Catching up after a trip

Lead-in discussion

What was the last place you traveled to?

Did you have a good time? Use two adjectives to describe it.
How did you go there? Use some of the adjectives below to
describe the journey.

bumpy comfortable
rough pleasant

safe exhausting

How can you turn the adjectives "comfortable". "safe" and

"pleasant" into the negative by adding a prefix? Can you use
any of them to describe your trip?

Before listening

What kind of information do you share with your friends after

a trip? Read the list below, add other topics you usually share:

Money you spent Accomodation Landmarks

The weather People Food

More information: _______________________________

While listening

You'll hear two friends catching up after a trip. Listen and check which
topics from the list above they talk about and add others they mention.

Would you have this kind of conversation with a friend after a trip?

Listen and write down this information from the conversation:

Reasons why Jean Reasons why Dave

got a bit nervous felt a bit worried
at the beginning of at the beginning of
the phone call. his trip.

Description of Description of
Dave's apartment the city of
in Toronto. Toronto.

What's the "Path"? Would you like to visit it? Is there a similar place in
your city?

What's the "wind-chill" factor? How would you feel if you traveled to
Canada in winter?

Source: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/advanced-c1/catching-up-
after-a-trip
Use of language

Listen again and write what adjectives the speakers use to describe these
nouns:

stories
experience
situation
views
city
nature

Use those chunks to talk about your own travel experiences:

E.g.: "I remember one appalling story about... when visiting...Turns out..."

Have a look at these hesitation devices from the conversation. Why are
they used? Do you remember any of the situations in which they were
used?

Oh ... phew
urgh
So, as I was saying,..
wow
I mean...
umm
Hey
you know...
like...
 Think about your travel experiences and describe some of them using
these phrases from the conversation:

I had to pinch myself to prove

I wasn't dreaming.

One of the things I liked was

the multiculturalism.

I was too jet lagged.

Follow-up activity

After listening Dave describe his trip experience, would you like to
visit Toronto?

What did you like the most about his description? Did he mention
anything negative about his stay in Canada?

What other information would you like to know about a place before
visiting it?

How does Jean react to her friend's story? Is she interested in knowing
more details? How do you know?

Do your friends react in the same way when you're back from your trips?

Created by EFL Creative Ideas - Silvina Mascitti