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