It’s summer and that means…
summer vacation!
Even for hard-working Americans, the months of June, July,
and possibly August mean it’s time for a break.
Sure, Americans don’t get as much vacation as the French,
and it’s true that some Americans don’t take any vacation.
Fortunately,
you guys are smarter than we are when it comes to vacations.
As summer approaches,
vacation becomes a very common discussion topic.
In today’s video, you’ll learn
lots of vocabulary for talking about
your summer vacation plans.
Ya ready?
Before we start,
here’s a tip for learning vocabulary
if you learn expressions, you’ll speak more spontaneously.
You won’t have to look for your words so much.
That’s why this video includes expressions,
not just
individual words.
are vocabulary
Now
let’s go!
Before you go
anywhere, you have to book your vacation!
There are a few ways to do this.
You can get a package deal, where
everything is included.
Club Med vacations are usually
package deals.
You can also book through a travel agent, like
Thomas Cook or Nouvelles Frontières.
Or, if you have lots of free time to compare prices on the internet,
Your flight,
your hotel,
your visits.
You can book everything separately online.
Then,
depending on how much you want to see,
you can stay in one place,
if you want an easy relaxing vacation
You probably Just stay in one place.
If you want to mainly stay in one place, but also see a few different sites,
you can take a day trip.
When we go home to visit my family in Mississippi,
we always take a day trip to New Orleans.
We leave in the morning
and then we come back at night that same day.
we take a day trip to New Orleans.
If you want to see as much as possible, you can go around
to different places.
A lot of people like to go around to different places in the American West for example.
They visit the Grand Canyon, the national parks,
Las Vegas, and maybe California.
You can also say
For example we’re going to go on a tour of the American west.
Of course, there are lots of activities to do on your vacation.
In English, we use the word “go” with a lot of activities.
Here are some common vacation activities.
I’ll say the name of the activity.
You try to identify it in the pictures.
and then we’ll check.
Here we go.
go paragliding
go hiking
go swimming
go horseback riding
go camping at a campsite
and go bike riding.
I'll repeat.
go paragliding
go hiking
go swimming
go horseback riding
go camping at a campsite
and go bike riding.
now let's check.
go paragliding
go hiking
go horseback riding
go camping at a campsite
and go bike riding
Notice you don’t say “a camping”.
We never say i went to a camping.
The place where you go camping
is called a campsite.
So you go camping at a campsite.
or you just go to a campsite
Now that you can talk about your vacation plans,
be sure to tell your colleague
“Have a good vacation!”
before you leave.
We don’t say just
“good vacation”
we say
“Have a good vacation”!
Do you want to learn more vocabulary,
stop looking for your words, and speak more spontaneously?
I know you do.
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I’m Christina from Speak Better, Feel Great TV.
Have a good vacation
and I’ll see ya next time!