Go to Script | Idioms Quiz | Gap-fill Exercise
1. Warm Up
Finding cheap hotels with some nice amenities is often important to budget travelers like international students. Youth hostels, traditional inns, and pensions are also possible accommodations that would suit travelers. Listen to this conversation on the topic. What problems to Ryan and Alex encounter on their trip?
2. Conversation
Pronunciation Tip: DO YOU changes to DO YA or DYA.
Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. Alex and Sarah run into each other at college after not having seen each other for six months since they finished a study abroad program.
3. Retelling the Story
Instructions: Retell the story above using the vocabulary you have learned. Explain how the man feels about his recent trip and what he might do differently in the future .
4. Expanding Your Learning
Instructions: Select one or more of the activities below to expand your understanding and use of the slang studied in this unit.
- Discussion: Talk with a partner about the best ways to find cheap hotels or accommodations to your city.
- Improvisation: Give your partner(s) a new vocabulary word from this unit and ask the partner to think up a sentence or more with the slang used in context. Sharing something from personal experience will make the activity more real and interesting to the listeners.
- Writing: Write a descriptive paragraph or essay about a hotel you stayed at during a vacation. What was they place like? What accommodations did it have or didn’t have that you were expecting?
- Real Speak: Interview a native speaker at your school or in the local community about what things to look for in different accommodations in your area (e.g., hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, inn, youth hostel, pension, etc.).
- Internet Search: Conduct an Internet search of three types of accommodations in a city you are interested in visiting. Compare prices, room amenities, and location. Report your findings to your class.