1.4 NEW THINGS: Great Experiences

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What's one thing you've always wanted to try and one place you've always wanted to visit?
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Software development. or computer programming. Natal city, in Brazil.
What's stopped you from doing both of these things?
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Knowledge or lack of knowledge and money or lack of money. the lack of money is the main impediment.
Photo A
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observing rare and exotic animals in their natural habitat
Photo B
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husky dog sledding
Photo C
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Travelling a historic route Route 66
Photo D
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wing-walking
Photo E
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bungee jumping
Photo F
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swimming with dolphins SWTD
Who decided what the top fifty things are?
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some 20,000 members of the public sending in their ideas
Write down two adjectives you think someone will mention for each of the activities in photos A-F.
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A- exotic, uggly B- beautiful, fantastic C- adventurous, D- crazy, scaring E- crazy, F- fascinating, amazing
Which of your adjectives are used? Which activity is not in the DVD?
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observing rare and exotic animals in their natural habitat
Whether you're a hard-core traveller or an armchair tourist
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an armchair tourist
Mark the sentences true (T) or false (F). The main thing people say they love about sledding is the scenery.
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F all the silence around
The presenter preferred driving the sled to sitting in it.
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F This is much more exhilarating than just sitting in the sled actually having the dogs work for you and feeling like you're in control is definitely where it's at.
Pilots used to strap themselves to the wings at airshows.
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F when pilots would strap their poor girlfriends to the outside of their planes to entretain the crowds at air shows.
Rebecca found it surprisingly easy to wave and look elegant.
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F The wind is really, really strong and it's really hard to do the waving.
The legendary Route 66 runs from Chicago to San Francisco.
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F The famous route from Chicago to Los Angeles...
One of the bungee jumpers likes the feeling of being stretched and bounced.
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T Just to fly like that and just end up being stretched and bounced back up, great fun.
People have always been fascinated by dolphins' plainfulness and intelligence.
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T Their legendary curiosity and playfulness have enchanted us for generations.
The speakers like dolphins because they are helpful to humans.
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F They're so huge and so powerful and yet so playful
Which activities in the programme do these sentences refer to? Complete the phrases in bold so that they mean the same as the words in brakets and you can really _ it in because the dogs are doing all the hard work. (absorb)
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and you can really take it in because the dogs are doing all the hard work.
and feeling like you're in or out of control is definitely _ it's at (the key experience)
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and feeling like you're in or out of control is definitely where it's at (the key
wanted nothing more than to be strapped to the outside of a plane and _ part in your very own wingwalking display (be involved in)
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wanted nothing more than to be strapped to the outside of a plane and take part in your very own wingwalking display (be involved in)
Once upon a time it was, the kind of the _ to do. (the fashionable experience)
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Once upon a time it was, the kind of the thing to do. (the fashionable experience)
The feeling you get when you jump off, fall off, dive off, or _, is just awesome. (anything like that)
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The feeling you get when you jump off, fall of, dive off, or whatever, is just awesome. (anything like that)
they're so huge and powerful and _ so playful and I'm really, really lucky to be here with them. (but)
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they're so huge and powerful and yet so playful and I'm really, really lucky to be here with them. (but)
Order the five activities in the programme from the one you'd most like to do to the one you'd least like to do.
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F, A, B, C, E, D
Think about something you have tried that you have would recommend to someone else, for example a journey, an experience with animals / nature, a sport.
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Make notes on questions 1-3.
What was the activity?
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Acemoney, VocApp, dictionary flashcards
How did you feel before / while / after you did it?
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How did you feel before / while / after you did
Why do you think it's worth trying?
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Why do you think it's worth
Listen to someone describing an activity, and answer questions 1 and 2 above.
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skydiving, it was quite scary, epic, the suspense, I started feeling sick, fun, hilarious, the adrenaline rush.
I'm (not) the kind of person who likes
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to be a daredevil
The activity I'd like to recommend may seem
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The activity I'd like to recommend may seem incredible
It's one of the best / most challenging experiences I've ever had
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It's one of the most challenging experiences I've ever had.
The thing I'll remember most is the feeling of / the moment when
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The thing I'll remember most is the cold air hitting my teeth
I'd recommended this experience because it helps you understand something about fear / how wonderful X is
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I'd recommended this experience because it helps you understand something about fear.
It's an activity I'd like to recommend to all my friends.
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It's an activity I'd like to recommend to all my friends because I know they'd absolutely love it.
gradable and ungradable adjectives
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it was quite scary, it was just epic, it was just absolutely freezing, it was like I was completely weightless, I know they'd absolutely love it
What activity is she writing about?
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observing rare and exotic animals in their natural habitat

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