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3.Climate
4.Historical or architectural monuments
5.Shopping possibilities
6. Special attractions such as markets, trade fairs, amusement parks, or sport events.
2. Imagine that you are a guide for sightseeing excursion. Outline the different points 
of interest that you would include in the excursion. Indicate the mode of transportation,
the time the trip would take, and the facilities for meals and shopping. What problems do you think you might encounter as a guide for this excursion?
Part two
Listening
Vincenzo is a travel consultant in a busy travel agency in Palermo, the regional capital of Sicily. He is talking to Colin Butler, the new Ventures Manager of Exotic Destinations, about where Sicilians go on holiday.
1.Listen and decide if these statements are true of false.
1.The most popular holiday destination is the USA.
2.60 per cent of Sicilians holiday in Europe.
3.Thailand and Singapore are more popular honeymoon destinations than Madrid or China.
4.Sicilian holidaymakers only want to sit on the beach all day.
5.The Far East is popular because you can have the sun and the sea as well as touring the area.
6.Mexico has become popular in the last three years.
2.Complete Colin’s Butler’s fax to the Managing Director of Exotic destinations.
To: |
Maria Rodrigues |
From: |
Colin Butler |
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Exotic Destinations |
Fax: |
00 39 92 374 857 |
Fax: |
0 44 171 354 8979 |
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Re: Italians’ holiday preferences
Dear Maria,
I have had several meetings with travel agents throughout Italy. The meetings in Rome and Palermo were particularly useful.
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1 Holiday periods
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According to the travel agent in Rome, Italians tend to take (a) __________ breaks in August with shorter breaks at (b) ___________ and (c) ____________.
2 Destinations
Both consultants believed that (d) _______, (e) ________, South America and the Far East were popular destinations. Their comments support the figures we have from the tourist board and our previous research on the popularity of particular destinations both for the general holiday trade and the honeymoon trade, though in Sicily it is felt that (f) _______ is the most exotic destination.
3 Cultural/ short break holidays
These tend to be taken at (g) _________ when Italians visit (h) _________ cities such as (i) _________, (j) __________, and (k) ___________.
4 Types of holiday
Apparently, Romans still require mainly (l) _______ while the Sicilians are now demanding (m) _________.
5 Popularity of the Orient
This is growing in popularity as tourists can combine a (n) _________ with a (o)
_________.
I trust that this will be helpful. I submit a full report on my return next week.
Regards.
Vocabulary focus
1. In the box below are the names of different types of tourist attractions. The letters have been mixed up. Reorder them and put each one into the correct place in the postcard. The first one has been done for you.
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strosref |
tgihn lucb |
rdcahldet |
rta lrgylea |
emthe |
nuttsaarree |
alef ekrmat |
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Dear Charlene,
Having a great time and seeing all the sights. On the first day we visited the famous (1) cathedral of Saint Basil and then spent the afternoon looking at the paintings in the Tretyakov (2) _________. The kids got a bit bored with all the culture, but they enjoyed looking at the weapons and armoury in the Kremlin (3) ________ the following day. We also found a great (4) ________ park for the younger ones with cartoon characters and rides and everything right near the city centre. Today we
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checked out the (5) _________ on Arbat Street and bought lots of great souvenirs. I can’t believe that tomorrow is our last night already. We’re hoping to take in an opera or a ballet at the Bolshoi (6) ______ and maybe go for a meal in a traditional (7)
_______. The older kids are going out to a (8) _______ with some friends they made. Anyway, see you soon.
Bobby
Read the postcard again. Can you work out which city the writer is in? ________
2. Write a postcard to your friend describing attractions you’ve seen while traveling in another city.
Grammar practice
1. Additional information clauses. Read the following passage about a market in New Orleans. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. You will need to use some of the words more than once.
who which when where whose
The French market, (1) which is situated in Esplanade Street, is America’s oldest market and was originally used by the Choctaw Indians, (2) ________ lived in the area long before the Europeans settled.
The original buildings, (3) _________ were put up by the Spanish in1771, stood until 1812, (4) ________ they were destroyed by a hurricane. Soon afterwards the market was rebuilt and the buildings that stand today date from the early 19th century.
The fruit and meat vendors, (5) ________ stalls are in the main building, always start early. You should try and visit in the morning, (6) ________ you will find restaurateurs, grocers and others haggling over the best produce. At the weekends the French Market is transformed into a giant flea market, (7) _______ you can buy just about anything you want.
2. Read these sentences about other places of interest in New Orleans. Join the sentences together using extra information clauses beginning with who, which, where, whose, when. The first one has been done for you.
1.CONFEDERATE MUSEUM
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The Confederate Museum is the oldest museum in Louisiana. It was built in 1891. –
The Confederate Museum, which was built in 1891, is the oldest museum in Louisiana.
The museum has a large art gallery. You can see pictures if the Civil War there. Included in the collection are the personal effects of General Robert E. Lee. General Lee was the leader of the Confederate Army.
2. DESTREHANE PLANTATION
The Destrehane Plantation is conveniently located near the city. It is the oldest in Louisiana.
It was originally built by the d’Estrehan family. The family were French aristocrats. It’s great place to visit in November. The annual festival is held in November.
3. LONGUE VUE HOUSE
Longue Vue House is a beautiful English-style country home. It is in eight acres of beautiful countryside.
It originally belonged to the Stern family. The Stern family’s collection of modern art is still housed there.
The estate has beautiful gardens. You can have picnics and relax there.
3. Read the following passage about the Panama Canal. Put the verbs into simple past active or passive.
The Panama Canal is one of the most significant engineering achievements of the twentieth century, but it was a project that took over 500 years to finally complete. The first proposal to build a canal (1) was put forward in 1523. Charles V of Spain (2)
________ (order) a survey of the area, but no action (3) ________ (take). More than three centuries (4) ________ (pass) before a new attempt (5) _______ (make). A French company, under the leadership of Ferdinand de Lesseps, who (6) ________ (build) the Suez Canal, (7) _________ (work) on the project for twenty years. They (8) ________
(begin) in 1880, but (9) _______ (defeat) by disease and financial problems.
In 1906, President Roosevelt (10) ________ (order) the Us Army Corps of Engineers to begin construction, and the project (11) _______ (control) by Colonel Goethals. During the project, about 145 million cubic metres of earth (12) ______ (remove), and the entire area, which (13) _______ (infect) with malaria-carrying mosquitoes, had to be sanitized. It (14) _______ (estimate) that the project would take ten years, but in fact the work (15)
______ (complete) in the summer of 1914 at a cost of about $336 million.
The canal, which links the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is just over sixty-four kilometres long. The minimum depth is 12.5m, and the minimum width is 91.5m.
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Reading and speaking |
Theme park holidays |
1.Discuss the following questions
1.Have you ever been to a theme park or amusement park?
2.What kind of attractions and “rides” did you find there?
3.What was your favourite?
4.What are
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a ghost train? |
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a white-knuckle ride? |
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a rollercoaster? |
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a big wheel? |
-a haunted house?
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2. Like most theme parks, Disneyland® Paris is divided into several different “lands” with mainly American theme.
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Main Street |
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Discoveryland |
- Frontierland |
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Adventureland |
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Fantasyland |
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3.What would you expect to find in each of these lands? Which one contains attractions concerned with the following?
a. distant lands
b. fairy tales and magic castles
c. shops and restaurants from America at the turn of the century d. space and technology
e. cowboys and Indians
4.What do you think happens in each of the following rides and attractions – and which land would you find them in?
1.Space Mountains
2.Pirates of the Caribbean
3.Snow White
4.Big Thunder Mountain
5.Phantom Manor
6.Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril
7.Star Tours