Talking About Your Vacation Plans

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Business English with Christina


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