Where have you been? Where have you
travelled?
As tourism students, you are all interested in
travelling and enjoy discussing your experiences in far off places and in
different cultures. Today, we are going
to learn how to correctly discuss travel experiences in English using correct
grammar and phrasing.
Common Vocabulary of Travel
-
Vacation (US)/ Holiday (GB): these are
considered as leisurely trips, one where relaxation or fun are the main goals. They can be long or short but are never
considered as difficult or extremely life changing.
*Be
careful not to confuse the two, in America, a holiday is a special occasion
such as Christmas, President’s Day, Thanksgiving, etc…
“I was on vacation in
California last week.”
“We took a vacation to Mexico
two years ago.”
“The French often are on
holiday during the month of August.”
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Trips/Cruises: trips are another way of
saying vacation or holiday but can be used for a specific type of vacation such
as a road-trip or a vacation on a ship.
Road-trips can be taken in any sort of vehicle from a car or motorcycle
to a bus or camper/RV. Cruises are often
themed such as cruises for senior citizens, families, singles, adventure or
sight-seeing cruises.
“We took a cross-country
road-trip last summer, it was an adventure.”
“We are going on a sight-seeing
cruise to Alaska next week.”
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Journeys and Voyages: these are the most commonly misused terms by students
of English. Journeys and Voyages are
long and often difficult, the main purpose of these trips are not usually for
relaxation.
Journeys are often seen as long trips with multiple
stops:
“I took a
backpacking trip to Europe, it was a real journey.”
“Marco Polo
journeyed to China.”
Voyages are similar but are on boats.
“Christopher
Columbus took a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to discover new land.”
Activity
Ask your partner questions to find out where they have been and where
they want to go, use the follow up questions to enrich the responses and
conversation. Be sure to take notes
because you will be presenting your partner to the rest of the class.
“Where have you been?” “Where
would you like to go?”
You can ask
this question many different ways: You
can ask this question in many different ways:
Where have you travelled to? Where
is your dream destination to travel to?
Where have you lived? Where
do you plan on visiting next?
What countries/cities have you visited? Where
is a place that you haven’t been that you would like to go?
Where are you from?
Follow-up Questions Follow-up
Questions
What did you eat there?/ What did you do there? Why do you want to visit there?
How many times have you visited this place? How do you plan on getting there?
How did you get there/ how long did it take? How long are you going for?
Was it expensive? What
will you be doing while you are there?
Where is the worst place you’ve been to? Do you prefer to travel for leisure,
touristic sites or adventure?
Where is the best place you’ve been to?
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