CLIL A2 Units
Travel and tourism
1 Look at the photos and answer the questions. 2 Read the text. Why is tourism growing in
1 Do you know which city or country each photo shows? Japan and Cape Verde?
2 What type of holiday do you think each photo represents?
WHY WE Are you planning next year’s holiday? Where do you think
you will go? There are many reasons why we travel: for
TRAVEL
pleasure, to visit family and friends or to discover new
places. There are plenty of choices in the world, but what
factors help us decide where to go?
The Cape Verde islands off the
west coast of Africa are becoming a
popular package holiday destination for
tourists, thanks to their warm climate
and a recent growth in development,
with many new hotels and airports.
So why do tourists choose certain
destinations and not others?
We can study the flow of tourism by looking at
London is a city destination where you can do lots of Push and Pull factors. Push factors are things
sightseeing, go shopping and try amazing food. The capital that make people want a holiday in general.
of the UK is one of the most popular city for tourists in the Pull factors are things that attract people to a
world. Although it is Istanbul in Turkey that is currently the particular destination.
fastest-growing city in Europe for tourism.
Push factors
■ rest and relaxation
■ escape and adventure
■ health and fitness
Pull factors
■ reputation
■ climate (temperature/hours of sunshine
for beach destinations; snowfall for ski
destinations)
Japan is exotic and ■ attractions (natural, e.g. beaches,
culturally fascinating mountains, forests; artificial, e.g.
for many visitors. Last amusement parks, historic buildings,
year, it was the fastest- shopping)
growing travel destination ■ cultural experiences (sights and events;
in the world, with a 24% local customs; food and drink)
increase in tourism. At ■ economic reasons (low-cost travel; value for
the beginning of the money; exchange rate)
decade, the number ■ accessibility (transport, e.g. plane, boat,
of visitors fell a little coach, train; journey time)
because of an earthquake
and a tsunami. However, For example, a destination like London has
in recent years a new a good reputation, and it offers plenty of
focus on tourism attractions and cultural experiences, too. Of
promotion has helped to course, not every pull factor is relevant to a
increase the number of destination. In London, the climate isn’t a big
international visitors. pull and neither is value for money: it can be
an expensive city with a lot of rain!
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CLIL A2 Units
3 Read the text again. Circle the correct alternative. PROJECT
1 International tourism is growing/falling in Japan. 1 Look at the recent top-ten tourist destinations for
2 The Cape Verde islands are a popular cultural/beach British people:
destination for tourists.
3 Visitors are mainly choosing Istanbul/London as a TOP 10
European city destination. TOURIST DESTINATIONS
FOR BRITS
4 Push/Pull factors encourage people to take a break
from the routine of daily life.
5 Financial reasons such as tourism promotions/low
travel costs can help people decide where to go on 1 Mallorca, Spain 6 Orlando, USA
holiday.
2 Tenerife, Spain 7 Gran Canaria, Spain
6 People don’t have to/must consider all the push and
pull factors when choosing a destination. 3 The Algarve, 8 Benidorm, Spain
Portugal 9 Crete, Greece
4 Read the sentences and write the answers. 4 Ibiza, Spain 10 Disneyland Paris,
1 Two reasons why people travel. 5 Lanzarote, Spain France
What are the current trends of British tourism?
2 One reason why tourism in Japan was falling. Why do you think are the Push and Pull factors
that encourage British people to choose these
destinations?
3 Three factors that can help us choose a destination.
2 In groups, find out about the current tourism trends
for your country. Research the most popular holiday
destinations for people in your country and the push
and pull factors that encourage people to choose
4 Two reasons that motivate us to take a holiday. these destinations. Then research which countries the
tourists who most commonly visit your country come
from, and consider the Push and Pull factors that
attract people to your country.
5 One factor that attracts visitors to London and one 3 Present your findings about your country and
factor that doesn’t. compare the information with your classmates.
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5 Discuss the questions in pairs. decade [n]: a period of ten years
1 The text gives us several reasons why people travel. earthquake [n]: a sudden shaking movement of the
Can you think of any other motives for travelling? ground
2 What do you think are the Pull factors for a country exchange rate [n]: the value of money of one country
like Japan? Is this a country you might like to visit in changed into the money of another country
the future? Why/Why not? exotic [adj]: interesting or exciting because it’s unusual
or different
?
? DID YOU KNOW? factor [n]: something that influences how things
happens
?
■ France is the most visited country in the world,
?
with approximately 83 million tourists a year. increase [n]: a rise in something
■ Las Vegas in the USA is the city with the most low-cost [adj]: cheap
hotel rooms in the world – there are over 62 promotion [n]: advertising to attract people’s attention
thousand! reputation [n]: an opinion that people have about how
■ One in twelve people in the world works in good or bad something or somewhere is
tourism. trend [n]: a gradual change or development that
■ By 2020, the number of people travelling globally produces a particular result
will be 1.6 billion a year. tsunami [n]: a very large wave caused by an
earthquake in the sea
weak [adj]: low, lacking power
(Japanese) Yen [n]: currency of Japan
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Literature A2 Units
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
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ABOUT THE STORY Sleepy Hollow
SLEEPY HOLLOW AND RIP VAN WINKLE
“The horseman’s head still lies somewhere on the
battlefield,” the people of Sleepy Hollow said. “Every
night, he rides back to the battlefield to look for it.”
Rip Van Winkle lives in a small village in North America, next to the Catskill One dark night, Ichabod Crane—the village
Mountains. He is an easygoing and gentle man, who is popular with everyone
schoolmaster—saw the Headless Horseman. Or did he?
Rip Van Winkle
in the village, except his wife, who always nags him (tells him to do things). He Rip Van Winkle did not like working on his farm and his
wife was always angry with him. He wanted to forget
his troubles for a day. So he took his dog and his gun
often helps his neighbours and friends. His only problem is that he is lazy and not and he walked up into the Catskill Mountains.
interested in making money. One day, he goes for a walk in the mountains with •
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stories, written in England in 1817.
When the people saw Rip, they also seemed very Rip was becoming more and more puzzled.
surprised. They all put their hands on their chins. “I’ve been away from this village for one day”,
They did this again and again. At last Rip put his he said to himself. “But everything here looks
hand on his chin, too. He had a long beard! different. What was in that strange drink last
5 “I didn’t have this beard yesterday”, he thought. 25 night? It has done something terrible to my
“What has happened to me?” mind. I’ve gone crazy”.
At last, Rip entered the village. Soon, there were Rip walked slowly to his own house. He was
children following him. But they weren’t the listening for the loud angry voice of his wife. But
village children that he knew. They pointed with his house had changed, too. Nobody was living
10 their hands at his long gray beard, and they 30 there. The roof had fallen and the doors and the
laughed at him. As he walked through the windows were broken. A thin old dog was looking
village, dogs barked at him. He did not know for food in the road outside the house.
any of the dogs. “Can that old dog be Wolf?” thought Rip.
The village seemed to have changed. It was bigger He called Wolf’s name, but the dog did not
15 than it had been the day before. There were 35 come to him. It growled for a moment and then
more houses and more people. Strangers’ names walked away.
were written above the doors of the houses, and
strangers’ faces looked out of the windows. “My own dog has forgotten me”, thought
Rip sadly.
But the Catskill Mountains were still the same.
20 And the Hudson River was still shining in the sun. 40 He went inside the house. All the rooms
were empty …
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chins (line 2): the part of the face below the mouth puzzled (line 21): confused
beard (line 4): hair on the chin of a man crazy (line 26): mad
village (line 7): a very small town in the countryside roof (line 30): the top that covers a house
barked (line 12): the noise a dog makes broken (line 31): damaged, needs to be repaired
strangers (line 16): people you do not know growled (line 35): the angry noise a dog makes
shining (line 20): bright light from the Sun
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Literature A2 Units
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Before reading 5 The Hudson River S/D
1 You are going to read an extract from a short
story called Rip Van Winkle, which tells of a 6 Rip Van Winkle’s house S/D
man who leaves his home and then returns.
Washington Irving left and returned to his home 7 His dog S/D
many times. Read About the author. Complete
the timeline with the correct events of his life.
1783 – born in New York City 2 When Rip returns to his village, he is a stranger;
1798 – moved to upstate New York he knows no one and no one knows him. Find and
underline sentences in the extract that show this.
– moved to Europe
– returned to US 3 How do you think Rip Van Winkle feels when
he returns to the village? Find adjectives in the
1815 –
extract to describe how he feels.
– returned to US
1842 –
– returned to US
1859 – died After reading
1 Washington Irving, the author, was away from the
US for 17 years. What kinds of things do you think
2 Now read About the story. Find words and
were different when he came back? Think about
phrases to describe Rip Van Winkle and write
general areas (e.g. transport) rather than specific
them in the table below.
things.
Positive Negative
2 Work in pairs. Compare your ideas and make
a list.
3 Read About the story again. Work in pairs. Why
do you think everything is different when Rip 3a Work in pairs. Imagine Rip Van Winkle has woken
wakes up? What do you think he will find when he up today after sleeping for 20 years. What
goes back to his village? Discuss your ideas and specific differences would he find in the areas you
make notes. listed in 1 and 2? Make notes.
While reading 3b Look back at the adjectives you found in While
1 Read the extract. Lots of things are different in reading 3. Brainstorm some more adjectives,
the village now. Are these things the same (S) or positive and negative, that might describe how
different (D)? If they are different, make notes on Rip Van Winkle feels when he wakes up and
how they have changed. notices the changes.
1 Rip Van Winkle S/D
4 Now imagine you are Rip Van Winkle and have
woken up. Write a letter to a friend, describing
2 The village children S/D
the differences and saying how you feel about
them.
3 The village S/D
4 The Catskill Mountains S/D
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