Unit 12 Travel the World

Unit 12 Page 110 Reading Exercise 5 A WORLD RECORD BREAKER by Tom Jenkins She's taken over 255 flights. She's filled five passports, she's planted trees, has spoken to students in over 40 different countries, and she's funded all $1 10,000 through sponsors and investors. Now, her amazing adventure has finished and 29-year-old Cassie De Pecol has done it: she's broken two Guinness World records. After 18 months and 10 days, Cassie has become the fastest person to visit every country in the world, and the first woman on record to do so, in half the old record time. Back in 2014, Cassie decided to leave her job because she wasn't doing what she really wanted to do. What she really wanted to do was to see the world, and she started making plans for her great journey. She started saving all the money she could, and in July 2015, she left home to start her travels. Just over a year and a half later, on 2 February 2017, she arrived in Yemen, the 196th and last country on her (very!) long list. Of course, she didn't have much time to see each country, but she made sure to use her time well. She spent an average of two to five days in each country. The best parts of her journey included: meeting local people, travelling to remote places on her own, planting trees and educating students on important world issues. Cassie is a keen runner and triathlete and so she also didn't enjoy staying in places where she didn't feel safe enough to go for a run. But Cassie's journey was not just one long holiday. She also wanted to make a difference. She went as a Peace Ambassador (a special representative) for the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism. In many of the countries she went to, she met and talked to local students - they discussed how tourism can be used to help each country. Cassie is also very worried about the environment, so she agreed to help another organisation called Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation, funded by National Geographic. In many of the countries she went to, she collected samples of water for them to test for the presence of microplastics. Cassie has always wanted to travel. When she was at school, she had a strong interest in other cultures. She was curious about how Americans have their origins in countries all over the world, and she wanted to find out more about where their ancestors came from. This journey was a chance to start answering some of these questions. So, has she finished her travels now? No, she hasn't - not at all! Cassie hasn't become tired of travelling, and she is already making plans for her next journey. And she didn't forget Antarctica! She visited it on the last stop of her expedition.

Page 113 Listening Exercise 8 & 9 Hello again. Right. He's visited more than a hundred countries. He's taken thousands of photos and published them in travel magazines. He's got a very popular travel blog. But he's taken a break today to talk about how to travel well. Richard Ward, thank you for coming today. Thanks for inviting me. So you've just completed your tenth year of travelling. That's right. Ten years without spending more than a week back home. Well, my parents' home. I've never had my own home. And to celebrate your ten years, you've made a list of top things to do when you travel. That's right. And I'm hoping to publish them in a book later this year. Have you ever written a book before? No, I haven't. This will be my first. How exciting. Now, on your website, there are twenty tips for travelling. We can't talk about all of them so can I ask you, what's your number one tip? Well, that's difficult. My number one? Hmm. OK. I'm going to say: 'Get off the beaten track'. I mean, try and go to places that other people don't go to. Of course, it's great to see all those famous places that everyone wants to see. But if you explore a bit further, go to other places, you'll discover much more interesting things, you know? On my blog I talk about an important difference: the difference between travellers and tourists. A tourist always stays on the beaten track. A traveller likes to leave it. Of course, you might get lost ... And have you ever got lost? Oh yes, hundreds of times. In fact another of my tips is 'try to get lost'! It's part of the fun of travelling. If you get lost sometimes, you can find amazing things, great people. OK, let's talk about things to take with you. Another tip you have is: 'always take a scarf'. Why? Well, a scarf is a really useful thing. You can wrap it around you to keep you warm or to keep the sun off. You can carry things in it, too, or tie things together. Well, I want to talk some more, Richard. But first it's time for some music and ...

Page 114 Reading Exercise 2 TRAVELLING THE WORLD FROM YOUR SOFA! Seventeen-year-old Tom Davidson hasn't left his home since he was 15. The last time he went out was two years ago. He was walking to catch a bus when he was hit on the head by a sign falling from a building. He spent more than two months in hospital and doctors told him he was lucky to be alive. The accident left Tom with agoraphobia: the idea of being outdoors makes him feel extremely anxious. The problem is that Tom loves travelling. Before his accident, Tom spent most weekends exploring his home city of London by bus, underground train and his scooter, and he looked forward to holidays abroad with his parents. Now the idea of driving in a car to France or taking a plane to Italy terrifies him. However, there is a way that Tom can still visit the most remote corners of the world without leaving the security of his home: Google Maps. In the last year and a half, Tom has visited every country in the world where Google Maps has been and taken photos. Using 'street view', he has walked down the streets of the world's most famous cities, he has seen all the world's most amazing geographical features and he has visited places in the world that he didn't know existed: all of this from the comfort of his home. Tom's virtual travel is more than just a hobby - it has become an art project. He has taken more than 5,000 screenshots of places he has visited and last week, there was an exhibition of his best photos at a school near his home (but of course, he didn't go). Tom also hopes that his online journeys will help him eventually to overcome his agoraphobia. As he discovers more places that he wants to visit one day, he is becoming more and more determined to leave his home. And his dream, if he can, is to work in the travel industry, for example as a flight attendant or a tour guide. Page 115 Vocabulary Exercise 9 Example a minibus 1 a motorbike 2 an underground train 3 a tram 4 a helicopter 5 a scooter

Page 116 Culture Exercise 2 HARD JOURNEYS FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN 'How do you get to school?' This question often gets an answer like 'By bus' or 'I walk' or 'My parents take me by car.' But not always - there are children in many different parts of the world who, every day, have to go on a difficult journey in order to get to their lessons. They travel for kilometres on foot, or by boat, bicycle, donkey or train. They cross deserts, mountains, rivers, snow and ice: for example, the children of the Inupiat community in Alaska go to school and then come back when it is dark, in extremely cold temperatures. And they are not the only ones. Kids in many countries do this and more. These children in Indonesia have to cross a bridge ten metres above a dangerous river to get to their class on time. (Some years ago the bridge fell down after very heavy rain.) Then they walk many more kilometres through the forest to their school in Banten. A pupil at Gulu Village Primary School, China, rides a donkey as his grandfather walks beside him. Gulu is a mountain village in a national park. The school is far away from the village. It is halfway up a mountain, so it takes five hours to climb from the bottom of the mountain to the school. The children have a dangerous journey: the path is only 45 centimetres wide in some places. In Sri Lanka, some children have to cross a piece of wood between two walls of an old castle every morning. Their teacher watches them carefully. But in Galle, Sri Lanka, many girls don't go to school - they have to go to work or get married young. So girls are happy to take a risk in order to get to school. Six-year-old Fabricio Oliveira gets on his donkey every morning to ride with his friends for over an hour through a desert region in the very dry Sertao area of northeast Brazil. Their school is in Extrema. It's a tiny village - very few people live there. These children live in houses on Chetla Road in Delhi, India. Their homes are near the busy and dangerous railway lines that go to Alipur station. Every morning they walk along the tracks to get to their school, 40 minutes away. So one question we can ask is: why do the children do this? Because their parents make them do it? The answer, in many cases, is no - it's because for them going to school means a better future: they hope to get a job and money so they can help their families and their neighbours. And this is why rivers, deserts or danger won't stop them on their way to school.

Units 11 & 12 Page 118 A2 Key for School Listening Part 5 Exercise 3 Now look at Part Five. For each question, choose the correct answer. Look at questions 1 - 5 now. You have 15 seconds. You will hear Jack talking to a friend about his transport project. How does each person get to school? So have you done your transport project, Jack? Yes, I've got all the information and results. So any surprises? Not really. Like me, most people walk to school. Me too. What about Olivia? What does she do? Well, the most popular type of transport is taking the bus. I think 14 people take the bus, including Olivia. What about Rashid? Doesn't he come by bus? No, he comes with his mum in her car. So how many come by car? Eight. And what about Morris? Well, he actually cycles to school. He likes the exercise. I see. So what's the most unusual type of transport? Does anyone go by scooter? No scooter riders. And the unusual ... ? Definitely, Leslie's way - by boat. Boat? Really? Yes, boat. She lives on the other side of the river so she takes it every morning. Wow, that's quite a journey. It's not the longest journey though. Why? Who has the longest one? Adam. He has to take two trains to get to school. That's right. He lives with his mum, doesn't he? Yes, she moved town but he wanted to keep coming here. So it's two trains and about an hour to get here. Now listen again. So have you done your transport project, Jack? Yes, I've got all the information and results. So any surprises? Not really. Like me, most people walk to school. Me too. What about Olivia? What does she do? Well, the most popular type of transport is taking the bus. I think 14 people take the bus, including Olivia. What about Rashid? Doesn't he come by bus? No, he comes with his mum in her car. So how many come by car? Eight. And what about Morris? Well, he actually cycles to school. He likes the exercise. I see. So what's the most unusual type of transport? Does anyone go by scooter? No scooter riders. And the unusual ... ? Definitely, Leslie's way - by boat. Boat? Really? Yes, boat. She lives on the other side of the river so she takes it every morning. Wow, that's quite a journey. It's not the longest journey though. Why? Who has the longest one? Adam. He has to take two trains to get to school. That's right. He lives with his mum, doesn't he? Yes, she moved town but he wanted to keep coming here. So it's two trains and about an hour to get here.

Unit 12 Pronunciation Exercise 1 Car - plane - bike - train. A car, a plane, a bike, a train. A car and a plane and a bike and a train. A car and then a plane and then a bike and then a train. Pronunciation Exercise 3 Car - plane - bike - train. A car, a plane, a bike, a train. A car and a plane and a bike and a train. A car and then a plane and then a bike and then a train.