lifestyle
D. Holiday Policies in the world
C. European Life style
Details.
2.How many days vacation days are workers entitled to get in Sweden?
A. 10 days B. 30 C.5 D. 15 .
3.How many days does the American get for vacation?
A. 60 B. 10 C 21 D 30.
4. What is the policy for vacation in Europe?
A. Workers should have enough rest time
B. They don`t have any policy
C. Workers should have no vacations
D. None of the above

5 Who doesn’t take a short break?
A. Japanese B. Swedish C. Americans. D Europeans

6. Who doesen`t use their vacational time?
A. Americans
B. Swedish
C. Finnish
D. Japanese

7. Whish country has a better welfare state policy for workers?
A. U.S.A
B. England
C. Sweden
D. Japan

Inference.

8. Where do you think a worker is best respected in his rights?
A. Japan
B. Sweden
C. U.SA
D. Finland


WORD FOCUS 2

Listen to the conversation again and write the words in the space with the correct definition .CD2 track 14.

Employer , Decide, Afford, Holidays

1. When you don`t have enough money to buy something , you can`t Afford

2.¡I am tired! I need some days for vacation Holidays

3. The company that hires me for a job is my Employer

4. “You should make up your mind on where you want to go” you must Decide

What About You?

1. Where would you like to go for this holiday season?(Answers will vary)

2. With whom would you go and why? ( Answers will vary)

PLACES

Unusual Hotels

Prepare to listen
Discuss these questions:
1.- What do you think an Unusual Hotel is, would you like to go visit one?(Answers will vary)
2.- Are there unusual hotels near where you live?(Answers will vary)




Word focus Places: Unusual hotels

Match the words with their definitions:
-Resort g a.Provide food to a person or animal
-Outdoors h b. Forest characterized by high rainfall
-Tree house i c. A person that accompanies you.
-Rain forest b d. Realm below the surface of water
-Underwater d e. Structures which support the use of trails
-Escort c f. Amazing, surprizing
-Vacation spot j g.Vacational place designed for entertaiment
-Feed a h.Outside places in the open
-Walkway e i. Building constructed among trees
-Stunning f j. A relaxing place for holidays

Make A prediction
Guess the answer, circle “a” or “b”:
- All hotels are located far from the city.
a) True
b) False
Now listen to check your answer. CD2 track 15

Check Your Comprehension
Listen again and choose the correct answers. Circle your answers:

1) What's the main topic about?
a) Outdoors Hotels
b) Unusual Hotels
c) Funny Hotels
d) Normal Hotels


2) Ariau Towers Hotel was built:
a) Like a school
b) 12 meters underwater
c) At the same level as the top of the trees
d) In a lake

3) Which one of these places is in “commune with nature”:
a) The Utter Inn
b) Ariau Towers Hotel
c) McMenamins Kennedy Hotel
d) Poseidon Undersea Resort

4) The McMenamins Kennedy Hotel has a restaurant and also a:
a) Movie theater
b) Indoor lake
c) 4US$ buffet
d) Duty-free shops

5) In which Hotel scorts the guests to their rooms by boat?:
a) Ariau Towers Hotel
b) McMenamins Kennedy Hotel
c) The Utter Inn
d) Poseidon Undersea Resort

6) In the Ariau Towers Hotel you can:
a) Leave comments in a Chalkboard
b) Watch flowers and plants that grow high in the trees
c) View the ocean life arround them
d) Use the internet connection




7) Which of these hotels is not in a outdoor place?:
a) Poseidon Undersea Resort
b) Ariau Towers Hotel
c) McMenamins Kennedy Hotel
d) The Utter Inn

8) Which is the best choice for someone who likes the rain-forest?
a) Brazil
b) Fiji
c) Sweden
d) United states

Word Focus
Listen to the radio program again. Write the words in the box next to the correct definitions:

Walkways , Tree-house , Rain-Forest , Chalkboard

- Forest characterized by high rainfall
Rain forest
- Reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks.
Chalkboard
- Building constructed among mature trees
Tree-house
-Structures which support the use of trail
Walkways


What About You?

1.- Which hotel you would go for your next vacations, why?(Answers will vary)
2.- Choose a hotel that you would like to live forever, write about the advantages and disadvantages of that situation.(Answers will vary)
THINGS
Cruise ships

Prepare to Listen:
Discuss these questions.

1.What do you think is on the picture? (Cruise ship)

2. Would you travel in a cruise and where? (Answers will vary)



Word Focus 1
Match the words with their definition.

A.
1. Duty free- e a.The middle of the night
2. Dock - i b. Provide something to someone to accept or reject
3. Souvenir - h c. Offers and brings food and drinks to people
4. Cruise -g d. person that tell jokes
5. Waiter-c e A place where you can buy tax free.
6. Offer-b f. Keeping physically healthy with exercise.
7. Theme -j g. A ship where there is entertainment
8. Midnight-a h. When you buy something to remind you of the place.
9. Comedians- d i. A place where ships park in the Port.
10. Fit -f j. The subject of a talk




MAKE A PREDICTION

A. Guess the answer.

What is the most relaxing way to travel and have fun?
a. Plane
b. Cruise ship



Check your Comprehension
Listen again and choose the correct answers.

Main idea
1. What is the text about?
A. Tourism
B. Airports
C. Activities in a cruise
D. The Caribbean

Detail
2. How is lunch generally served in a cruise?
A. In the bar
B Buffet
C In the casino
D In the pool

3. What activities can you find aboard?
A. Movies, Dancing , Swimming
B. Boxing,
C Parachuting
D. Car races.


4. How many swimming pools does it have?
A. 12
B.2
C.10
D.1

5. The cruises don`t go to
A . Alaska
B. Caribbean
C. Mediterranean
D. desert

6. Where can you go dancing?
A. Deck
B. Swimming poll
C. Reception
D . Disco





7. If you wanted to travel by sea and have fun you would choose:
A. Plane
B. Rocket
C. Submarine
D. Cruise ship

Inference

8. If you go on a cruise by yourself where would you go to meet people?
A. To the toilet
B. Movies
C. Sleeping decks
D Disco


Word Focus 2
Listen to the presentation again. Write the words in the space with the correct definitionCD2 Track16

Cruise Director Dock Waiter

1. The ship is entering the Dock
2. “I want a drink, call the”
3. A ship for the tourist industry is a ____________
4. The man that manages and controls is a __________



What about you?
1. If you had the opportunity to travel would you board a cruise liner?
2. Where would you plan your trip to?

Word search
You are going in a trip, choose the right items for your travel.
baggage, car, room, ticket, passport, Money, cloth, swimming suit, map, keys, books, sunglasses, toys, food, dog, cat, table, TV set.









Words in context.

Fill in the blanks with words from each box.
Midnight ,Souvenirs, Serve ,Holidays, Buffet ,Underwater, Dutyfree, Offer,Director,Comedian.

1. You have to go to bed it`s past Midnight
2. I will bring souvenirs from my trip to Brazil.
3. We went diving underwater.
4. I need to buy some perfumes tax free in the ship, I will go to the duty free shop
5. He is a very good director in managing the company.
6. Did you think the comedian´s jokes were funny?
7. The waiter`s offer was food and drinks.
8. I will serve dinner in the backyard.
9. A kind of meal service where there is a wide variety of foods is a buffet
10. Where are you going for holidays this summer?

Word Families
Fill in the blanks with words from each box.

Fit-(adjective) Fits- (Verb)

1. I train in the gym 3 times a week to keep fit for the summer.
2. The shoe fits you very well.

Dock ( Noun) Docking (verb)

3. The ship is docking in the port tonight.
4. The dock is were the ship will stay tonight.

Cruise( Noun) Cruising (verb)Crucade(adj)

5. Iam cruising the country by motorbike in three days.
6 The 1rst crucade to Jerusalem was very difficult.
7 I like to get on board a cruise ship this summer.




True or False?
Are the following sentences true or false?
True False
1. The summer is usually the time where you get your holidays. x
2. The Dock is where you sleep. x
3. A cruise- liner is a kind of plane. x
4. A waiter serves food and drinks x
T F
5. Most cruises go to the jungle. x
6. An employer is the person who you work for. x
7. An average American gets three months vacation. x
8. You can meet pretty girls in a cruise ship. x
9. A buffet is a kind of drink. x
10. There are discos where you can dance in a cruse ship . x



WRAP IT UP

Using the following words write a e mail message to a friend about a trip in a cruse for the summer. You can add your own words about cruise ships too.

Cruise- room service- waiter- drinks- buffet- swimming pool- – hungry – beach-duty free-souvenirs-midnight-landscape-dinner.

Dear James:
We just arrived to Bahamas today morning in the cruise ship and went for a swim in the white sand beach,then we ate a nice buffet in the swimming pool.In the afternoon I went to the duty free shop and got some souvenirs to take back home for the kids.The landscape here is so beautiful I wish that you could see it. Anyway Iam getting hungry so I guess we might eat dinner ,but we are thinking of ordering room service and ask the waiter to bring us the drinks before we call it a night off around midnight.
Well I`ll be seeing you soon enough back in Boston ;Richard says hello
Take care,
Sally.


Prepare to listen:

A. Discuss this questions.
1. What kind of foods do they serve in the buffet? All kinds of foods
2.Can you order the menu instead of buffet? Yes but it`s more expensive
3. Do you have room service? Yes









Check your Comprehension
Listen again and choose the correct answers.



Main Idea
1.What is the central idea of this conversation? 5. Where did the ship stop?
A. Cruise activities A. Bahamas
B. Feelings B- Paris
C. Job C. Waterfall
D. Family D. Rain forest

Detail
2. With whom did the speaker go on board? Inference
A. Mother
B. Family 6. Why do you think Sally and
C. Boyfriend her boyfriend ordered room
D. Family service?
A. To play games
3. Where did she order room service? B. To listen to music
A. Room C. To Bath
B. Pool D. They are tired
C. Bar
D. Disco

4. What did Sally do in the afternoon?
A. Play tennis
B. Sleep
C. Shop
D. Drink

What about you?

1. Would you go on a cruise for this vacation? Why? (Answers will vary)
2. Would you go by yourself or with someone? Why?(Answers will vary)
3. What places would you like to visit? (Answerswill vary)