Going on a trip

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Objectives

 First

Identify and apply the common vocabulary used in the planning and execution of a vacation trip.

Second

  
Talk about short, fun activities and trips alone or with the family.

 Short Reading about the topic.

The importance of taking vacations 

Daily life involves many routines and monotony, work, caring for children, preparing them for school, etc. That is why it is necessary to break the patterns from time to time and give yourself a few days off, of absolute relaxation and recreation.

Some statistics show that people are happier with their husbands and their professional lives when they take vacations frequently. This is because having vacations breaks the schemes and improves the mood. Also for those who suffer from sleep disorders, it has been shown that vacations are a great help because they manage to sleep better.

A change of place and rhythm brings great benefits. The change of environment tends to be a relief when someone goes on vacation, knowing that you will not have to get up to prepare breakfast, it will not even need to get up early. This simple idea helps to relax and eliminate stress.

Being on vacation allows you to do the activities that you like the most. You can do outdoor activities such as hiking, swimming, climbing a hill, or practice some sport, which will make you feel better psychically and physically.

Sometimes the vacations that we need are to give us a free time, without pressure or routines, so going somewhere where you can rest without pressure would be ideal. Taking scheduled tours many times you may get tired, as you must meet schedules, get up early and travel all day to get to know more places, although in that sense they are worth it, giving you a panoramic view of what is tourist and you should not lose.

For this, plan your vacation according to what you need: Do you want to travel and know tourist places? o Do you want to rest and recharge your batteries for the rest of the year?

Traducción del artículo:

Soto, G. (s.f). La importancia de tomar vacaciones. Blog Vix. Recuperado de: https://www.vix.com/es/imj/salud/2011/07/10/la-importancia-de-tomar-vacaciones

 

Description of the topic

This is a very interesting topic because it helps us to apply English in a different way and also because we acquire tools to develop ourselves more easily when we organize our vacations abroad. Remember English is the universal language and ¡everything is possible!

Excercises

1. Tanslation

Trip: Viaje

Journey: Viaje, trayecto, ruta

Visa: es una autorización condicionada que otorga un país, típicamente a un ciudadano extranjero, para entrar y permanecer temporalmente en dicho país, o para abandonarlo.

Travel: Viajar

Vacancy: Vacante

Arrangement: arreglo 

Holidays: Vacaciones

  2. Differences between trip, journey, travel and voyage

 Tomado de:

Silaingles. (s.f) Diferencias entre trip, journey, travel y voyage. Blog. Recuperado de: https://www.aprendeinglessila.com/2015/10/diferencia-travel-trip-voyage-journey/

3. Organize your vacations. 

Please follow these steps to organize your vacations


 Plan where you will go

Prepare reservations 

Make sure you have the help you need

Learn some phrases

Enjoy your trip

4. Practice

Choose the word according to the sentence.

Journey
Travel
Travels
Trip
Voyage

-It was quite a long _____________ to the Shetlands Islands: It took us two days to go there!

-This year, Kate will go to the British Museum for her class _______________. 

- It won't be very long : the ___________only takes two hours and we'll be back before dark. 

-News _____________fast round here, Jane is already aware! 

-We went on a cruise last year, the __________ took 6 weeks to South Africa. 

-How will you______________ to London? By train, I think, it's cheaper. 

-Sorry, I won't be there next week: I'll be off on another business ______________! 

-London is only a very short _____________from Wimbledon. 

-My _____________to Kelly's school takes about 30 minutes by car. 

-He's a great sailor : we followed his ________alone in a boat across the Pacific on the Internet. 

Tomado de:

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-33711.php

 

5. More Practice

You can practice the lesson here:

http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/exercises/travel-trip-journey_quiz1.html

Vídeo:

 

Hugs and blessings.

Aldamaris Ubaque Martín.