Listen to Craig speaking about his holiday and answer the questions.
1.Where is Craig going on holiday this year?
2. What does he think the weather will be like?
3. Is he going to the north or the south of the country?
Listen again and answer these
questions.
1. Where is 'Sikkim' and what does Craig want to do there?
2. Why is Craig sleeping in Barcelona on the 29th?
3. In which month is Craig going away?
4. Why is he going to the north? 5. Why is an umbrella necessary?
Listen again and write the
missing words in the transcription.
you on holiday this year Craig?
Yeah, ’
to India in August?
August? What the weather be like?
Erm…hot! Very hot, and ’ probably
monsoon weather too.
Have you already got the tickets?
Yes, ’
from Barcelona on the 30th September. The plane
really early so ’
in Barcelona on the 29th.
Which part of India you
to?
Well, we’re not really sure. ’ definitely
in the north because it’s cooler. I think
’ either
to Dharamsala where the Dali Lama lives, or maybe
’
to Sikkim to the north east and do some trekking in the monsoon rain.
It sounds wonderful. Can I come?
Sure. Have you got a good umbrella?
The missing forms in the previous exercise all referred to future time. Study the following table which contains examples from the dialogue.
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
GOING
TO
WILL
Are you
going on holiday... ?
We're
going to stay
What will
the weather be like?
We're
going to India
We're
definitely going to be in the north
We'll
probably have monsoon weather
We're
flying from Barcelona
I think we'll either
go
What part
of India are you going to
Or maybe
we'll go to Sikkim
Listen to a short monologue from the film Matrix and write the missing words in the spaces.
Neo: I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid. You're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this
. I came here to tell you how
it'
.
I' this phone, and then
I' these people what you don't want them to see.
I' them a world....without you. A world without rules and controls. Without borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there, is a choice I leave to you.