Unit 7 Page 71 Lesson C3A

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3 Listening and speaking. It’s good to travel.

A, Look at these sentences about travel. How would you complete them? Then listen to Michael and Diana. Are any of your ideas the same?

Do you do a lot of traveling?

Oh, yes. I love traveling, seeing new places, meeting new people.

So, where do you usually go? Do you go to Europe or?

Yeah. Europe mainly. France, Spain, Italy, I love Italy. I always have a good time there. I think it’s good to travel. Everyone should travel to a foreign country sometime, even if it’s only once.

Yeah, I agree. You know, most people don’t even have a passport.

I know. And some people go abroad, and they think everybody should speak English. They don’t even try and learn the language. I hate that.

Me too. I think everyone should learn another language.

Yeah. It’s fun to learn languages, but I guess some people just aren’t interested.

Right. And you know, when you learn a language, you learn about the culture, too.

Exactly. They should teach us more in school, I guess. Like world cultures should be a required class in high school.

So, when you go on your trips, do you like to go with somebody?

Yeah. I always think it’s a good idea to travel with a friend. I mean, it’s fun to go with somebody else.

Yeah, it is.

And another thing, I always do some research before I go. I think you should read a lot about a place before you go there. So you can really enjoy it and get to know it.

Yeah, so you know what to do, where to go, right?

Exactly.

Where to eat.

Yeah. I always look for good local restaurants. It’s nice to try the local food in a new country. I hate tourist restaurants.

Because you’re not a tourist, right?

No, I’m a, a traveler.