Nick enjoys luxury vacations where he stays in 5-star hotels and casinos, catches rays on the beach, and makes decisions spontaneously. Anna and Jon prefer off-the-beaten-path destinations where they backpack and hitchhike with only essential items, traveling cheaply by staying in hostels. Matt is a culture vulture who enjoys visiting museums, galleries, and historical sites, starting his days early to see as much as possible.
Nick enjoys luxury vacations where he stays in 5-star hotels and casinos, catches rays on the beach, and makes decisions spontaneously. Anna and Jon prefer off-the-beaten-path destinations where they backpack and hitchhike with only essential items, traveling cheaply by staying in hostels. Matt is a culture vulture who enjoys visiting museums, galleries, and historical sites, starting his days early to see as much as possible.
Nick enjoys luxury vacations where he stays in 5-star hotels and casinos, catches rays on the beach, and makes decisions spontaneously. Anna and Jon prefer off-the-beaten-path destinations where they backpack and hitchhike with only essential items, traveling cheaply by staying in hostels. Matt is a culture vulture who enjoys visiting museums, galleries, and historical sites, starting his days early to see as much as possible.
Read the texts and decide which person you are most similar to.
Nick
This summer I went on a cruise around the Caribbean.
I’ve got expensive tastes so I always live it up, 5-star hotels, casinos and limousines. It’s important for me to catch some rays when I’m on holiday, I like to come home with a nice suntan. I don’t really like having everything planned out on holiday, I prefer to see how the mood takes me and make decisions as I go. Anna and Jon
We don’t like going to really touristy places so we
always choose somewhere which is off the beaten track. Some places have been a bit of a culture shock and in others we really had to watch our backs, but we’re very adventurous. We normally go backpacking or hitchhiking so we have to travel light, we only pack the essentials. We don’t have much money so we always travel on a shoestring; we normally stay in hostels or sleep on peoples’ sofas. We’ve definitely got the travel bug; if we’re not Matt
I’m a real culture vulture; I feel right at home in
a museum, gallery or historical building. When I go on holiday I like to get up at the crack of dawn and really make the most of the time by going to as many places as possible. I always find time to savour the local delicacies or sit and watch the world go by in a fancy café with a good coffee and a guide book.
Match the underlined expressions to their definitions
1. Be addicted to 6. Enjoy local food 12.Have a strict plan
travelling 7. Relax, not do 13.Not spend much 2. Spend lots of anything money while money, travel in 8. Feel very travelling luxury comfortable 14.Make decisions 3. Sunbathe 9. Feel uncomfortable depending on how 4. Travel without in a new place you’re feeling much stuff 10.Be careful 15.A place without 5. Early in the 11.Someone who likes many tourists morning museum, art galleries Complete the sentences (1-14) with the expressions (a-n)
1. My friends always ________________________ they a. Get the travel
hitchhike and couchsurf everywhere. bug 2. We had to get up _________________________ to catch b. Culture vulture the 4am sleeper train. c. Catch some 3. My parents are real ________________________ they rays love museums, ancient ruins and art galleries. d. Sit and watch 4. I’ll meet up with you guys later. I’m gonna chill by the world go the pool and _________________________ for a bit. by 5. My uncle always ______________________ when he e. See how the goes on holiday, 5-star hotels, private beaches, mood takes pool parties, you name it. me 6. The best and cheapest restaurants are f. Travel on a ________________ away from the touristy areas. shoe string 7. You have to _________________________ when you’re g. Live it up travelling alone; there are a lot of dangerous h. A culture people out there. shock 8. When I went to India it was a real i. Feel right at _____________________ for the first few days, you get home used to it after a while though. j. Watch your 9. I always try to _____________________, people always back pack so much stuff they don’t need. k. Travel light 10.I _________________________ in Stockholm, the l. At the crack of people are so friendly and they all speak English! dawn 11.I don’t like planning my holidays meticulously, I’d m. Off the beaten rather just _______________________. track 12.I’ve definitely ________________________, I’ve only been home for a week and I’m already planning my next trip. 13.There’s nothing I like more than to sip a coffee in a nice Italian piazza and ___________________________________. Discussion
1. Do you travel light? If so, how do you decide what to pack?
2. You have to watch your back when you’re travelling alone; there are a lot of dangerous people out there. Do you agree? 3. Which place that you’ve visited was the biggest culture shock? Where did you feel right at home? Why? 4. Do you usually have to get up at the crack of dawn to catch a flight when you go on holiday? How does that make you feel? 5. Do you normally travel on a shoestring or live it up? How can you save money while travelling? Would you consider hitchhiking or couchsurfing? 6. Have you got the travel bug? Where do you want to visit next? 7. Do you like to have everything planned out or see how the mood takes you when you’re travelling? 8. What’s the perfect place to sit and watch the world go by for you? 9. How important is it for you to catch some rays when you’re on holiday? 10.How do you choose a holiday destination? Are you a culture vulture?