Collection of ideas /keywords on travelling and a good starting point for class discussion

1. Travelling

2. TRAVELLING
How Types
Luggage
(types and content)
Accommodation
What to see/visit
People
Danger
Why
Where

3. TRAVELLING
How Types
Luggage
(types and content)
Accommodation
What to see/visit
People
Danger
trip, tour, excursion,
cruise, journey,
voyage, expedition
rucksack,
suitcase, travel
bag/holdall;
clothes, shoes,
documents,
money, toiletries
Tourist, traveller, trekker,
passenger, explorer;
guide, taxi-driver,
receptionist, maid, porter,
chef, waiter, pilot,
stewardess, captain
Hotel, motel, B&B, hostel,
camp; full board, half
board; single room,
double room
SIGHTS (to go on a
sightseeing tour):
church, cathedral,
mosque, tower,
bridge, palace,
castle, museum,
gallery;
Scenery/landscape;
To admire the view
of, to take pictures
By car/bus /coach / train
By motorcycle/ bike
By boat/ship/ferry
On foot/ horseback
To hitchhike
Get ill/sick (infections) or injured
Get mugged/ robbed/ killed
Losing money, luggage, documents
Why
To see, visit new places,
To learn about other
cultures, lifestyles
To study
To relax
To do business
To experience new things
To play sports (go skiing,
go hiking, go
swimming…)
Where
abroad / in your country
to the mountains
to the seaside
to towns and cities
to spend a holiday (at spa, at ski
resort,

4. What about you
1. When did you last travel?
2. Where did you go?
3. Why did you go?
4. How did you travel?
5. How did you pack you luggage?
6. What did you take with you?
7. Is there something you can‘t travel without? Why?
8. Where did you stay? What did you like/ dislike about
your accommodation?
9. What did you visit?
10.What were the people you met like (friendly, helpful,
annoying)?
11.Did you experience any problems?