Essential English for Traveling: Airports, Hotels & Holidays ✈️🏝️
IAre you ready for a holiday? Do you know how to talk about your travel adventures in English? ✈️🌍
📝 Transcript
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Hello, people who travel. Welcome to show number 10. I am Anna and I am Lucas. Today we will go on an exciting trip.
Yes, it does. It feels like new, clean air, like leaving work and feeling the sun on your face for the first time.
Please imagine you are not traveling to work. You are not washing plates. You are not at a desk with bright lights above.
Yes. We have a full travel plan ready. We will begin by looking at why people choose holidays, like the old fight between going to the beach or the mountains, right?
For me, when I close my eyes and think about a holiday, my mind quickly thinks of the seaside.
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📖 Vocabulary
Key vocabulary from this episode with part of speech, meaning, and example sentences. Practice along with the video above.
an exciting and sometimes dangerous experience or journey
Going on a safari in Africa is a real adventure.
a detailed and thorough study or discussion of a topic
Today's podcast is a deep dive into travel experiences.
a plan of a journey, including the route and places you will visit
Our itinerary includes visiting three cities in one week.
a place to live or stay, especially on holiday or for study
We booked our accommodation, a small hotel, for the trip.
the careful organization of a complicated activity like a trip
The logistics of planning a big family holiday can be difficult.
a place or state of transition, being between one stage and the next
An airport is a liminal space because you are not home and not yet at your destination.
a verb tense used to describe actions that were happening over a period of time in the past
I was swimming when the phone rang.
something you buy or keep to remember a place or an event
I bought a small magnet as a souvenir from Paris.
a state of complete disorder and confusion
The airport was in chaos after all the flights were delayed.
| Word | Type | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| adventure | noun | an exciting and sometimes dangerous experience or journey | Going on a safari in Africa is a real adventure. |
| deep dive | phrase | a detailed and thorough study or discussion of a topic | Today's podcast is a deep dive into travel experiences. |
| itinerary | noun | a plan of a journey, including the route and places you will visit | Our itinerary includes visiting three cities in one week. |
| accommodation | noun | a place to live or stay, especially on holiday or for study | We booked our accommodation, a small hotel, for the trip. |
| logistics | noun | the careful organization of a complicated activity like a trip | The logistics of planning a big family holiday can be difficult. |
| essential | adjective | completely necessary; very important | Sunscreen is essential for a beach holiday. |
| liminal space | phrase | a place or state of transition, being between one stage and the next | An airport is a liminal space because you are not home and not yet at your destination. |
| past continuous | grammar term | a verb tense used to describe actions that were happening over a period of time in the past | I was swimming when the phone rang. |
| souvenir | noun | something you buy or keep to remember a place or an event | I bought a small magnet as a souvenir from Paris. |
| chaos | noun | a state of complete disorder and confusion | The airport was in chaos after all the flights were delayed. |
✏️ Exercises
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I ___ (swim) in the sea when I saw a big fish.
Going on a safari in Africa is a real ___.
She ___ (read) a book when the phone rang.
Before our trip, we made a detailed ___ of all the places we wanted to visit.
We ___ (wait) for the bus when it started to rain.
For our holiday, we need to find some good ___ near the beach.
The bear ___ (eat) their sandwiches when they unzipped the tent.
Sunscreen is ___ for a beach holiday to protect your skin.
While I ___ (run) to the gate, I dropped my passport.
I always buy a small ___ to remember my trips.
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