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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Tell your partner about a journey or trip you have taken. It can be the longest, or the most interesting, the best or the worst.
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- p. 57 - What city is in the picture? Have you been there?
- What makes a good travel writer?
- part 3 - What do these adjectives usually describe? (people, places, or both?) Then think of some other words to describe each (as general characteristics of a place you visit)
- people: affable, lazy, wary, officious
- places: cozy, grand, cavernous, breathtaking, serene, outstanding
- both: romantic, lively, elegant, fascinating, stunning, exotic
- The people were very wary.
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- part 4 - In groups of three, describe one of your favorite cities using some of the words from part 3.
- very hot: baking, boiling, sweltering
- noisy: clamorous, cacophonous, boisterous
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- http://www.wordandphrase.info/analyzeText.asp - put words in the box and click “search”, then click on the word on the right to see more information about it
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- p. 58 part 1 question 2 - Tell your group if you know about any well-known books written about or in your country (fiction or nonfiction, but preferably not simply travel guides).
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- BREAK
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- part 2 - Listen to part of a radio show and complete the table.
- 1 travelogue
- 2 1970s, along the Indus river to the Himalayas
- 3 It’s a description of the author’s trip with her daughter.
- 4 wonderful, gripping
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- Thursday: International Fun Day - Bring something from your country
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- part 3 - Listen again and choose the correct answers
- 1 b
- 2 b
- 3 a
- 4 a
- 5 b
- 6 b
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- Vocabulary: roads and ways
- part 5 - With a partner, identify the differences between these pairs of words.
- 1 ascent = up, descent = down (verbs: ascend/descend)
- 2 path
- 3 course
- 4 trail (You can have a sea route or ocean route or river route, but not a trail.)
- 5 street
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- part 6 - In pairs, one person should go to p. 177 and the other stay on p. 58. Look at the highlighted words in the audioscript and decide what each one refers to.
- the girl = the author’s daughter
- this = the trip that she writes about
- one = book
- to do so = to travel in this region
- does = complains
- this = the fact that her daughter never complains
- that = the criticism that Murphy can be political
- others = other books
- the former = places being ruined by technological progress - the first thing mentioned
- (the latter = places being ruined by Western ideas - the second thing mentioned)
- the same thing = that unspoiled places are being ruined by technology and Western ideas
- not = not to send a political message
- In American English, “latter” and “ladder” usually sound the same.
- sing -> singer, hang -> hanger: no /g/ sound (for most English speakers)
- long -> longer, young -> younger, strong -> stronger: yes /g/ sound
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- Language focus: substitution (to be concise and to avoid repetition)
- part 7 - Use the words in the box to replace the underlined phrases in the book review.
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- Homework: finish p. 59 part 7 and do p. 60 parts 2 and 3 about the reading
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