1. Welcoming
Practise greeting, giving information, small talk, and making recommendations.
2 Giving information
Study money vocabulary, practise giving information, clarifying and offering help.
Writing Tutorial 1
3. Explaining local culture
Practise describing customs and cultural differences, review modal verbs and passive verb forms.
Speaking Tutorial 1
4. Dealing with problems
Practise dealing with travel problems.
Writing Tutorial 2
5. Making a presentation
Analyse and practise preparing and giving a presentation.
Speaking Tutorial 2
6. Describing places
Practise describing landmarks and buildings, and features of a hotel.
Final test
Check what you have learnt.
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aloud
aloud (adv)
speaking, so that you can be heard
anticlerical
anticlerical (adj)
opposed to the influence of religion in political or public life
altarpiece
altarpiece (n)
a piece of religious art on or behind the altar of a church
as_a_rule
as a rule (expression)
in general
beachwear
beachwear (n)
clothing items that you wear at the beach
closeness
closeness (n)
being very near or close
confound
confound (v)
to confuse
default
default (n)
standard, action normally taken
drop
drop (v)
to go vertically down
footwear
footwear (n)
things that you wear on your feet
guild
guild (n)
an organisation of people who do the same job
impact
impact (n)
powerful effect that something has
insult
insult (n)
a remark or action that offends someone
keep_to_themselves
keep to themselves (expression)
not talk to other people unless it is necessary
long-sleeved
long-sleeved (adj)
shirt or jacket with long sleeves that cover the arms
obscene
obscene (adj)
offensive to some people
out_and_about
out and about (expression)
going out and doing things
round_up
round up (expression)
increase to the nearest whole, for example to the nearest dollar, pound or euro
row
row (n)
things put in a line
rowdy
rowdy (adj)
noisy
rude
rude (adj)
not polite
show_someone
show someone around (expression)
to go with someone and explain interesting things or important features of a place
slenderness
slenderness (n)
thinness and delicateness in an attractive way
slippers
slippers (n)
soft, comfortable shoes for wearing at home
sniff
sniff (v)
to take air in quickly through your nose to stop it dripping (urgh!)
stranger
stranger (n)
a person you do not know
strike_up
strike up (expression)
to start
sunken
sunken (adj)
at a lower level to the surrounding area
tend
tend (v)
to be likely to happen, to have the tendency to
prone
prone (adj)
likely to, tend to
unadorned
unadorned (adj)
not decorated, functional
widespread
widespread (adj)
usual, existing in many places