TOURISM IN EUROPE
Contents
Getting started…
Brainstorming, complete sentences, personal comment +
opinion, identify European sights.
Vocabulary and language
Working with words (collocations, explanations, word
formation), talk about tourism and travelling, money saving tips
when travelling Europe (match headlines, explain phrases,
opinion, advantages + disadvantages), European countries:
internet research + presentation, Europe's most popular country:
conduct a survey + write a report, Vienna 2015: match words +
find sights + opinion, an app when going abroad: match
sentences + explain words.
Newspaper article 1
"Europe's Cities Get Smarter on Tourism"
 find compounds, complete sentences, summarize article, elicit
information from article, express your opinion, talk about
personal experience, revise tenses.
Newspaper article 2
"European beaches still best bet for summer swimmers"
 Multiple matching (Fill in missing sentence parts), elicit
information from article to answer questions, talk about personal
opinion, find synonyms, word families, letter writing: a letter of
complaint.
Students will
 learn/talk about tourism in Europe: facts, new ideas/approaches
 share their views and attitudes towards and express their opinion on different aspects related to
travelling, travelling in Europe and tourism.
 scan newspaper articles for information, rephrase and summarize them
 revise, study and get to know words and phrases related to tourism and travelling (translations,
collocations, dictionary search, sentence match, word/synonym match, compounds, etc.)
 work on their vocabulary (explain words + phrases, use new words in sentences, synonym match)
 revise writing tasks: the report, express opinion, letter of complaint
 improve teamwork (group work, conduct survey)
 work on research and presentation techniques (present findings)
 revise the English sentence structure (sentence/paragraph match)
 revise skills used in the centralised exam (Standardisierte Reifeprüfung Neu)
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GETTING STARTED
1A
Brainstorming
Look at the three countries. Spend one minute writing down everything that comes to your
mind when you think of tourism in that country. Talk about your ideas in class and
complement your list with your colleagues' ideas.
Spain
1B
Norway
Austria
What do you think about travelling in Europe?
What do you think about travelling in Europe? Complete the following sentences. Then
read them to each other and share your thoughts in class.
In my opinion, travelling by train ...........................................................................................................
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If I could go anywhere in Europe I would ...............................................................................................
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Tourism in my country is .......................................................................................................................
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When going on holidays in summer I prefer ..........................................................................................
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In
the
winter
holidays
I
think
people
like
to
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1C
Personal comment
Look at the following pictures representing three different types of holidays you can take in
Europe. Which would you prefer and why? Together with your neighbour discuss your views
and don't forget to give reasons. Then share your thoughts in class.
(1) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2111592/Best-beach-UK-Bournemouth-voted-coastal-spottravellers--fourth-best-beach-Europe.html, (2) http://www.europeword.com/blog/wpcontent/uploads/European-Mountains.jpg, (3) http://pompei-hotels.com/photos-overview-about-lithuaniatourism-travel-places/lithuania-europe-city-street-view/#.VHnmeTTF_Sk
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1D
Which European countries can you identify?
Look at the following picture, which is part of a larger picture designed for freepik.com. T
and try to identify all the buildings represented on it. Where can you find them? What other
buildings is this city famous for?
From: http://www.freepik.com/free-vector/tourism-europe-vector-background_718315.htm
CITY / COUNTRY
BUILDING
OTHER FAMOUS BUILDINGS
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VOCABULARY AND LANGUAGE
2A
Talking about tourism and travel
Complete the phrases concerning different aspects of tourism and travel with the
appropriate verbs, nouns or noun phrases from the word banks.
Then choose five of them and form meaningful sentences.
The tourist industry
a major hotel chain
tourists
tourist/holiday/seaside/beach/ski
souvenirs
travel agent
package holiday
tourism
tour operator
budget airlines
backpacking
plan
rent
trip
a reservation
charge
attract
encourage/promote
build/visit a ................................... resort
work for
be served by
book something through a
contact your
book/go on a
buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced)
Holidays/vacations
a break
room service
stay in
honeymoon
suitcase
hotel
book
 have/take a holiday (BE)/a vacation (AE)/ ............................................... /a day off/a gap year
 go/be on holiday/vacation/ ................................................................................. /a trip/a tour
 go ....................................................................................../camping/hitchhiking/sightseeing
 ...................................................................................................... a trip/a holiday/a vacation
 ....................................................................... accommodation/a hotel room/a flight/tickets
 have/make/cancel ..................................................................................................................
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 ............................................................................................................................a car/bicycle
 .............................................................................a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel
 ..........................................................€100 per night for a single/double/twin/standard room
 check into/out of a ..................................................................................................................
 pack/unpack your ...................................................................................................................
 call/order ................................................................................................................................
 cancel a ..................................................................................................................................
Foreign travel
catch/miss
excess baggage
luggage
stopover
travel insurance
delays
aircraft/plane/ship/ferry
passport
business/economy class
severe turbulence
suffer from
 get/renew your .......................................................................................................................
 buy .........................................................................................................................................
 ................................................................................ your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight
 travel in ..................................................................................................................................
 make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour ........................................................... in Hong Kong
 experience .............................................................................................................................
 check (in)/collect/get/lose (your) .............................................................................................
 be charged for/pay .................................................................................................................
 board/get on/leave/get off the ................................................................................................
 experience .............................................................................................................................
 ........................................................................................................... jet lag/travel sickness
Five phrases used in sentences:
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2B
Travelling Europe: Money Saving Tips
a)
Read through the article about how to save money
when travelling Europe as a backpacker and fill in the
missing headlines. There are two that you won't need.
Then do the tasks below.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
Couchsurf
Picnic
Fly cheap
Avoid restaurants
Eat local and cheap
Drink less
Camp in a garden
Watch your money
Plan accordingly
Get a Rail Pass
Take the free city tours
Get a city tourist card
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Money Saving Tips
(1) ....................................
This continent has a lot of little tiny
shops where you can buy pre-made sandwiches
or ingredients to make your own. Buy some
food, eat outside, and watch the city go
by. It’s a much more enjoyable and cheaper
way to eat.
(2) ....................................
Not into picnicking? That’s ok, there are
other ways to save money on food. Eat at
local sandwich shops, pizza parlors, Maoz,
Wok to Walks, outdoor street vendors, and
the like. Avoiding restaurants and eating
at a lot of the local ‘‘grab n’ go’’ places
will give you a taste of the local cuisine
at a much cheaper price.
(3) ....................................
Transportation can eat into your budget.
Traveling costs money. A good way to save
money
is
to
avoid
moving
in
weird
directions. Move in a straight line, and
avoid doubling back and avoid paying too
much for transportation.
(4) ....................................
Hostels can add up really quick. If you
don’t have any friends with whom you can
stay,
consider
using
the
service
Couchsurfing, which lets you connect with
locals who will let you stay with them for
free.
(5) ....................................
If you know where you are going
and a train won’t do, try to
book flights early. You can
often get round trip fares as
little as $5 USD from many of
the
discount
airlines
like
Transavia, Easyjet, Wizz, and
Ryanair. Watch out for fees
though! These airlines nickel
and dime you.
(6)
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Those 5 Euro beers really add
up. Hit happy hour or pick and
choose when you party. Hostel
bars are a good place to get
cheap
drinks
or
buy
your
alcohol
at
the
supermarket.
Partying your way across the
continent
will
destroy
your
bank balance in no time.
(7)
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A very good camping service is
Camp
in
My
Garden
(http://campinmygarden.com/),
which allows you to pitch a
tent in someone’s backyard for
free or a nominal fee (around
$5-10 USD). This is a new
service that started in 2010
but more and more people are
signing up for it each day. All
of
the
garden
owners
have
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profiles that tell you what
facilities they offer.
services
and
(8) ....................................
Local tourism offices issue a tourist
card for all their attractions, tours,
and restaurants. This card gives you free
entry and substantial discounts on all
the attractions and tours in a city, free
local
public
transportation
(a
huge
plus), and discounts at a few restaurants
and shopping malls. They save a ton of
money. In Oslo Norway, the VisitOslo card
saved me $30 USD and I got free public
transportation.
By
buying
the
Paris
museum pass, I saved $85 USD off the
normal price of the museums, and I saved
over $100 USD with the London card. If
you plan on doing a lot of sightseeing,
get this card.
(9)
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One of the great things about
Europe is that you can find
free walking tours in all the
major cities. They can be a
great way to see the city
attractions,
take
in
some
history,
and
learn
your
bearings without spending any
money.
(10)
...............................
Eurail
Passes have
saved
me
hundreds
of
dollars
when
I
traveled around. If you are
traveling
far
distances
and
through many countries, they
are a great deal.
From: http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-guides/europe-travel-tips/
b)
What do the following phrases mean? Give an explanation in English.
 watch the city go by
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 eat into sb's budget
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 nickel and dime sb.
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c)
What do you think of these money saving tips for travelling Europe? Do you
apply any of them yourself? Why (not)?
d)
The article suggests to camp in sb's garden or sleep on sb's couch in order to
save money on accommodation. What do you think of these two strategies?
What are the advantages and disadvantages or problems?
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
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2C
Europe: What does it have to offer?
Europe is a large and diverse continent offering a lot for tourists. First, make a list of all
the European countries (except Austria) and write their names on little cards. Then
distribute the cards in class, so that all the cards are assigned and you all have the same
amount of cards.
Use the internet and do research to find out more about each country: 1) basic facts (capital
city, population, major cities etc) and 2) what it is famous for or what it has to offer for
tourists. Include some pictures as well.
The information you find put together on not more than three to five PowerPoint slides,
which you will then present to the rest of the class. Keep in mind the key elements of
designing PowerPoint slides: not too much information and keywords (in large print) only!
Everyone has three minutes for the presentation of each country – Make sure you prepare
what you want to say and stick to the most important things.
2D
Europe's most travelled country? – A survey in class
Some people love travelling in Europe, while others prefer holidays on another continent.
Conduct a survey to find out what the trend is and which European country is the most
popular.
a)
Age groups
Conduct a survey: Ask as many people as possible, but be sure to find people of
different age groups and don’t forget to note how many you asked in total.
European countries travelled to
15-19
20-35
36-50
51+
People asked in total: …………………
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b)
Share your findings with the rest of the class. Use some of the language
provided:
A survey was carried out in our class to find out about people's travelling habits in Europe.

The results of the survey show that ... and/but ...

Fortunately/Unfortunately/Interestingly ...

Some / half the / most of the / only a few people ...

Only one person / The (overwhelming) majority ...

The results of the survey suggest that the ... are/think ...

Fewer and fewer people …, whereas more and more people …

A change in people's attitudes towards…

We'll see a rise in …

There will be a trend towards more …
c)
Imagine you work for the European board of tourism. Based on what you found
out in the survey in a) write a report for the head of board, who is interested in
people's travel preferences and their favourite European destinations. What are
your recommendations?
Before you start, remember the structure and layout of a report: the head, different
paragraphs with individual headings and a recommendation in your conclusion.
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2E
Vienna – the place to go 2015?
Read through the following article on Vienna. Complete
the text with the missing words. There are two that you
won't need.
historically
traditionally
constantly world
empire
judged
towns forgettable
ranking
sauna
experience
destinations
life-changing
Vienna ranks among top ten places to visit in 2015
The Local | 22 Oct 2014
http://m.thelocal.at/20141022/vienna-ranks-among-top-ten-places-to-visit-in-2015
Austria's capital city is listed among
the world's top ten (1)
........................... and cities
to visit in 2015, according to travel
guide Lonely Planet.
The exquisite and (2)
........................... significant
jewel in the crown of the former AustroHungarian (3)
........................... ranks in
eighth place, behind cities such as
Washington DC, Milan and Zermatt in
Switzerland.
According to Lonely Planet, a visit to
Vienna could be (4)
..........................., with a
choice of coffee houses, the history of
psychoanalysis, and elegant parks and
palisades.
Vienna is seen as a city which is (5)
........................... re-inventing
itself, featuring a brothel that has
been turned into a retro-cool cocktail
bar, and a (6)
........................... that has
become into a techno dance club.
list in the (7)
............................
Shoppers will also enjoy the
(8)
...........................,
with the Golden Quarter (9)
...........................
among the world's best in
shopping needs.
Finally, Vienna also offers
some unusual places to stay,
including stylish studios and
the Sans Souci - (10)
...........................
one of the most 'gay
friendly' hotels in the
world.
Other (11)
...........................
on the top ten list include
Valetta in Malta, Plovdiv in
Bulgaria, Salisbury in the
UK, Washington DC, Zermatt in
Switzerland, Milan, Chennai
in India and Toronto in
Canada.
For oenophiles, Vienna is paradise, with
one local hotel boasting the best wine
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a)
The article makes reference to a number of sights, places and activities in Vienna. Do
you know what they all are/mean? Make a list and with the help of the internet try to
find out all the references.
REFERENCE IN ARTICLE
SIGHT OR PLACE IN VIENNA
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2. ................................
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b)
What do you think about the ranking? Do you think Vienna deserves to be in
eighth place? Why (not)?
What about the other cities – Do you know all of them? What do they offer for
tourists?
Valetta in Malta, Plovdiv in Bulgaria, Salisbury in the UK, Washington DC in the
USA, Zermatt in Switzerland, Milan in Italy, Chennai in India and Toronto in
Canada.
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2F
"Going abroad" app
Read the following article. In each paragraph the beginning is missing. Fill
in the missing sentence parts where appropriate. There are two that you
will not need. Then do the tasks below.
A
The app covers information about all topics that
B
Its launch around this time of the year might
C
What is the speed limit
D
The app is available for iPhone and iPad,
E
Computer technology is improving including
F
The strategic target is to halve road deaths
G
Road safety work in the EU
H
Its release just before the start of the summer holidays
"Going Abroad" App
26 June 2014 | http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/tourism/going-abroad-app/
(1)
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on Spanish motorways? Do I need to wear
a helmet when I cycle in Sweden? What
safety equipment must I always have in
the car when driving in Slovakia? From
now on, holiday makers do not need to
spend a lot of time searching for this
information. They can have it at hand
wherever they are with the European
Commission's new smartphone app "Going
Abroad".
(2)
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Google Android and Microsoft Windows
phones in 22 languages. Apart from all
important road safety information for
all EU countries, the app also contains
a road safety quiz and a memory game to
entertain passengers during long car
journeys. Of course the app should never
be
checked
while
driving
drivers
should let the passengers do the job or
take breaks from driving to stay both
rested and well-informed.
(3)
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.... carry the biggest risk
for
accidents,
including
speed
and
alcohol
limits,
traffic lights, and the use
of mobile phones. It also
informs
users
about
obligations
to
wear
seat
belts
in
cars
and
safety
helmets
on
bikes
and
motorbikes.
(4)
.............................
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is timely because July and
August are the deadliest road
traffic
months
with
on
average some 50% more road
deaths than in the "safest"
month, February.
(5)
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has
made
great
progress
over
recent
years.
Between 2001 and 2010, the number of
fatalities on EU roads was reduced by a
total of 43%. Between 2010 and 2013, it
was reduced by a further 17%.
(6)
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between 2010 and 2020 and
also to start focusing EU
efforts on reducing serious
road
traffic
injuries.
The
new road safety information
app is one contribution among
many
other
road
safety
initiatives at EU level.
The following words are taken from the article. Do you know what they mean?
Try to explain them in English.
motorway
passenger
driver
speed limit
obligations
seat belts
safety helmets
fatality
injury
safety initiative
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EUROPE'S CITIES GET SMARTER ON TOURISM
3A
First match the words in column A with the words in column B. Then read the newspaper
article below and use the compounds to complete the sentences and paragraphs.
Column A
Column B
art
generators
bike
circulation
sporting
gallery
diesel
friendly
crowd
trains
tourist
stations
power
planners
key
events
public
role
tourism
transport
Commuter
attractions
Europe's Cities Get
Smarter on Tourism
Smart city infrastructure is helping
Europe's cities better understand and serve
tourists.
http://newsroom.cisco.com/press-releasecontent?type=webcontent&articleId=1488545
By Joanne Taaffe | September 22 , 2014
The "Mona Lisa" is estimated to attract
15,000 visitors on average per day. Such
high traffic rates offer art-lovers
little hope of solitary contemplation of
the Louvre's most famous painting. The
story is similar across Europe's
principal museums, whether it is the
Prado in Madrid, where crowds throng to
view "Las Meninas" by Velasquez, or the
Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam where "The
Night Watchmen" by Rembrandt is the
must-see.
Yet smart-city traffic management
applications could help visitors better
plan their visit around an (1)
........................... by allowing
them to see in real-time on a mobile app
where the crowds are densest, says Jan
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Kadijk, who was the smart
cities program manager at
Platform31, the Netherlands
institute for urban and
regional issues until july
2014, and now works on smart
city solutions for
SmartSensors.me.
And indeed Amsterdam is
working on just such an
application for its museums
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as part of its smart city program,
according to a city spokesperson.
The city is also collaborating with the
Amsterdam Arena, which is a privatelyrun stadium that hosts concerts and (2)
........... ....................., on
ways to use smartphones to manage (3)
...................... The city and the
arena are also looking at apps that
would improve how spectators experience
events.
The use of GPS information could also
help determine which sites in a city are
visited primarily either by locals or
tourists, ‘‘The creative analysis of
which can bring new information to (4)
...............................,’’ which
could help spread tourism to new parts
of the city, points out Kadijk.
For although the primary goal of widescale smart city projects is to better
manage resources and improve the day-today lives of citizens, well-managed,
culturally rich cities with good
infrastructure also attract visitors.
Smart cities could prove better placed
to develop tourism, which continues to
be a source of growth in particular for
Europe's cities. […]
Europe is also set to play a (5)
.......................................
in developing smart cities […]. Some
European cities are even turning their
smart infrastructure research into (6)
................................. .
In March this year, for example,
President Obama became the highest
profile tourist to visit Amsterdam's 3D
Print Canal House Project. The smart
city project aims to build a full-scale
model of one of the city's canal houses
out of 3D printed parts with dimensions
of up to 2 meters x 2 meters x 3.5
meters. Visitors pay to visit the
construction site, thereby funding the
three-year endeavor.
Tourism applications are also becoming
an element of regional smart city
projects. The Smart Tourism Lead pilot,
for example, which is part-funded by the
European Commission, aims to make it
easier for developers to build tourism
apps based on public data. Initially
started in Lisbon and extended in the
summer of 2013 to Amsterdam, Rome,
Helsinki and Larnia, the pilot sets out
to encourage the development
of location-based mobile
services for tourists, using
open data from public and
private bodies. The idea is
that cities can provide open
data to third parties more
cheaply than they can build
tourism apps.
However, since Europe's
cities tend to make public
data available in different
formats, it can be difficult
for developers to use it to
create applications that work
in different cities. The
project sets out to offer
developers a CitySDK Tourism
API, which ensures their
applications will be portable
to all cities that provide a
CitySDK Tourism interface to
their data.
In the meantime developers
are already using GPS data to
create applications that
offer Europe's tourists a
different take on a popular
destination.
BikeCityGuide is an app
developed by two former bike
couriers, which shows routes
around more than thirty
European cities that are (7)
.............................
.............. or which cover
sites of interest.
And the founders of Nostalgeo
are calling on inhabitants of
Europe's cities to send in
old postcards or photos
depicting local streets.
Nostalgeo will make the
pictures available via a
mobile application so that
tourists can see how the
street they are walking down
looked in the past.
In the meantime, smart city
projects that aim to create
greener energy consumption or
improve the use of (8)
............................
............................
can be used by tourists. (9)
................ in the
Amsterdam area, for example,
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are being equipped with a system to
display which carriages on an incoming
train that have empty seats, says
Kadijk.
And the city of Amsterdam has also
installed 200 (10)
........................................
in its harbor so that boats can rely on
renewable energy sources for their power
supply rather than on-board (11)
............................... ...... .
The captain of a boat who wants to use a
green energy source when visiting
Amsterdam can activate a connection with
the power point via a mobile app, and
then enter a personal code; the amount
of money owed will be transferred
automatically from the vessel's account.
However, although such a scheme can be
used by tourists, they need
an account with the harbor
authorities.
Indeed as smart cities take
root then authorities will
have to do more to make their
initiatives readily available
to tourists, believes Kadijk,
starting by making sure that
there are English language
versions of their
applications.
‘‘Not many initiatives are
specific to tourists... and
it is not always as
transparent for tourists as
it could be,’’ says Kadijk.
In your own words summarise the article in three to five sentences:
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What is the main problem for developers of such applications?
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3B
a)
Smart tourism apps
Go through the article again. Which smart tourism applications are mentioned
in the article and what can they do? Complete the table.
Application name
(if mentioned)
b)
Function
Ranking
What do you think of such applications? Together with your partner discuss
each application's usefulness and rank them accordingly. In a short comment
explain which is your favourite app and why (~ 5 sentences).
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3C
Smart tourism apps – which ones do you use?
a)
Which apps related to your hometown do you use or know that your friends use
on a regular basis (e.g. public transport timetable app)? Make a list.
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b)
When going on holiday to another city, which apps do you make use of? If you
don't use any at all, think of apps that you would use or that would make your
stay easier/more enjoyable. Together with your partner make a list, then exchange
ideas/experiences with the rest of your class.
Smart apps you use on holiday:
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3D
Choose the correct tense to complete the sentences from the article.
1)
The "Mona Lisa" ……… to attract 15,000 visitors on average per day.
a) is estimated
2)
b) will have worked
c) is working
In March this year, for example, President Obama ……… the highest profile tourist to visit
Amsterdam's 3D Print Canal House Project.
a) has become
4)
c) has been estimated
And indeed Amsterdam ……… on just such an application for its museums as part of its
smart city program, according to a city spokesperson.
a) could work
3)
b) was estimated
b) became
c) would become
Visitors ……… to visit the construction site, thereby funding the three-year endeavor.
a) pay
b) have payed
c) will have payed
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5)
Tourism applications ……… also ……… an element of regional smart city projects.
a) are becoming
6)
b) started / extended / sets
BikeCityGuide is an app ……… by two former bike couriers, which ……… routes around more
than thirty European cities that are bike friendly.
a) developed / shows
c) having been developed / shows
8)
c) would become
Initially ……… in Lisbon and ……… in the summer of 2013 to Amsterdam, Rome, Helsinki and
Larnia, the pilot ……… out to encourage the development of location-based mobile services
for tourists, using open data from public and private bodies.
a) had started / extended / sets
c) started / extended / is set
7)
b) had become
b) developed / showed
Indeed as smart cities take root then authorities ……… do more to make their initiatives
readily available to tourists, ……… Kadijk, starting by making sure that there are English
language versions of their applications.
a) would have to / believes
b) had to / believed
c) will have to / believes
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EUROPEAN BEACHES STILL BEST BET FOR
SUMMER SWIMMERS
4A
Read the following article and fill in the missing sentence parts where appropriate.
There are two that you will not need. Then answer and discuss the questions below.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
how their favourite swimming destinations compare.
Albania's bathing destinations
what a nice summer swimming holiday could look like.
the survey showed Europe's overall water standards
A further two percent of inland destinations
that water quality in almost 95 percent
as all their lakes and rivers proved to be clean.
with all bathing destinations classified as "excellent."
that heavy rain and flooding
The samples were checked for two types of bacteria
European beaches still best bet
for summer swimmers
27 May 2014 | http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/tourism-leisure.wcn/
(BRUSSELS) - Swimmers wanting to take the plunge this
summer in Europe can do so safe in the knowledge that the
continent's 22,000 bathing destinations are getting cleaner.
The European Environment Agency (EEA) in a report released
on Tuesday found
(1) ........................................................ of bathing spots
covered by its 2013 survey was at acceptable levels.
The number of European bathing areas with "excellent" water
quality also rose by 3.6 percentage points last year from 2012
levels to 82.6 percent.
EEA Executive Director Han Bruyninckx said
(2) .............................................................................................
...............had improved over the last two decades, partly as a
result of tougher environmental standards.
"We are no longer discharging such high quantities of sewage
directly into water bodies," Bruyninckx said, adding
(3)........................................................ of sewerage systems
were the main challenges for Europe's water quality authorities
today.
But in Europe's over 6,000 "inland" bathing destinations,
mainly lakes and rivers, water quality is dripping away, with 90
percent of areas rated as having "sufficient" standards, down
1.2 percent from 2012 levels.
(4) .................................................... had "poor" water quality,
the survey found. The remainder were not included in the
survey, which covered EU member countries as well as
Switzerland and Albania.
Cyprus and landlocked Luxembourg topped
the list (5)........................................................
Also coming in for some H2O kudos were
Malta, with water quality levels at 98.9
percent, Croatia (94.9 percent) and Greece
(93.2 percent), followed by Germany (89.9
percent) and Italy (87.2 percent).
The highest rates of "poor or non-compliant"
bathing waters were in Estonia, where 5.7
percent of areas surveyed fell short of
acceptable quality standards, followed by the
Netherlands (5.1 percent) and Belgium (3.5
percent).
(6)........................................................were
even worse, with 8.2 percent of water deemed
"inadequate" for swimming, although the
country wasn't directly compared to the rest
of Europe as it was included in the survey for
the first time.
The survey was compiled from water samples
taken during the 2013 bathing season from
waters across Europe. (7) .........................
........................................................ which
can indicate the presence of pollution,
usually from sewage or livestock waste.
The EEA has also developed an interactive
map, to give holiday-makers a snapshot of
(8)....................................................... .
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1. What is the main message of the article?
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2. What is the biggest problem for keeping the water quality?
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3. Which three countries lead the list of top water quality and which have lowest quality?
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4. Have you ever been to any of the countries mentioned in the article? What was your
impression of the water quality? Do you agree with the report on water quality or not? Give
reasons.
5. When planning your holiday, do you check websites like the one on water quality? Why (not)?
What other information like water quality could be useful to know before going to another place?
4B
Synonyms
Find words/phrases from the article to match with the explanations taken from a dictionary.
1. ..........................................
almost or completely surrounded by land
2. ..........................................
the animals kept on a farm, for example cows or
sheep
3. ..........................................
when a liquid is discharged, or somebody discharges
it, it flows somewhere
4. ..........................................
a place to which somebody/something is going or
being sent
5. ..........................................
a photograph, especially one taken quickly; a short
description or a small amount of information that
gives you an idea of what something is like
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6. ..........................................
to produce a book, list, report, etc. by bringing
together different items, articles, songs, etc.
7. ..........................................
an act of jumping or diving into water; a quick swim.
8. ..........................................
used water and waste substances that are produced
by human bodies, that are carried away from houses
and factories through special pipes
9. ..........................................
a small amount of a substance taken from a larger
amount and tested in order to obtain information
about the substance
4C
The following words are taken from the article. Complete the table with the missing
adjectives, verbs and nouns.
VERB
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
prove
presence
indicate
classified
remainder
include
acceptable
authority
compare
clean
release
safe
develop
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4D
That's unfair! – a letter of complaint
Imagine you go on holiday in one of the countries with top water quality according to this
report, but find the beach/river/lake you went to in absolute horrific condition. You are angry
and want to complain about it to the travel agency.
Write a letter of complaint. Remember the style and format of a letter, don't forget about
the appropriate register and use the relevant phrases for complaining.
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ANSWERS
2A
The tourist industry:
attract tourists, encourage/promote tourism, build/visit a
tourist/holiday/seaside/beach/ski resort, work for a major
hotel chain, be served by budget airlines, book something
through a travel agent, contact your tour operator,
book/go on a package holiday, buy/bring back
(tacky/overpriced) souvenirs.
Holidays/vacations:
have/take a holiday (BE)/a vacation (AE)/a break/a day off/a gap year, go on/be on
holiday/vacation/honeymoon/a trip/a tour, go backpacking/camping/hitchhiking/sightseeing,
plan a trip/a holiday/a vacation, book accommodation/a hotel room/a flight/tickets,
have/make/cancel a reservation, rent a car/bicycle, stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth
hostel, charge €100 per night for a single/double/twin/standard room, check into/out of a hotel,
pack/unpack your suitcase, call/order room service, cancel a trip
Foreign travel:
get/renew your passport, buy travel insurance, catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting
flight, travel in business/economy class, make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour stopover in
Hong Kong, experience delays, check (in)/collect/get/lose (your) luggage, be charged for/pay
excess baggage, board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry, experience severe
turbulence, suffer from jet lag/travel sickness
2B
1 B, 2 E, 3 I, 4 A, 5 C, 6 F, 7 G, 8 L, 9 K, 10 J, Not used: H, D.
2E
(1) towns (2) historically (3) empire (4) life-changing (5) constantly (6) sauna (7) world (8)
experience (9) ranking (10) judged (11) destinations
2F
1 C, 2 D, 3 A, 4 H, 5 G, 6 F; not used: B, E.
3A
1 art gallery, 2 sporting events, 3 crowd circulation, 4 tourism planners, 5 key role, 6 tourist
attractions, 7 bike friendly, 8 public transport, 9 Commuter trains, 10 power stations, 11 diesel
generators
3D
1 a, 2 c, 3 b, 4 a, 5 a, 6 b, 7 a, 8 c
4A
1 F, 2 D, 3 I, 4 E, 5 H, 6 B, 7 J, 8 A, Not needed: C, G.
4B
landlocked = almost or completely surrounded by land. livestock = the animals kept on a farm,
for example cows or sheep. discharge = when a liquid is discharged, or somebody discharges it,
it flows somewhere. destination = a place to which somebody/something is going or being
sent. snapshot = a photograph, especially one taken quickly; a short description or a small
amount of information that gives you an idea of what something is like. compile = to produce a
book, list, report, etc. by bringing together different items, articles, songs, etc. take the plunge
= an act of jumping or diving into water; a quick swim. sewage = used water and waste
substances that are produced by human bodies, that are carried away from houses and
factories through special pipes. sample = a small amount of a substance taken from a larger
amount and tested in order to obtain information about the substance.
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Medieninhaber und Herausgeber
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Instituts für Bildungsforschung der Wirtschaft
Wiedner Hauptstraße 63, 1045 Wien, aws.ibw.at
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und Österreichischem Sparkassenverband und ist als Projekt am Institut für Bildungsforschung der
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