ESL, English, World Travel, Countries, Geography, Vocabulary

1. WORLD TRAVEL
Crossing Country Boarders

2. What would you advise?
Read the following travel situations. What advice can you give these
travelers?

3. A group of 6 friends are backpacking through Europe for the summer. They’ve
traveling together for 1 month already, but they’re starting to get tired of each ot
How can they get along better on their trip? What advice do you have for gett
along with everyone when you travel?

4. What advice would you give to someone who is on a flight and the person sitting next to
them is being extremely loud / rude and keeps talking.

5. What advise would you give to a group of friends who are camping… however, one
person HATES it. They keep complaining about missing their bed, missing restaurants, m
a toilet… Everyone is annoyed.

6. What advice would you give to a family who traveled to the beach, only to be stuck in a
monsoon. What activities can they do instead of playing at the beach?

7. What medical advice can you give to someone who is on a boat and starts to feel
sea sick?

8. Many people love to travel to new countries, but not everyone is a
trying new foods. What advice would you give to a picky eater?

9. SPEAKING POP QUIZ!
You’ll hear these words later in your listening exercise…

10. Say the 12 months of the year.

11. JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBE
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER

12. In the U.S., what season is it from:
March – May
June- August
September- November
December - February

13. In the U.S., what season is it from:
March – May SPRING
June- August SUMMER
September- November FALL /
AUTUMN
December – February WINTER

14. Today is a U.S. holiday to celebrate whe
the U.S. became independent from Eng
What’s the name of the holiday?
- Fireworks
- Cookout

16. What is smaller than the ocean but bigg
than a pond?

18. What are these?

20. What kind of landscape do you see?

22. What’s this landform? Vietnam has the largest in
world.

24. What’s this woman covered in?

25. MUD

26. What are these called again?

28. What are these special swimming shoes called?

29. FLIPPERS

30. What are these items?

31. Snorkel and ma

32. Both Vietnam and
Thailand are famous
for this soft fabric.
You can use it to make
dresses (ao dai), robes,
pajamas, etc.

33. Silk (it’s made by silk worms!)

34. What’s this verb?
To C________ wood.

35. To carve something from wood. (a statue, a
a table, etc.)

36. World Travel Vocabulary

37. HCMC  __________
The place you are traveling to is called the
D_________________
“What’s your final d_________?”

39. The traveling time to your destination is calle
the J___________
“I hope you have a
safe J_________”

41. The way you go to reach your destinatio
(the path of your journey) is called the
R___________ (similar to “Path”)

43. There are many different ways to plan a trip.
1) Hire a tour company.
2) D.I.Y. Holiday WHAT DOES D.I.Y. STAND FOR?
3) You can buy a travel package from a hotel or travel
company

45. Travel the world by SEA

46. One way to see many different countries on 1 trip is to take a
C___________. You can sleep on the boat and stop at many cou

48. There’s a lot of entertainment on board a cruise ship. There are gy
many restaurants, casinos, live performances, and many swimmin
Some pools have this…. It’s a water S____________

49. Water Slide

50. Cruise ships carry many smaller boats on board in case t
an accident. These boats are called L______boats.
* In Titanic, there were not enough of these to save everyone…

51. Lifeboats

52. When a ship turns over on it’s side.. this means to Cap__

53. Capsize

54. So, what happened
to one of the most
famous cruise ships
in the world, the
Titanic…?

55. It hit an iceberg and sank (to sink).

56. The place where people can get on board & disembark the cruise
is called the P___________. Saigon has one on Ton Duc Thang s

57. Port

58. The person who is in control and responsibl
sailing the ship is called the C__________

59. Captain

61. World Travel by AIR & LAND

62. When you travel to a new country, we call th
going A__________

64. Many young people
(students) enjoy
traveling cheaply and
without much luggage.
They usually just bring
a backpack.
This is called
B________________

66. Another style of traveling is MUCH more expensive. It
includes first class tickets, expensive hotels, gourmet me
L_________ travel is comfortable, but not so adventurou

68. Most hotels and resorts want guests to B_______
a room in advance.

70. Backpackers often stay in cheap H___________ . They
have to share their room with other travelers, and it’s ver
social and easy to meet friends.

72. When people travel, they often like to buy small presents or gifts to
remember their trip. These are called S______________

74. Here are some popular Souvenirs:

75. These can stick on your refrigerator. M______

76. Magnets

78. KEYCHAIN

79. S________Globe

80. SNOWGLOBE

81. You can mail these to friends and family

83. What Souvenirs have you bought?