Warming up & Speaking Warming up & Speaking

a place to which someone is going, esp. at the end of a long journey 旅游目的地 What is a destination? Definition Definition What is your favourite destinations?

Guessing games

The Potala in Tibet

Terracotta (China)

Pyramids

Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)

New York The statue of Liberty New York The statue of Liberty

Himalayas

Denmark Mermaid

Paris

Brazil

Venice

Sydney kangaroo

London

Imagine that you are offered a free air ticket that lets you travel around the world and make five stops along the way. Where would you go and why? Draw your flight line on the map and mark the cities you want to visit. Oral task

Australia New Zealand America Canada Egypt England China France Japan Brazil Greece Russia Greenland

Place Reasons or enjoyment Greece Iraq Mexico one of the oldest civilizations used to have the best art and literature the Olympic Games / grand temples… the site of another ancient civilization museums with valuable cultural relics the Hanging Gardens, the seven wonders cultural relics by Maya Civilization the Sun Temple A history trip: history, culture and places

Place Reasons or enjoyment Brazil the South Pacific Greenland visit rainforests (strange and beautiful plants and animals) an island paradise see the sea, enjoy the sun, have fun on the beach, swim in the sea be cool and cold with ice and snow A nature trip: mystery and beauty of nature

When we’re travelling, we may meet something dissatisfying. In this case usually we make complaints( 抱怨, 投诉 ) and hope that somebody will apologise to us and make explanations. Oral practice

Useful expressions 表示抱怨 I hate to have to say this, but… Could you do something about it? That’s too bad. I’m totally unsatisfied with the service here. Something has to be done to solve the problem. I can’t stand it any more. That’s just too much. Something must be done about the service here. Why don’t you do something about it? Useful expressions 表示抱怨 I hate to have to say this, but… Could you do something about it? That’s too bad. I’m totally unsatisfied with the service here. Something has to be done to solve the problem. I can’t stand it any more. That’s just too much. Something must be done about the service here. Why don’t you do something about it?

表示关切和道歉 I am so sorry. I’ll look into it at once. I hope it’s nothing serious. Please tell me what’s the matter. I apologize for troubling you so much. I’ll do everything I can to help you. I’m sorry but I didn’t mean to… It’s really a pity.

Work in pairs. Use the role cards below to act out the situations. Speaking

Sample dialogues B: Good morning! How can I help you? A: I’m sorry to say that I’m very unhappy about your service. I flew from Chengdu to Hangzhou and it was the worst flight of my life.

B: I’m sorry to hear that. Please tell me what happened and I’ll see what I can do about it. A: Well, first of all, your airline lost one of my bags. I asked for help, but the people at the airport were very

rude. I hate to have to say this, but I think that they are unfriendly and impolite. They just said that they couldn’t do anything about it and that it was my responsibility to look for the bag.

B: Hmm, I agree that they didn’t do their job. I will mention this to my boss so that he can talk to them. Did you find the bag? A: Yes, I did, but it took more than three hours. What’s worse, My plane was two hours late.As a result I was late for an important meeting!

B: Well, sometimes flights are changed. It can be because of the weather or some other problems. We can’t be always sure that the plane will take off on time. A: Why didn’t you tell me the truth? When I book the ticket, I explained

that I had to get there on time and you said it was no problem. B: I’m sorry, we cannot control things like the weather. A: And the food on the plane was terrible.