Read the extracts and check the meaning of the words and phrases in bold in your dictionary

if necessary. Write P if the extract comes from a postcard/e-mail and B if it comes from a holiday brochure.

... here I am sitting in the warm sunshine with a cool drink, watching ... P

... a short walk from the city centre, this luxurious hotel has 400 rooms...

... trouble is you have to queue for ages for the most popular...

... there's absolutely no nightlife and absolutely nothing to do here except...

... unfortunately, our flight was delayed for three hours so we had to sit...

... or if you prefer self-catering accommodation, there are comfortable...

... there are plenty of excursions, where you will have the opportunity to visit...

... has spent most of his time in the swimming pool which is OK, but I'd like to...

...the beach is so crowded you have to get there very early in the morning if you...

... you can enjoy the peaceful and relaxing atmosphere of this beautiful old seaside town...

... and I have always wanted go on a cruise, so we decidedto get away for a couple of weeks...

... there is also a discount of 5% if you book your holiday online with us…

3 Put the words and phrases in bold into the following categories:

Ideal holiday Awful holiday Not sure/Either

A Tell your partner about a holiday you have had that was either very good or very bad. Use some of the phrases in exercise 2.

b Listen to your partner's story. Has anything similar ever happened to you?

Listening and speaking

The holiday from hell

* luxurious hotel close to beautiful sandy beach

* three swimming pools, tennis, golf and watersports

* three beach bars and first class restaurant

* average temperatures 28-30°C; average hours of

sunshine per day eight to nine hours

* flying time approximately eight and a half hours from

London

* airport just fifteen minutes by bus from the hotel

Last year Mark and Rosa saved up and booked their dream holiday in the Caribbean. Read what they read on the hotel website above.

Work in pairs, Student A and Student B. Act out the following conversation.

Student A: You are Mark/Rosa. Tell a friend about the holiday you are planning (you can invent extra details).

Student B: You are Mark/Rosa's friend. Ask about the holiday.

Where are you planning to go?

What’s the hotel like?

How long is the journey?

3 a T6.3 Unfortunately, Mark and Rosa's holiday was awful. Listen to Part 1 and make a list of the problems Mark and Rosa had:

• at the airport.

• during the flight.

b T6.4 What do you think happened next? Listen to Part 2 and make a note of the problems they had:

• when they arrived in the Caribbean. • at the hotel itself.

• with the hotel swimming pool. • with the weather.

• with the food at the hotel. • with the sea.

4 Complete as many gaps as you can to tell the story of Mark and Rosa's holiday. Then listen again to check.

Part 1

Mark and Rosa saved up for their dream holiday at a place called San Antonio in the Caribbean - but the dream was more like a nightmare! The holiday cost over (1)___ each, but they decided to go for (2)___ weeks in the month of (3)___ because they heard that the weather was (4) ___there at that time. The problems began when the flight was (5)___ because of bad weather and

they couldn't leave until (6)___. They finally got on the plane (7)___ hours late! Then, they couldn't fly to San Antonio because there was a (8)___ and they had to fly to the capital city instead, where they stayed in a (9)___ hotel next to the (10)___.

Part 2

The hotel was next to the sea, but it wasn't near a (11)___: the sea was so (12)___ you couldn't swim in it and the hotel swimming pool was full of (13)___! To make things worse, the food was terrible, too: for breakfast there were only different types of (14)___ and the lettuce bowl was full of (15)___ I The worst part was when the (16)___ arrived: they felt really (17)___ because of the wind and rain. Because of the weather they had to stay another (18) ___in the hotel with (19)___ to do. They finally arrived in San Antonio (20)___ days late – and someone told them the weather had been (21)___ all the time!

5 a Work in pairs, Student A and Student B. Mark and Rosa are talking to their friend again after the holiday. Start the conversation like this:

STUDENT A: So did you have a good holiday then?

STUDENT B: NO, it was awful! It was a nightmare!

STUDENT A: Why? What happened?

b What do you think was the worst part of the holiday?

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