Bike Hike

Pam and Ted are about to goon an unusual holiday. Theyare going to travelfrom Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, a distance of 25,665 kilometres - on motorbikes.

Pam: Weflyto Anchorage at ten o'clock tomorrow morning and this time

next week we'll be travelling down the Canadian coast. We're taking

the shortest route along the west coast.

Ted: I expect we'll have problems with bad weather and bad roads.We'll

break down, of course, so we're taking spare parts with us.

Pam: The weather forecast for Alaska is fine at the moment, so we're going

to have a good start.

Ted: Wewill be travelling up to 250 kilometres a day on good roads, but on

bad roads we won't be able to getvery far. We know that itwon't be

an easy trip. We'd like to spend Christmas at home, but we won't

have arrived back in England by then.

Pam: When we get back, we will have been travelling for over a year.

That's a long time, but we will have made a dream come true.

Ted: That's right. But we'll probably never want to ride a motorbike again!

Example:

Present Indefinite	fly
Present Continuous
Be going to
Be about to
Future Indefinite	won't be able to get
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous

Exercise 87

Right or Wrong?

Say whether the statements are right or wrong. Correct the wrong statements.

Example:

• Ted and Pam are about to leave for Alaska. Right.

• They are going to travel from Alaska to New York. Wrong.

They are going to travel from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.

1. They are flying to Vancouver.

2. Their flight leaves at eight o'clock tomorrow.

3. They will be travelling by bicycle.

4. The weather in Alaska is going to be bad.

5. They are taking spare parts for the motorbikes.

6. They will be travelling over 200 kilometres a day.

7. They will be away for over a year.

8. They will have arrived home by Christmas.

9. By the end of their trip, they will have driven 10,000 kilometres.

10. They are planning to go on another trip.

Exercise 88

What will they need?

A:Every night Pam and Ted will camp in their tent. Which things will they

need? Which things won't they need? Say your answers.

a medical kit a tennis racket a tin-opener

a computer matches a suitcase

a Chinese dictionary a trumpet a compass

maps skis soap

Example:

• They will needa medical kit.

• They won't needa tennis racket.

B: Some very important things are missing. What else will they need? Think

of five more things.

Example:

• They'll need sleeping bags.

Activity

A:Work with a partner. You are going to cross your country on foot, by

bicycle or camels etc. Plan your route, then write a paragraph about your

plans. What will you be doing and when? What will you be taking with

you?

Example:

• We will be leaving from … by bicycle on 1 July.

We won't be taking very much luggage with us.

My friend will be carrying the food and I….

B: Read your paragraph to the class. Who will be having the most interesting

or most exciting trip? Take a vote.

Exercise 89