Term 3. Transript for listening task Moving around
Andrew
When I was in college, I spent a semester studying in London. I loved the lifestyle in London. During my free time, I had a lot of fun playing soccer with my British friends – of course they call it football over there. And I really loved the old buildings. I mean they’re really old. We don’t have anything that old in the US, so that part was pretty amazing! Another thing was TV. The British have a different sense of humour… very dry. I really like it. Their shows are really funny!
I’d have to say my experience was a positive one overall, except for the rainy weather, of course. I had trouble getting used to that.

Rachel
I lived in Madrid for a whole year. And I have to be honest and say that at first, well, I wasn’t very happy. You see, I was homesick. I missed my family, and I just wanted to go home. Part of the problem was my Spanish. I couldn’t communicate very well.
But I love to eat! And that’s what really saved me. I tried tapas, those small plates of food with bite-sized portions that they serve in places all over the city. There were so many kinds! Fried squid, sausages, olives, all kinds of meat and seafood in sauces … Oh! It makes me hungry just thinking about it. And of course, tapas are meant to be shared with other people, so it’s really fun. I made some Spanish friends, and we’d go out for tapas all the time. So, I got to eat a lot of delicious food, and of course, my Spanish improved dramatically as well. But there was one thing that was difficult to adjust to, and that was that dinner was always served at a late hour. I wasn’t used to eating at eleven o’clock at night!

Reading

Task 1. Read the text.

Travel is something that people do every day. It is very difficult to avoid the need to travel. It may be a trip to school, university or to work. Travelling can often take a long time, especially when great distances need to be covered. People often enjoy travelling abroad for holidays. However, for some people travelling is not fun at all. Some people suffer from travel sickness. This means that they will become unwell each time they travel.
Travelling can be either affordable or costly. It often depends on how far you want to travel and the choice of transport. Using a bicycle will not cost anything as you power it by using your legs. However, the use of a bicycle can be hard work and can take a lot of time to travel long distances. Cars and motorcycles are faster modes of transport, but they are more expensive to use as gasoline is needed for them to work. It can usually be assumed that the longer you wish to travel, the more expensive and time consuming it will be.
The use of a plane is necessary for people wanting to travel very long distances. A pilot will fly a plane from an airport for many thousands of miles to take people to places far away. Although traffic is rarely a problem for airplanes, it can take a lot of preparation to travel by plane. People often need to arrive at the airport three hours prior to departure.
A train is another mode of transport which is ideal for travelling long distances within the same country, or between countries which are connected by land. A train driver will stop at train stations on route to allow passengers wishing to proceed to the scheduled destination to board the

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train.
A number of destinations can be travelled to by using the sea. People often depart from a harbour in a ferry which is driven by a captain. If the journey is a long distance, people may choose to sleep on the ferry while they wait to arrive at their destination. Some people choose to go on a cruise for their holiday, which would involve stopping at many different city ports for a short amount of time. People who need to travel short distances may choose not to use any transport at all. People often rely on their legs to take them to places nearby and they walk. This is often encouraged as certain modes of transport have been said to produce harmful emissions and damage the environment.

Answer the questions.
Which mode of transport does not cost money?

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Why do some people not enjoy travelling?

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Which mode of transport is ideal for travelling between countries connected by land?

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Writing

Task 2. Write a descriptive essay about the most exciting experience of travelling that you had.

You should:

use Present Perfect Simple to share your experience;

link your ideas into paragraphs with three/four basic connectors;

punctuate your work correctly;

pay attention to the spelling of the words.
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