Tuesday, February 3

2.3. Destination paradise

- Reading & class discussion (p. 26-27)
What do you know about Cali, Corsica or Cape Town? Where would you go on holidays if you could choose? Why?

- Vocabulary: adjectives to describe places (p. 28)
Useful expressions: stunning views, off the beaten track, in the heart of the town, tranquil, bustling, unspoilt, to stroll around

Remember the word order when you are using more than one adjective!!

opinion + size + shape + colour + material

Check the following description as an example:
"One of the men was tall and thin with short blond hair, pale skin, and bright blue eyes. He was wearing a smart grey suit with a thin blue cashmere jumper undereath, and he had an expensive-looking gold ring".

- Collocations (worksheet): easy and useful collocations to enrichen your vocabulary

peace and quite, black and white, stocks and shares, life and death, supply and demand, trial and error, profit and loss, thunder and lighting, pros and cons, up and down, ladies and gentlemen

- Phrasal verbs (useful!) p. 29

turn up, fit in, get by, catch on, fill in, hold up, carry out, a get through, see to, keep up with...

- Listening: Old boys' club & Ball room dancing club (p. 30)

- Review and practice (p. 32)