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Travel Vocabulary - Tell me your Plans

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Tue, 11/24/2009 - 08:11 — Chris McCarthy

Holiday season is fast approaching with many of us enjoying time off from school or work over the Christmas and New Year period. Some of us will be going back to our hometowns to visit family or perhaps taking a vacation. Personally, I'll be leaving Malta for two weeks to go back to my hometown, Cardiff in the  UK. I already have my plane tickets and I don't have to worry about hotels because I'll be staying with family. I can't wait!

So how about you, are you planning to go anywhere this winter? How will you spend the Christmas period? Are there are places in your country where people traditionally go over the New Year?

While we are on the subject, complete the following travel sentences with the missing words. Please ask if you have any questions.

Chris

Link: English in the hotel

  • 1 - We should ___ our flight before it sells out.





  • 2 - You can ___ some euros for dollars in this bank.





  • 3 - I thought we would arrive a 6, but the pilot said we should ___ in Barcelona at 7am.





  • 4 - The train was quiet. There were not many other ___ on it.





  • 5 - There was no time to go ___ on my business trip to Berlin.





  • 6 - On my last day I bought some ___ for my family and friends back home from the market.





  • 7 - My favourite ___ was Montmartre, but there are plenty of other great places to visit.





  • 8 - She arrived with 10kg of ___ baggage and was charged for carrying more weight than is permitted.





  • 9 - Jet ___ is the feeling of tiredness after taking a very long flight.





  • 10 - I usually travel ___ because I don't like taking heavy bags with me.









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Comments

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 08:46 — grivna

Vacation lesson

Thanks a lot, Chris. There seems to be a misprint in the word like "vacation" (3 line).

I am not going to go anywhere, just having fun with my family in Moscow. Hopefully, it will be snow by then, because now we are having the most wet fall (warm and rainy).

Sleighing and skating - nothing very interesting.

Jet lag was a new word for me. By the way, it is not only tiredness, but having a different time in the destination point (as far as I understood).

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 13:02 — over

I hope it will snow too :)

+4 Celsius degrees and a rain in Moscow. I hate the weather like this. Especially in the last week of the autumn.

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 09:12 — mothibe.L

Thanks Chris

Lucas Mothibe

Good stuff Chris

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 09:46 — papasforever

9/10

I made number 8 wrong.Could you explain me the words and which is the right one from them and why?

I don't plan on going anywhere these X-mas,because I will be taking english courses for proficiency of Michigan (It will be a tough winter),plus,I will be working as an assistant in a shop.

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 10:07 — Chris McCarthy

RE: Question 8

The word excess in this context means more than is allowed. Excess baggage is a noun. It means that the weight of your luggage is heavier than the limit set by the airline. You must therefor pay an extra amount of money for your excess baggage. Airlines, I believe, charge per kilo of excess baggage.

access means 'the method or possibility of getting near to a place or person'.
accept to 'agree to take something'.
except means 'not including'.

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 10:31 — ynastia

Travel vocabulary

I liked this lesson. I've heard the phrase "jet lag" before and my memory served me right that was why I picked the right answer. Smile I wasn't certain about "travel light" but I thought it suited best. Let's summarize: a good memory and a little bit of luck and I've got 10/10. Smile
As regards my plans, at first I planned to go somewhere at Christmas, but there was a possibility that my grandparents could come to us from Nizhny Novgorod (Russia). I hadn't seen them for ages that was why I cancelled all plans. But it seems now that they will come in spring. It turns out that I am without any plans. Smile But maybe I will think something up.
Thank you for new vocabulary, Chris.
Have a nice day to all! Smile

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 12:10 — queenmother

tell me plans

3 days to Australia to visit my son !
I usually travel light, but this time I think I'll have some kg of excess baggage. Of course, I'll get over jet lag, but I'll never get used to having Christmas in summer!
Chris, enjoy your staying with family!

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 12:44 — over

2 mistakes

excess baggage
sightseeing

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 13:13 — geofatma

9/1o

fantastic travel vocabulary. Applause

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 16:16 — Yura

Travel Plans

Thank you for the Lesson! Very nice Vocabulary. Smile
I didn't know - jet lag - what is it? and all words in #8 - new for me. Worried
I usually go travelling in summer. Cool And all winter's holiday I spend with my family. But I have a dream - to go to the north of Finland - where I could find the snow, the skies, the sledges and Santa Claus. Party

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 16:48 — Natalysmart

jet lag is new for me and

jet lag is new for me and #8- all words are new, thanks for the explanation of them. In the introduction misprint maybe- Are there are, and in 3- at 6.I'm not sure about Christmas holidays, we haven't got a lot of days-off, we work, only some days maybe, so I might stay at home

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 18:59 — omar-100

I am palning to visit Greec

I am palning to visit Greec i have never been there but i'd like to visit this country becuase many people describe it as a fantastic country it has a mazing ilands and full of old buildings.
In my county few people travel out board .

Wed, 11/25/2009 - 08:40 — Nino Mindiashvili

I'm going nowhere just staying at home

only one mistake and new words too, such lessons will be very useful for me and of course thanks to ECteam for these Kiss

Fri, 11/27/2009 - 10:27 — myvacations

Tell me your Plans

Berlin.. with the family and friends. A wonderful holidays are coming ahead:). My sister is planning for the ancient city the one and only.. venice

Sat, 11/28/2009 - 18:02 — mnovak

a lot of mistakes

I made 5 mistakes but than I llooked in my dictionary and I found meaning of those words.
Thanks a lot.
Many of us are going to mountines and the others are going to the seaside altough the majority stay at home whit their family.
I wish you a great hollidays.

Sat, 11/28/2009 - 18:13 — dil

vocabulary

Hi Guys, I found it's really nice to learn something new like jet bag,
I hope I'll keep the reading all your lessons, thanks,
regards

Sat, 01/09/2010 - 01:11 — Bishoyking

My plans

i think my plans were to see Dubai this winter
i heard about the shopping festival there & the opening of the world's tallest building & the man maid palm shaped island
i think it's a beautiful place to see

Sun, 01/10/2010 - 20:58 — job_roks

just having fun with my

just having fun with my family in Moscow. Hopefully, it will be snow by then, because now we are having the most wet fall

Sun, 01/10/2010 - 22:09 — rose85

good

good Batting Eyelashes

Fri, 02/12/2010 - 11:24 — meldron

My Plans

I'm not planning to go anywhere this winter. But I hope that I'll be able to spend two weeks in the middle of summer with my friends travelling by bicycles around Ladoga Lake.
Andrey