Turism

Turism

Topic Tourism, famous places, contrasts, photos.

Aims

• To listen for gist

• To listen for specific information

• To write complete sentences based on a recording

• To plan to speak about a photograph, writing sentences

• To speak about a photograph

·       Look at the image.

·       Can you write a caption or a title for this photo?

·       Write your ideas in the chat.

Open Ended

1.Do you take a lot of photos?

2.What do you usually take photos of?

3.What was the last photo you took? Why did you take it?

4.Do you like being in photos? (why/not)?

5.Do you have a camera, or do you use your mobile phone to take pictures? Why?

You are going to listen to somebody describing a photo that they have taken. As you listen try to imagine what the photo looks like

Poll

1. Were your ideas correct?

• yes, They were

• No, they were not

• Most of them were correct

• Only a few were correct

Poll

Where did the man take the photo?

• Rome

• Hollywood

• Halloween Party

• other place

Open Ended

Why is the man dressed like that?

Now listen again, and try to complete the sentences:

1. As you can probably guess, this photo ____ _______ in Rome.

2. I took it _______ three years ______, I think, _______ the Coliseum.

3. Typically, they pose, you know, the Roman legionnaire ______ the tourist with a Roman sword.

4. Personally, I don't like photographs of ________, you know?

5. So I decided to take a quick photo of this Roman legionnaire when he _______ _______.

6. He _____ ______ a break, I think and he was ______ an ice-cream.

7. When I take photographs, I usually like them to include some kind of ________.

8. So the suitcases that you can see in the bottom ______- ______ corner, well, they make me think about whose suitcases they are.

Identify:          

An example of the passive.

An example of the past simple

An example of the past continuous

Choose a photo from your cell and describe it....

This photo was taken … 

I took it ….. ago, at….

I decided to take it because……

He / she / it / was/ were …

There are / is …… in the bottom / top / left-hand / right-hand corener

When I take photographs, I ….

It makes me think about …