Reading Task

1.When you are travelling overseas, it’s a good idea to stay at youth hostels, where the accommodation is cheap but comfortable.

2. You will find it beneficial to plan your holiday and work out a budget long before you travel.

3. Most travel agents can provide information on what visas are required and can usually tell you about any low prices they have on fares or hotels.

4. For some destinations, you need to acquire an entry visa before you leave your own country.

5. I recommend you buy travel insurance, which will pay any medical expenses you have while you are overseas because getting sick in a foreign country can cost a lot of money.

While traveling, people would

meet many kinds of difficulties, some

are unforgettable, some are

embarrassed. Can you guess what

would happen to the travelers?

Lead-in

A: Maybe, someone would forget the

time to his flight.

B: Maybe someone would carry some goods that are forbidden in plane.

C: Maybe, someone would lose

himself, what’s worse, he can’t

communicate with others.

Reading Please find the problems that each

traveler has.

1: Tom traveled by air for his first

time. But he didn’t know that he

should change his transit card. So, he

was stopped by the officers at the

airport. The plane was 30 minutes late

leaving for this.

2: In second story, Sally, who was

going to overseas on short holiday.

She needed to take some medicine.

But a custom officer stopped her and

wanted to check her suitcase.

3: Paul went for a walk alone without

telling others to the countryside

around a small village. Unfortunately,

he hurt his ankle and couldn’t get

back to the village. Later, a young

man saved him.

4: Donna’s problem was that she was

traveling in a foreign country with T-

shirt and shorts, she was surrounded by

some people, she was frightened to flee.

It is a very religious town and the people

didn’t approve of women walking

around in clothes that didn’t cover them

properly.

Exercise

What problems did each traveller h

ave? Did you guess correctly? What s

hould they have done to avoid the pr

oblems? Complete the follow diagra

m.

Problem Things they should have done

Tom

Sally

He should have

asked what the cards

they were handing

out were for.

He did not obtain

transit card when

he changed

planes at

Heathrow.She was stopped

at the customs

because she was

carrying drugs

without a doctor’s

prescription.

She should have left

the pills in their

original bottle. To be

safer, she could have

asked her doctor for a

letter .

Problem Things they should have done

Paul

Donna

He has an accident in an isolated place and

couldn’t walk.

He should have told someone where he was going and when he would be back. Then when he didn’t get back, they would have known where to search for him.

She offended some of the people in the town she was visiting by wearing inappropriate

clothes.

She should have found out about local customs and followed them

Look at the question 2 on Page 84.

make sure you know what you have to do. If you don’t know what to do, ask somesome.

carry a doctor’s letter that explains this.

1. When changing planes, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________.2. If you have to take special medicine while travelling overseas, _________________________________________.

3. If travelling alone, _________________

___________________________________

____________________________.

4. When travelling, always wear ________

___________________________________

______________.

always let someone know where you are going and when you will arrive there.

clothes that the local people will fine acceptable.

Writing

Try to write a story about the

experience on travel according to the

four pictures.

1 2

3

4

A sample of homework Last year, I received My uncle’s lett

er, he invited me to visit his factory, h

e worked in Australia. I’m very glad t

o travel abroad. My aunt knew the ne

ws, so she prepared some delicious foo

d for my uncle. At airport, she passed

me the box full of

food, and she asked me to remember

her to my uncle.

When I was passing the gate to the

plane, a custom officer stopped me, he

wanted to check my suitcase. He

found the food box in my suitcase. “

Oh, these are food.” I said. He said,

remeber sb. to sb. 代某人问候某人

“Sorry, Madam, these are forbidden to

take to the airplane.” “ But, why?

These are only food” I asked. He

pointed the notice on the wall. Then I

read the notice “All food, plant

material and animal products will be

inspected on arrival in Australia.

Prohibited items will be destroyed.”

At last, what I can do was sitting at

the airport and tried to eat all the foo

d quickly in case I can get on the pla

ne. That was an unforgettable experi

ence.

Listening Task

Guess what Sandra’s relationship to

Brian is.

Answer questions.

1. What does Tina want to do?

2. Why is Sandra worried about this?

3. What does Brian think about Tina’s

plan?

4. What does Brian suggest Tina should

do until she has more experience of

traveling?

Homework

Talk about what you have experienced

when traveling.