Unit 2 – Travellers’ tales

2A – Reading and vocabulary – The power of tourism

- Vocabulary: Travel
+ get off the beaten track, see the sights, soak up the sun, take time out, take part in guided tours, get to know
people, escape the crowds [+ example]. Word list (Workbook) / Cambridge / Oxford (online)
New words/phrases Example
get off the beaten track ….

- Vocabulary insight: compound nouns: travel

+ travel destination, national park, public transport, package holiday, tour guide, beach resort, tourist trap
2B – Grammar and listening – Memorable journeys
- Grammar: Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect [usage, form, example] [Grammar Reference]
Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect
Usage & Example
Form
2C – Listening, speaking and vocabulary – One journey, different travellers
- Vocabulary insight: Types of journey
+ trek, voyage, expedition, trip, flight, tour, excursion [+ meaning + example]. Word list (Workbook) / Cambridge /
Oxford (online)
New words Meaning Example
trek ….

- Everyday English: Persuading and negotiating

+ Persuading and negotiating [form + example]
+ Reaching agreement [form + example]

2D – Culture, vocabulary, and grammar – America on the move

- Vocabulary: Verbs + preposition (Travel) [phrase + example]
+ [….]
- Grammar: used to/would [usage + example]
+ […]
2E – Writing – A story
- Writing strategy: Starting a story

- Vocabulary: Ordering events in a story