Invest in travelling instead of stuff
PRE-CLASS ACTIVITIES
1. Watch a video [https://youtu.be/AlCqyZEXM1I].
2. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in capitals.
a) Magellan was a famous 16th-century explorer. EXPLORE
b) Leonardo made many scientific discoveries. DISCOVER
c) Pulp Fiction was criticized by the media for the glorification of violence. GLORIFY
d) They're just jealous of your awesomeness. AWESOME
e) Students use their entrepreneurial skills to present a business plan.
ENTREPRENEUR
f) The award is given in appreciation of her huge contribution to the film industry.
APPRECIATE
g) Our journey to the Yukon was a very rewarding experience. REWARD
h) Trust your own judgement and don't be guided by what anyone else thinks.
JUDGE
i) The information needs to be presented in a meaningful way. MEAN
j) He was something of an adventurer, living most of his life abroad. ADVENTURE
3. Complete the sentences below with the words and phrases in the box.
backpack campground first-hand gap year
honeymoon resources sabbatical sleeping bag
a) When he was sleeping in a tent, it was very cold, so he needed a sleeping bag.
b) When reporters go to war, they see it with their own eyes, so they have first-hand
experience.
c) When you finish school and you want to have a break to travel before your studies,
you take a gap year.
d) When university teachers or company employees take extended leave to pursue
extra studies, travel or take a career break, it’s called a sabbatical.
e) The place where people on holiday can camp, usually with toilets and places for
washing, is called a campground.
f) A lot of people don’t like taking suitcases on holiday, so they would rather take a
backpack.
g) After getting married, a lot of people go on holiday, so they go on a honeymoon.
h) If you want to travel a lot, you have to save money, so that you have the resources
to travel.
4. Check the meanings of the new words from ex. 3 in a dictionary.
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Invest in travelling instead of stuff
IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
5. Discuss the questions.
• How much do people travel in your country?
• Money, work, fear. Why are these obstacles to
travelling?
• “Invest in experiences instead of more stuff”. Would
you buy less stuff to have money to travel more?
• How does travelling differ when we are young, in
our 30s, 40s and retired?
• What is it like to travel with kids?
• What are the advantages of travelling?
• Do you remember your first travelling adventure? What was it like?
6. What are the differences in meaning between these words? Discuss.
• excursion • city break
• outing • tour
• trip • cruise
• journey • expedition
7. What would you choose? Explain your choice.
• staying at a campground or in a hotel
• going to the countryside or having a city break
• flying 8 hours or going by train for 8 hours
• lying on the beach or hiking in the mountains
• eating local food or eating hotel food
• having a gap year after high school or after college
8. Read the fragment from the video and describe a place you’ve always
wanted to visit.
“So now I want all of us to make a promise and in your mind’s eye picture a place
that you have always wanted to visit, picture it clearly. What do you see? Who are
you with? What do you hear? What do you smell? What’s the temperature of the
breeze that’s hitting your cheek? Can you picture this place that you’ve always
dreamed of going?”
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