3.5 WE’RE BACK!
Write an email about a travel experience
W ordering events
1 C READ FOR DETAIL Read again and number the events in the order they happened (1–6). Scott had an accident. The family took a flight from the mountain. The flight left the airport late. It wasn’t possible to ride up the mountain. Amal realised something was missing. The weather was better. REVIEW 1 Can you remember the four idioms? Make a sentence with each one. 2 Where did Alastair Humphreys go? How did he travel? How long did it take him? 3 Can you remember at least one adjective with each prefix, un- , im- , dis- or in- ? To: Cleo Subject: We’re back! Hi Cleo, How are you? Thanks for feeding the cat. We’re home, but we had some problems on our holiday. First, bad weather delayed our flight. We arrived at the chalet in the middle of the night, so the next morning we were really tired. After breakfast, we went to the ski lifts, but they were closed because it was too windy. The following day, it wasn’t so windy and we had a great time on the slopes in the morning. Then, we stopped for some lunch, but when I wanted to pay I couldn’t find my wallet! Luckily, a kind person found it on the ski slope that evening and handed it in. Two days later, the real disaster happened. We were skiing down a busy slope when Scott fell over and broke his leg. In the end, we had to fly to the local hospital in a helicopter. At least we enjoyed the amazing views from the helicopter! But poor Scott’s leg is in plaster for the next six weeks. I’ll call you tomorrow. Amal WRITING Write an email about a travel experience A SPEAK What kind of problems do people have on holiday? B SKIM Read Amal’s email. How many things went wrong? How many good things happened?
D Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Use the information in the box to help you. Ordering events When you write about an experience, use sequencing words to help readers follow the order of events. after finally first hours morning next then 1 , we missed the coach, so we had to take a taxi. 2 The following , I got the correct visa and crossed the border on foot. 3 The day, we woke up early. 4 We drove for four hours, and stopped for some lunch. After that, we got back in the car. Five later, we arrived! 5 It was a long journey. First, we took a bus to the airport. Then we took a three-hour flight. , we took a taxi to our hotel. 6 a quick lunch, we set off walking again. E SPEAK Work in pairs. Tell your partner about your day/week so far. Use sequencing words. WRITING TASK A PLAN You are going to write an email to a friend about a travel experience. Think about the following: First
1 Was it good or bad? 2 Where were you and who were you with?
3 What happened? 4 How did it end?
B WRITE Write an email to a friend. When you finish, complete the checklist. I included an informal greeting and an informal sign-off I used sequencing words and phrases to order the events I checked my spelling, vocabulary and grammar
SPEAK Work in pairs. Answer the questions without looking at the previous lessons. Then review, practise and test your knowledge.
4 Can you remember five verbs followed by verb + -ing and five followed by to + infinitive? 5 What phrases can we use to look at different sides of an argument? 6 What went wrong on Amal’s holiday? What happened to Scott?
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