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1 Leggi il brano e abbina i titoli ai tipi di vacanza descritti.
an activity holiday a beach holiday a camping holiday
Holiday ideas for this summer!
There are lots of great ways to spend your summer holidays in Britain. Paul O’Brien,
Megan Townsend and Phoebe Halshaw explain what they’re doing this summer.
Lake
District
The
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My family are camping in the Lake District. It’s a beautiful place in the
North of England. We’re sleeping in tents and cooking food at the camp.
We’re having a great time, but it’s cold in the tent at night and I wear
socks in my sleeping bag. Every day, we visit places in the area – you
can walk to the village of Ambleside in fifteen minutes. Ambleside is
near Lake Windermere and it’s a beautiful village. Dad is taking a lot of
photos because his new hobby is photography. Mum and I are learning
to kayak. We have kayaking lessons three mornings a week, but we wear a
wetsuit because the water is very cold!
Paul O’Brien
Brecon
Beacons
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I’m at The Holiday Village in the Brecon Beacons, in Wales. It’s an
activity holiday centre and we’re staying for six weeks because my dad’s
working here. He’s a rock climbing instructor. The Holiday Village is a
fantastic place. We’re staying in a cottage in the forest and doing lots of
different activities. It’s a very big place and my sister Lucy and I often
ride our bikes around the camp. When the weather is bad, we go to the
Games Centre and surf the Internet or play table tennis. We’re having
dance lessons, too. It’s great fun, but we can’t do it very well!
My dad works five days a week, but my mum often takes us into
Brecon. It’s a nice town and it’s got an old castle and a very small
cathedral, but my favourite place is The Ice Cream Bar. It’s in the centre
of town and the ice cream is great!
Megan Townsend
Torquay
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My family is staying in a hotel in Torquay this summer. Torquay is
a small town, but it’s got a beautiful, long beach. We swim every day
when the weather is nice. I can swim really well because I’m in the
school swimming team at home in Bristol. I’m also learning to windsurf.
Windsurfing is very difficult, but I can stand up on the surfboard now
and it’s great fun. I’m not windsurfing today because it’s raining – I’m
sitting in an Internet café and writing emails. The weather isn’t a problem
because there are lots of interesting places in the town. We sometimes
go bowling or visit the cinema and there’s a fantastic aquarium called
The Living Coast. But my favourite place is the Union Square Shopping
Centre. Why? Because I’ve got lots of new clothes now!
Phoebe Halshaw
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2 Rileggi il brano e completa le frasi.
and cooking food at the
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1 Paul is sleeping in a
2 He wears
at night because it’s
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3 Megan is living in an
centre for
weeks.
4 Megan and Lucy play
or
when the weather is bad.
5 Brecon has got an old
and a small
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6 Phoebe is sitting in an
and writing
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3 Leggi il brano ancora una volta e rispondi alle domande.
1 Where is The Lake District?
2 How does Paul’s family go to Ambleside?
3 What’s his dad interested in?
4 What is he learning to do with his mother?
5 What job does Megan’s dad do?
6 Where are they staying in the holiday centre?
7 What lessons is she having?
8 What is her favourite place in Brecon?
9 What can Phoebe do well?
10What is she learning to do in Torquay?
11What’s Phoebe’s favourite place in Torquay?
Focus on you
4 Rispondi alle domande sulle tue vacanze.
1 Where does your family usually go for the summer holidays?
3 What do you like about this place?
4 What sports do you do at this place?
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2 Where do you stay? (a hotel, a tent, a holiday cottage)
Writing
5 Scegli una delle vacanze dell’es. 1. Completa le frasi descrivendo quello che stai
facendo.
Where are you staying? (a tent, a holiday cottage, a hotel)
1
What places are you visiting? (towns, villages, castles, beaches)
2
What fun things are you doing? (bowling, going to the cinema, mountain biking,
learning to …)
3
Why do you like this place? (it’s beautiful, it’s got a …)
4
6 Scrivi un’e-mail (25 – 35 parole) a Paul, Megan o Phoebe descrivendo la tua
vacanza. Usa informazioni dall’es. 5.
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