2015-05-08 Communication: travel

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 165 (travel vocabulary)
part 1a
1 city break (British English)
2 package holiday (“vacation” or “trip” in American English)
3 stopover
4 day trip
5 guided tour
6 site (= location) (sight = something to see / the ability to see) (cite = reference your sources when you quote something in a paper)
7 low-cost airline
8 long-haul (we also use “long-haul” in the US to describe trucking across the country)
part 1b
- trip
- journey (if it’s over water: voyage)
- travel
part 2 verb phrases
1 take out
2 set out / set off
3 cut short
4 go
5 go on
6 postpone
7 cancel
part 3 adjectives
1 overrated (opposite: underrated)
2 dull
3 touristy
4 spoilt (“spoiled” in American English)
5 lively
6 off the beaten track (or path)
7 overcrowded
8 breathtaking
9 picturesque
(Add “-esque” to the name of any artist or politician, and people will usually understand that you mean “like this person” or “in the style of this person”.)
- It is a productive suffix = we can make new words with it
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p. 85 2c “What kind of a traveller are you?” (American English: “traveler”)
red-eye - a very late flight (your eyes will be red because you’re so tired)
2-hour layover, 24-hour stopover (you have time to leave the airport and visit some places)
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homophone = same sound = words with the same sound (but different spellings)
homograph = same spelling, different sound
homonym = same spelling and same sound
p. 86 4a - with a partner, write the other homophone to complete the sentences
1 weight
2 board
3 brake
(lorry = truck)
4 fare
5 peace
6 caught (this is not a homophone in American English)
7 sauce (not a homophone in AmEng)
8 waste
9 sweet
10 key (we usually say “pier” instead of “quay” in American English)
11 cereal
12 wood (“woods” is more common in this context in American English)
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to - preposition
to - infinitive
two - 2
too - also
too - as in “too much”

right - opposite of ‘left’ / opposite of ‘wrong’
right - human rights
write - what you do with a pencil
rite - like ritual
wright - worker (playwright, wainwright, cartwright)