1. Vocabulary
Land
|
Sea
|
Air
|
car
jeep
bus
coach
motorbike
scooter
bike
walking!
|
ship
boat
ferry
motorboat
rowing boat
|
plane
helicopter
hot-air balloon
|
Read
out a list of different transports and students put them in the correct column.
Students
suggest others.
2. Discussion
What's
your favourite type of transport and why?
Is
there any of the above transports you wouldn't use and why?
Feedback
ideas to the board.
3. Reading
a.
Read the essay and tick the types of transport mentioned and add any others.
b.
Read the essay and try to complete the gaps (in pencil)
What is your favourite way of travelling and why?
--------------, people have a huge
variety of transport to choose from when they are considering a ----------- or
journey. From the more---------- means like, planes, trains, cars and ships to
the less conventional like hot-air balloons, camels and-----------.
For the purposes of this essay, I will
-------------the many advantages of travelling by plane.
Flying has ----------------a revolution
in the last decade or so. Low cost airlines like Ryanair and Easyjet have
changed our ---------------of travelling opening up new possibilities and
horizons for even the------------- of students. These airlines have managed to
----------------reduce the cost of an air ticket, making flying both relatively
economical, safe and certainly very-------------.
Flights are ------------- as you do not
have to concentrate on where you are
driving to, as well as the fact that you can enjoy the -----------below from a
window seat or spend your time reading your latest novel or-----------.
Even time spent at the airport checking
in, going through---------------- control and reclaiming baggage has --------------as people now use technology to
manage their bookings and choose to take only hand luggage on board and so
avoid the wait for suitcases at their----------------.
Personally, I think these are very
------------- arguments in favour of air travel and that is why I would choose
it when I need to travel.
c.
Now circle the words in the lines below and add them to the text. How do
they compare with the words you had thought up?
outlinedestinationundergoneconceptfastrelaxingmagazinepassportdecreased
traditionalnowadaystriprickshawspoorestdrasticallyscenerystrong
7. Reread the text
and make a note of the most important ideas. Can you think of anymore?
Collection of photos related
to this theme on our pinterest account:
And a fun video - Louis
Cole’s year of travel. Task could be to write down all the different means of
transport he uses, the animals, places they see.
And an attractive
infographic about miscellaneous facts about transports:
http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/transportation.html
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