Unit 6. Travel Tales

  

Vocabulary

VOCABULARY PRESENTATION

Transport - vocabulary, by Michaela Jílková
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Prepositions of movement
Grammar

Past Simple and Past Continuous

Sentences to translate

More sentences to translate (Past simple/Past Continuous)


Videos

About San Francisco




 

The mission

The Mission is one of the ________________ neighborhoods in the city.

It was founded by Spanish-Mexican missionaries in _________________

There are world famous murals that speak for the local Latino population.

Question: Who grew up in the mission?

Fisherman’s Wharf.

You can take a ___________________ to Fisherman’s Wharf. From as far back as the gold Rush it has been the center of ________________   ________________

At Pier 39 you can see _________________   __________________

Haight-Ashbury

It is a national symbol of the 1960’ counter-culture. This was the epicenter of the Hippie revolution known as “____     ______________    ___    ____________”.  There, street musicians rock out.

Question: who performed in Haight in the 60s?

Golden Gate Park 

Stroll through Golden Gate Park, The 19^th century saw the locals back……

At over a ____________ acres, it’s one of the __________________and most popular national parks in the ___________________. It has thirteen million visitors a year.

The Castro

Transformed from a working class neighborhood, it has become a a Gay district.

CADAQUÉS

Cadaqués is a famous __________ village

In the harbor you can see __________

Houses have ________ doors.

Dalí was an artist who lived in _________ 

Task 1

Imagine that you went to San francisco or Cadaqués or somewhere else last weekend. Now write an e-mail to a friend about your trip and tell him or her an anecdote. Follow the writing guide below:

Introduction

Dear ......, 

I am writing to you to tell you about my trip to ........... because something very............... happened to us. 

1st Paragraph

Last .... I went to .... with..... We wanted to ....

2nd Paragraph

At first,  we were ...-ing.... and .....
Suddenly ........ and .....

3rd Paragraph

After that...
Then, ...
In the end ...
Fortunately.../Unfortunately...

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Task 2
Prepare a leaflet or a video about your favourite town.