- •Changing patterns of leisure
- •Vocabulary
- •How would you define a traveller? Are you a traveller?
- •Match the types of traveller in 1 to the descriptions below.
- •Commonly confused words
- •Which probably takes longest?
- •Which of the people below are travellers, and which are tourists?
- •Look at the words below. They are all connected with ways of travelling. Match them to the different ways of travelling listed below.
- •7) Match the words to form compound nouns. Use the nouns to make sentences of your own about different aspects of holidays.
- •8) Types of holidays
- •9) General description of tourist destinations.
- •A Stay in Paradise
- •Tangier
- •10) Travel words.
- •11) Reading
- •Travel – Who needs it?
- •Describe an interesting journey that you have made in detail.
- •Travel Dictionary Quiz.
- •Purposes
- •History
- •Camping Areas
- •Camping Gear
- •Safety and Conservation
- •Vocabulary
- •Discussion
- •High aims
- •1. Discussion
- •2. Vocabulary
- •3. Translation
- •Role-play.
- •Vocabulary
- •6. Discussion
- •8. Pair-work
- •Aware of what you wear
- •1. Vocabulary
- •2. Discussion
- •Translation
- •4. Video “Business Traveller”
- •Lead-in
- •Vocabulary
- •Comprehension
- •Discussion
- •Comprehension
- •Role-play. Pink dolphins
- •Lead-in - Can you think of any natural unspoilt beauty spots in the country?
- •Read the article.
- •Role-play “Developing tourism at Lake Tarapoto”
- •Independent advisor to the government
- •1. Nightmare journeys
- •4. Idioms in use
- •Discussion
- •Listening exercises
- •Man and the movies
- •Vocabulary
- •Match the types of films with the phrases that are most likely to describe
- •Use the words below to answer the questions.
- •What do you call the songs and background music to a film?
- •What is the difference between the following?
- •4) When making a movie, in which order do you do the things in the list?
- •6) Which of the following words in italics would you use speaking about success / failure?
- •8) Films Dictionary Quiz
- •9) Which of the following short review(s) would you call a ‘rave’ review?
- •The Stages of Film Production
- •The Film Business
- •Vocabulary
- •Discussion
- •3. Video “Blood on the Land: Forging King Arthur”
- •Frequently asked questions
- •1) Who decides the ratings for movies?
- •2) What happens if a filmmaker doesn’t agree with your rating?
- •3) How do you determine what puts a movie in one rating category over another?
- •4) How do I know specifically what kind of material is in a movie?
- •5) Who decides what I see in a trailer?
- •6) Why does it seem that when I see movies from 10 or 20 years ago some material that was o.K. Then is given a higher rating today and, on the other hand, other material is not rated as strongly?
- •7) Is cartoon violence assessed differently than realistic violence?
- •8) Why do I see children in the theater for movies that are Rated r?
- •1. Lead-in
- •Steven Spielberg Ang Lee
- •2. Exercises and Tasks
- •4. Video: friends. Episode: The One With Joey’s Award.
- •How Well Do You Know Your Friends?
- •1. Comprehension
- •2. Forty-five seconds. One billion viewers. Your moment of glory. Most people blow it. At its best, the Oscar acceptance speech is its own kind of art form.
- •Acceptance Speech for ______________
- •3. Follow-up
- •1. Lead-in
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Discussion
- •Text 5. Connery’s unbreakable bond Quiz: How Well Do You Know Sean Connery?
- •1. Vocabulary
- •Discussion
- •1. Lead-in
- •Role-play.
- •Why do genres change over time?
- •Changes in Target Audience
- •Changes in Audience Expectations
- •Changes in Society, Ideologies, Values and Representations
- •Censorship and Codes of Conduct
- •Influence of particular texts, stars, authors and directors
- •Media Institutions e.G. The Film Industry
- •Changes in Technology
- •4. Quiz: Would you survive a teen slasher movie?
- •If you could choose your ideal summer holiday, what would it be?
- •1. Blockbuster
- •2. Film review 1.
- •3. Film Review 2. Video “Autumn Sonata” (an Ingmar Bergman film)
- •Read an extract from an interview with Liv Ullmann and answer the questions suggested. Liv Ullmann acting with Ingrid Bergman
4. Idioms in use
Work with a dictionary and find the meaning of the following idioms. Make up sentences or short stories of your own to illustrate their usage.
to go to pot a melting pot to take pot luck a different kettle of fish a pretty kettle of fish a basket case to carry the torch |
to pass the torch an ego trip to take a trip down memory lane to be on a head trip to breathe fire to hang fire to have fire in your belly |
PART FOUR
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
“Gentlemanly Guys”
Discussion
Note down everything you know about the Amazon region.
What would make it an interesting or a difficult place to travel in?
How many different ways do you know of catching fish?
Listening exercises
Listen to David talking about part of a trip through the Amazon region. Then answer the following questions.
What were David’s two hosts doing in Brazil? Why did they invite David to their encampment?
“I suddenly realized this was it”. What was that?
“One of the most wonderful experiences I’ve ever had”. Why was it so wonderful?
What did David have for breakfast? How did he feel about it?
What was being mined? What was the method? How did David feel about it?
How did David feel when the Indians turned up one morning? What made him feel that way?
Who was the “very gentlemanly guy”?
Why did he follow the man, at the pool?
What was the job of the men on the fishing expedition?
What was the job of the women?
Discuss the following questions in groups.
1) Where had David been talking about just before the extract begins?
Venezuela; Brazil; the North of Brazil
2) What part of the anecdote gives you the strongest feeling of what is felt like to be in Amazonas?
3) What was the attitude of the Indians to David? How did they communicate?
4) David twice uses the “fronted” expression “Little did I realize…” Why does he use it each time?
5) With what emotions does David seem to look back on his experience now?
6) On two occasions David seems to feel he was, or looked, a bit silly. Which ones?
Describe the Indians’ method of fishing, using four or five sentences.
Man and the movies
PART ONE
Vocabulary
Match the types of films with the phrases that are most likely to describe
them.
a thriller a romantic comedy an animated film
a sci-fi film a horror film a costume drama
An all-action movie with great stunts and a real cliffhanger of an ending that will have you on the edge of your seat.
Set on a star cruiser in the distant future, this film has great special effects.
A hilarious new film, about two unlikely lovers, which will have you laughing out loud.
Based on a novel by Jane Austen, this new adaptation by William Jones has been filmed on location at Harewood House in Hampshire.
A fantastic new computer-generated cartoon, featuring the voice of Eddie Murphy as the donkey.
This new film will scare you to death.
Now match the words in italics in the descriptions to the definitions below.
exciting
not filmed in a studio
the story comes from (a novel)
dangerous action sequences like car chases or people falling from skyscrapers
amazing, impossible visual sequences, often created by computers
changing a novel to a film screenplay
where the story takes place
exciting end – you want to know what happens