Find someone who Quickly ask and answer questions with a partner Write your partner's name on the line if they answer “yes” to the question Questions: Have you ? Do you like/prefer/get/own ? Are you ? Can you ? Has gotten lost while traveling _ Likes to go camping _ Has hitchhiked _ Prefers summer vacations _ Has been to Europe _ Likes to travel alone _ Is going on vacation this winter _ Has been to the USA _ Has seen a volcano _ 10 Has traveled by airplane more than 10times _ 11 Can speak languages _ 12 Has to travel for business often _ 13 Likes to go on organized tours _ 14 Has ridden on an elephant _ 15 Can drive a speedboat or sail a sailboat _ 16 Likes to go scuba diving _ 17 Has been to more than foreign countries _ 18 Gets motion sickness _ 19 Is wearing clothing from a foreign country _ 20 Owns a guidebook for a foreign country _ Lonely Planet travel guide in fraud scandal! The Lonely Planet company has been by claims of poor research and low pay Author Thomas Kohnstamm, writer of nearly a Lonely Planet guides, has ‘revealed all’ in a book of his own about life as a travel writer In “Do Travel Writers Go To Hell?” he tells an of his three years in South America He that he made up large parts of the Lonely Planet book on Brazil and didn’t even visit Colombia "They didn't pay me to go Colombia," he said He : "I wrote the book in San Francisco I got the information from a I was dating – an in the Colombian consulate.” He claims he spent more time women and accepting gifts from restaurant owners than checking on train timetables and menus He also said he had to sell drugs to while on the road Lonely Planet's publisher has stated that “All Lonely Planet guidebooks are the result of research and draw from the knowledge of a global travel community….If it's in the guidebook our authors have been there.” Lonely Planet said it had reviewed Kohnstamm's guidebooks but did not find any in them 1) Vocabulary Match Chasing _ a Stunned, Surprised, Shocked Revealed _ b Tell the truth Intern _ c 12 things Account _ d Sufficient, Plenty Travel Guide _ e Independent Chick _ f Uncover, Make public Rocked _ g Helps plan a trip Make ends meet _ h Woman, Girl (informal) Collective _ i Story, Report 10 Dozen _ j A student or beginner worker 11 Enough _ k Working on location 12 Inaccuracies _ l Running after 13 On-the-ground _ m Mistakes 14 Confess _ n Shared, a Group 15 Freelance _ o Have enough money to live 2) Write a Quiz Write challenging quiz questions and answers about the article with a partner then test partners from a different group | a) b) c) | a) b) c) | a) b) c) Role-play 3) Here are scenarios about bad things that could happen while traveling Choose scenarios with a partner and prepare short role-plays You get in a car crash with your rental car You have to call the rental company and explain what happened You get sent to jail while traveling abroad Call your consulate, explain the situation and ask for advice There is a sudden natural disaster where you are traveling What you do? Who helps you? You've broken your leg while hiking How you get help? You left your suitcase in a taxi What was in it? How you get it back? Your hotel has canceled your reservation and no other hotel in the city has a room available What you do? You lose your wallet, it had everything in it What you do? Your child goes missing What you do? 4) Rank Which of these countries would you like to travel around to research for a guidebook? Rank the countries from 10 (would love to research) to (zero interest)     the USA Bhutan Zimbabwe Peru     Antarctica England Fiji Finland Ask and answer questions about the you picks and lowest rated countries with a partner Ask: Which country would you like to research the most? The least? Why? 5) Groups! You met some nice people while traveling You all decide to spend the next days traveling together Look at the guidebooks, talk and make a plan together Discuss how much you want to spend, where you will go, how you'll get there, where you'll stay, what you will do, what you will see, what and where you'll eat, what you will for entertainment in the evenings, what you'll if it the weather is bad etc Day Day Morning Afternoon Evening 6) Oh No!! What a disaster! One or more pieces of information in the guidebook was horribly, terribly wrong! What was wrong? What happened? Can you make it better or is your trip completely ruined? Lonely Planet travel guide in fraud scandal! The Lonely Planet travel guide company has been rocked by claims of poor research and low pay Author Thomas Kohnstamm, writer of nearly a dozen Lonely Planet guides, has ‘revealed all’ in a book of his own about life as a freelance travel writer In “Do Travel Writers Go To Hell?” he tells an account of his three years in South America He confesses that he made up large parts of the Lonely Planet book on Brazil and didn’t even visit Colombia "They didn't pay me enough to go Colombia," he said He revealed: "I wrote the book in San Francisco I got the information from a chick I was dating - an intern in the Colombian consulate.” He claims he spent more time chasing women and accepting gifts from restaurant owners than checking on train timetables and menus He also said he had to sell drugs to make ends meet while on the road Lonely Planet's publisher has stated that “All Lonely Planet guidebooks are the result of on-the-ground research and draw from the collective knowledge of a global travel community….If it's in the guidebook our authors have been there.” Lonely Planet said it had reviewed Kohnstamm's guidebooks but did not find any inaccuracies in them Vocabulary Match Chasing L a Stunned, Surprised, Shocked Revealed F b Tell the truth Intern J c 12 things Account I d Sufficient, Plenty Travel Guide G e Independent Chick H f Uncover, Make public Rocked A g Helps plan a trip Make ends meet O h Woman, Girl (informal, slang) Collective N i Story, Report 10 Dozen C j A student or beginner worker 11 Enough D k Working on location 12 Inaccuracies M l Running after 13 On-the-ground K m Mistakes 14 Confess B n Shared, a Group 15 Freelance E o To have enough money to live