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PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 5
READING &
LISTENING EXTRA
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Work in pairs and discuss.
1
Have you ever been on a bad holiday? What
happened?
2
What other bad things do you think could
happen on holiday?
Read the article about holiday nightmares. Does
it contain any of your ideas from Exercise 1?
Going on holiday is
supposed to be a fun and
relaxing break from
everyday life, but things
don’t always go to plan.
We asked readers to tell
us about their holiday
nightmares.
1
2
Read the article again. Who talks about the following:
Sally (S), Derek (D) or Gabriella (G)?
1
He/She had di culties with a foreign language.
2
He/She had problems because of bad weather.
3
He/She hoped to spend his/her holiday doing
very little.
4
He/She got attacked by an animal.
5
He/She saw lots of animals.
6
He/She booked his/her holiday on the internet.
Find words/phrases in the article that match the
synonyms 1–6.
1
things not happening the way you think they will
2
very bad situation(s)
3
not perfect but not terrible
4
a very long time
5
full of
6
an illness you get from eating something bad
Holiday
Nightmares
Sally, Glasgow
4
‘We booked a
cheap and cheerful
package holiday
with a well-known
travel company.
We expected to
spend a week
relaxing by the pool,
but the holiday started
badly and didn’t improve!
First, the flight was delayed for five hours. Then, when
we got there, we had to wait ages at the airport for the
bus to come and take us to the hotel. Finally, just when
we thought things couldn’t get any worse, we arrived at
the hotel and saw that part of it was still a building site!’
5
6
5.1
Listen to a radio interview with Gabriella
from the article. Does she sound angry or amused
about her holiday nightmare?
Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1
The holiday lasted one month.
2
The bus had to wait on the Colombia-Brazil border.
3
The police looked in everyone’s bag.
4
Gabriella’s friend spoke Spanish.
5
The police didn’t find anything in Gabriella’s bag.
6
The police wanted to remember what happened.
Look at the extracts from the recording. Choose the
correct meaning, a) or b), for the words and phrases
in bold.
1
I was backpacking around South America with some
mates
from
uni
…
a)
friends (from) university
b)
teachers (from) school
2
The police asked everyone to get o the bus so they
could do a
random baggage check
.
a)
planned look into everyone’s bags
b)
unplanned look into some people’s bags
3
The police all looked very angry and started
shouting
at me in Spanish!
a)
talking loudly
b)
talking quietly
4
They found some small, ‘suspicious’ bags and they
wanted to know what was inside them!
a)
normal, everyday bags which lots of people carry
b)
strange, unusual bags which not many people carry
5
So the police
saw the funny side of it
, too?
a)
didn’t think it was funny
b)
thought it was funny
6
That’s
hilarious
!
a)
very, very funny
b)
very, very scary
Work in pairs and discuss. Do you prefer going on
holiday with your friends or your family? Why?
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Derek, Manchester
‘We rented a holiday cottage through
a home-sharing website. First, we
forgot the address so it took ages to
find the place. Then, when we finally
got there, the owner wasn’t there to
give us the keys; she was shopping
in the next town! We called her, but
she didn’t speak any English, and didn’t
understand the French we were trying to speak. She
eventually arrived, but when she opened the door of the
cottage, we saw that the cottage was infested with frogs!’
Gabriella, Cardi
‘When I was backpacking
around South America,
I took a ten-hour bus trip.
I was having a great time,
until they served lunch.
About an hour later,
everyone got food poisoning
and the toilet on the bus didn’t work!
Then it started to rain really heavily and the bus broke
down in a flood – we had to wait for four hours for a
replacement bus! While we were waiting, I got bitten by
a spider. Luckily there was a first aid kit on the bus!’
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