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Unit 12 - Travellers’ tales

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The non-stop traveller

Hello to all my readers. This week, I've decided to write about travel. Perhaps, like me, you've always thought that travelling is something for rich people. Well, now I think I've been wrong all this time. Why? Well, I've discovered Nora Dunn.

Nora is one of a new kind of traveller – a professional world traveller. She travels all the time. Nora is from Toronto, Canada and until she was 30, she had a business there. But then she made a big decision. Her dream was to travel the world – and to do it before she got old! So she sold her business and got rid of her belongings. And off she went.

Nora hasn't got rich parents or anyone who gives her money. And she doesn't have a high-paying job. But she's learnt how to travel without spending lots of money.

Nora goes to a place and stays there for some time. She works to earn enough money to have a good time and to save a bit, then she moves on to another place. She prefers simple forms of transport like trains or buses, but of course there are times when planes are a necessity. And she writes from wherever she is, which earns her some money too. She's done a lot of different jobs, including working in hotels and in restaurants. And she's learned things like cooking and meditation.

So, where has Nora been? Well, everywhere! She's been to all five continents and she's travelled to over thirty countries. All in six years! She's taken a train across Canada and she's travelled by train from Portugal to Vietnam – an incredible journey. She's lived on a boat in the Caribbean and she's worked for her accommodation in Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, England, Grenada and Switzerland, and a number of other places too. And she's been on television shows in three countries. She's had a lot of fantastic adventures, and she hasn't stopped finding new things!

Some of her experiences have not been easy ones. In 2008 she helped people in Thailand and Burma after a cyclone hit their countries. And in 2009 she helped to fight forest fires in Australia.

So, she's seen a lot so far. She's learned that full-time travel doesn't have to be expensive, and she knows now that there are plenty of ways to do it – so many ways, in fact, that she's started a website to tell other people about them. It's ‘theprofessionalhobo.com'. I've seen lots of travel sites, and this is one of the best. Have a look. Perhaps you'll be the next ‘world traveller'?

See you next week

1 Nora Dunn wanted to travel the world before she got old.

2 Nora gets her money from working.

3 Sometimes she writes to earn some money.

4 She does a lot of different jobs everywhere she goes.

5 She lived on a boat in the Caribbean.

6 She has appeared on television in three countries.

7 Life isn't always easy for her when she travels.

8 She has a website to tell people how to travel without spending a lot of money.

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1 Nora Dunn wanted to travel the world before she got old.

2 Nora gets her money from working.

3 Sometimes she writes to earn some money.

4 She does a lot of different jobs everywhere she goes.

5 She lived on a boat in the Caribbean.

6 She has appeared on television in three countries.

7 Life isn't always easy for her when she travels.

8 She has a website to tell people how to travel without spending a lot of money.

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1 Sue and Harry have visited another country.

2 Sue hasn't flown in a plane.

3 Harry has flown in a plane.

4 Sue and Harry haven't swum in the sea.

5 Sue hasn't touched a snake.

6 Harry has touched a snake.

7 Sue has taken a driving test.

8 Harry hasn't taken a driving test.

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I've decided to write; I've discovered Nora Dunn; she's learned things like cooking and meditation; she's been to all five continents; she's travelled to over thirty countries; she's taken a train across Canada; she's travelled by train from Portugal to Vietnam, she's worked for her accommodation; she's been on television shows; she's had a lot of fantastic adventures; she hasn't stopped finding things; she's seen a lot so far; she's learned that … travel doesn't have to be expensive; she's started a website to tell other people about them; I've seen lots of travel sites

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Sue hasn't flown in a plane.

Harry has flown in a plane.

Sue and Harry haven't swum in the sea.

Sue hasn't touched a snake.

Harry has touched a snake.

Sue has taken a driving test.

Harry hasn't taken a driving test.

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TEACHER: So, everyone, I'm sure you've got lots of questions for Mr Anderson. Anyone? Yes, Mandy.

MANDY: What's the best place you've ever been to?

STEVE: Wow – that's a hard question. I mean, I've been to so many great places.

MANDY: OK, then, what about the most interesting place?

STEVE: Ah, then I think perhaps it was Mexico. The people there are wonderful and it's so beautiful too, some really wonderful places and things to see. And very interesting because of its history.

TEACHER: Another question?

BOY: Have you ever eaten anything really horrible? Like, snake or something?

STEVE: No, I've never eaten snake. But I've eaten some strange things. Once in Africa I ate a cooked spider. … Well, you know, it was really very good! But I don't eat them at home, OK?

TEACHER: Yes, Tom.

TOM: Has anything really bad ever happened to you in another country? You know, like an accident or something?

STEVE: Well no, I've been very lucky. I was ill once in India but nothing too bad. And lots of times I nearly had an accident in a minibus or in a taxi. But only nearly. But no – I guess I'm just very lucky. OK, last question. Yes, the girl over there.

GIRL: Yes, you say that you're a traveller. So, what's the difference between a tourist and a traveller then? Is there a difference?

STEVE: Good question! You know, nobody has ever asked me that before, but I know my answer. Tourists take suitcases with them, travellers take backpacks, that's how I look at it. You know? I'm not on holiday when I travel. Know what I mean?

GIRL: Yes, I think so.

STEVE: Here's another idea: if you're in a city, and there's a tourist there, you know that he or she is a tourist. You know, map, camera, horrible shirt, sandals and socks … But it isn't so easy to see the travellers.

TEACHER: OK, well we have to stop now. Steve, thanks again. Thanks everyone.

STEVE: … and so when I was here, at school, I decided that I really wanted to travel. You know, some people want to write, other people want to get married and start a family, some people want to go and live in another country. And that's fine. But not me. Me, I just wanted to travel. I've never been a person who stays at home. Even when I was twelve or thirteen, I cycled to other places near here, just to see what they were like. I've always loved travelling, all my life, and I still do. And I never want to stop. So, that's it. Thank you.

TEACHER: Well thank you, Steve, that was such an interesting talk. You really have been to a lot of different places, haven't you?

STEVE: Yes, I have!

TEACHER: So, everyone, I'm sure you've got lots of questions for Mr Anderson. Anyone? Yes, Mandy.

MANDY: What's the best place you've ever been to?

STEVE: Wow – that's a hard question. I mean, I've been to so many great places.

MANDY: OK, then, what about the most interesting place?

STEVE: Ah, then I think perhaps it was Mexico. The people there are wonderful and it's so beautiful too, some really wonderful places and things to see. And very interesting because of its history.

TEACHER: Another question?

BOY: Have you ever eaten anything really horrible? Like, snake or something?

STEVE: No, I've never eaten snake. But I've eaten some strange things. Once in Africa I ate a cooked spider. … Well, you know, it was really very good! But I don't eat them at home, OK?

TEACHER: Yes, Tom.

TOM: Has anything really bad ever happened to you in another country? You know, like an accident or something?

GIRL: Yes, you say that you're a traveller. So, what's the difference between a tourist and a traveller then? Is there a difference?

GIRL: Yes, I think so.

TEACHER: OK, well we have to stop now. Steve, thanks again. Thanks everyone.

1 No, he hasn't.

2 Yes, he did. He thought it was really good.

3 No, only nearly.

4 Tourists take suitcases, travellers take backpacks.

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2 Yes, he did. He thought it was really good.

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4 Tourists take suitcases, travellers take backpacks.

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1 She wanted to be more independent.

2 Because he missed his plane.

3 Because the skeleton couldn't pay.

4 Driving without a passenger and waiting.

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a queue of taxis: She doesn't like waiting for a passenger.

false teeth: One time a passenger left his false teeth on the back seat.

a skeleton: Once a doctor asked Fiona to take a skeleton to another hospital.

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1 She wanted to be more independent.

2 Because he missed his plane.

3 Because the skeleton couldn't pay.

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Hard journeys for schoolchildren

‘How do you get to school?' This question often gets an answer like ‘By bus' or ‘I walk' or ‘My parents take me by car'. But not always – there are children in many different parts of the world who, every day, have to go on a difficult journey in order to get to their lessons. They travel for kilometres on foot, or by boat, bicycle, donkey or train. They cross deserts, mountains, rivers, snow and ice: for example, the children of the Iñupiat (‘Inoopiart') community in Alaska go to school and then come back when it is dark, in extremely cold temperatures. And they are not the only ones – kids in many countries do this and more.

These children in Indonesia have to cross a bridge ten metres above a dangerous river to get to their class on time. (The bridge fell down in 2001 after very heavy rain.) Then they walk many more kilometres through the forest to their school in Banten village.

A pupil at Gulu Village Primary School, China, rides a donkey as his grandfather walks beside him. Gulu is a mountain village in a national park. The school is far away from the village. It is halfway up a mountain, so it takes five hours to climb from the bottom of the mountain to the school. The children have a dangerous journey: the path is only 45 centimetres wide in some places.

In Sri Lanka, some children have to cross a piece of wood between two walls of an old castle every morning. Their teacher watches them carefully. But in Sri Lanka, many girls don't go to school – they have to go to work or get married young. So girls are happy to take a risk in order to get to school.

Six-year-old Fabricio Oliveira gets on his donkey every morning to ride with his friends for over an hour through a desert region in the very dry Sertão (‘Sirtao') area of north-east Brazil. Their school is in Extrema. It's a tiny village – only very few people live there.

These children live in poor houses on Chetla Road in Delhi, India. Their homes are near the busy and dangerous railway lines that go to Alipur station. Every morning they walk along the tracks to get to their school, forty minutes away.

So one question we can ask is: why do the children do this? Because their parents make them do it? The answer, in many cases, is no – it's because for them going to school means a better future: They hope to get a job and money, so they can help their families and their neighbours. And this is why rivers, deserts or danger won't stop them on their way to school.

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1 They go and return from school in the dark
in extremely cold temperatures.

2 They have to cross a bridge ten metres
above a dangerous river.

3 They have to climb up a mountain along a narrow path for 5 hours to get to school.

4 They have to walk along a piece of wood between two walls.

5 He has to ride on a donkey through
a desert.

6 They walk along railway tracks.

1 He was in born in 1980, in Halifax, in England.

2 He lives in Cambodia, and he moved
there in 2014.

3 He usually rides a small motorbike, but sometimes he goes in a very small plane.

4 He wants to teach Cambodian people to be doctors.

5 Because he is helping other people and is happy doing that, and because he has learned a lot about another culture.

1 in 1980, in 2014

2 in July

3 in Halifax

4 in England, in Cambodia

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1 They go and return from school in the dark in extremely cold temperatures.

2 They have to cross a bridge ten metres above a dangerous river.

3 They have to climb up a mountain along a narrow path for 5 hours to get to school.

4 They have to walk along a piece of wood between two walls.

5 He has to ride on a donkey through a desert.

6 They walk along railway tracks.

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1 He was in born in 1980, in Halifax, in England.

2 He lives in Cambodia, and he moved there in 2014.

3 He usually rides a small motorbike, but sometimes he goes in a very small plane.

4 He wants to teach Cambodian people to be doctors.

5 Because he is helping other people and is happy doing that, and because he has learned a lot about another culture.

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1 in 1980, in 2014

2 in July

3 in Halifax

4 in England, in Cambodia

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LEAH: So have you done your project?

JACK: What, my transport project?

LEAH: Yes, that one.

JACK: Yes, I've got all the information.

LEAH: So any surprises?

JACK: Not really. Like me most people walk to school.

LEAH: Me too.

JACK: But after walking, the most popular type of transport was the bus. I think 14 people use the bus.

LEAH: Like who?

JACK: Let me think. Kevin, Steve, Nancy, umm Olivia, umm and Nathan. I can't remember the rest.

LEAH: What about Rashid? Doesn't he come by bus?

JACK: No, he comes with his mum in her car.

LEAH: So how many come by car?

JACK: Eight.

LEAH: And what about Morris?

JACK: Well, he actually comes by taxi because his parents haven't got a car.

LEAH: I see. So what's the most unusual type of transport?

JACK: Boat.

LEAH: Boat?

JACK: Yes, boat. Leslie lives on the other side of the river so she gets the ferry every morning.

LEAH: Wow, that's quite a journey.

JACK: Yes, it takes her about 40 minutes. It's not the longest journey though.

LEAH: Why? Who has the longest one?

JACK: Adam. He has to take two trains to get to school.

LEAH: That's right. He lives with his mum, doesn't he?

JACK: Yes, she moved town but he wanted to keep coming here. So it's two trains and about an hour to get here.

4th August

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bus station

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If we ~~will be~~ are late, the teacher will be angry.

I have ~~ever~~ never broken an arm or leg.

I've never ~~gone~~ been to America.

She has ~~took~~ taken a lot of photos on holiday.

One day in the future people will ~~living~~ live / will be living on the moon.

I'll phone you as soon as I get home.

If I miss the train, I'll take a taxi.

Have you ever been to Europe?

She's never seen the sea.

They've lived in five different countries.

Life won't be easy for our grandchildren.

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2 If I miss the train, I'll take a taxi.

3 Have you ever been to Europe?

4 She's never seen the sea.

5 They've lived in five different countries.

6 Life won't be easy for our grandchildren.

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2 If we ~~will be~~ are late, the teacher will be angry.

3 I have ~~ever~~ never broken an arm or leg.

4 I've never ~~gone~~ been to America.

5 She ~~has~~ took a lot of photos on holiday.

6 One day in the future people will ~~living~~ live /will be living on the moon.

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2 A got B hear

3 A ever B haven't

4 A will B sure

She's seen the Himalaya mountains.

She hasn't flown in a hot air balloon.

She hasn't met the president.

She's slept under the stars.

She hasn't swum to France.

She hasn't won a tennis tournament.

She's gone for a walk in the snow –
with no shoes!

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1 She's seen the Himalaya mountains.

2 She hasn't flown in a hot air balloon.

3 She hasn't met the president.

4 She's slept under the stars.

5 She hasn't swum to France.

6 She hasn't won a tennis tournament.

7 She's gone for a walk in the snow – with no shoes!

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Has she ever been to New York?

No, she's never been to the USA.

Have you ever eaten Japanese food?

No, I've never been to a Japanese restaurant.

Have they ever flown in a helicopter?

No, they've never flown in a helicopter or a plane.

Have your parents ever been angry with you?

Yes, they've been angry with me lots of times.

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1 Has she ever been to New York?

No, she's never been to the USA.

2 Have you ever eaten Japanese food?

No, I've never been to a Japanese restaurant.

3 Have they ever flown in a helicopter?

No, they've never flown in a helicopter or a plane.

4 Have your parents ever been angry with you?

Yes, they've been angry with me lots of times.

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What are the people like in that town?

The people in the town are horrible. You won't like them. / The people in the town are wonderful. You are going to like them very much.

He said they were awful people and they didn't like him.

He decided not to go to the town.

They were wonderful people.

He went to the town in the valley.

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1 What are the people like in that town?

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The people in the town are wonderful. You are going to like them very much.

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1 He said they were awful people and they didn't like him.

2 He decided not to go to the town.

3 They were wonderful people.

4 He went to the town in the valley.

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Gary: This is a nice house, Martha. Have you always lived here?

Martha: Yes, we have. Well, I've always lived here, but of course my parents have lived in other places.

Gary: Where have they lived, then?

Martha: Well, a long time ago, they lived in a small flat. Before I was born.

Gary: Oh right. And when you were born, they moved?

Martha: Yes, they needed more room. Anyway, I've always loved this house.

Gary: Because it's big?

Martha: No, I don't think it's very big. It's because everything important in my life has happened here.

Gary: Like what, for example?

Martha: Oh, Gary, I'm not going to tell you!

Sue: Uncle Paul? You work in a bank, right?

Paul: Yes, that's right.

Sue: But have you always worked in a bank?

Paul: No, not always. I've done other jobs too.

Sue: What other jobs?

Paul: Well, let me think. I've been a waiter and I've been a taxi driver.

Sue: A waiter? Really?

Paul: Yes, I was a waiter when I was at university. Just weekends and holidays. Hard work but good fun! I loved it.

Sue : Oh right. And you've been a taxi driver too?

Paul: Yes, I drove a taxi for almost a year. I hated it!

Sue : Have you ever not had a job?

Paul: No, I've always had a job. I've been very lucky.

Gary: This is a nice house, Martha. Have you always lived here?

Martha: Yes, we have. Well, I've always lived here, but of course my parents have lived in other places.

Gary: Where have they lived, then?

Martha: Well, a long time ago, they lived in a small flat. Before I was born.

Gary: Oh right. And when you were born, they moved?

Martha: Yes, they needed more room. Anyway, I've always loved this house.

Gary: Because it's big?

Martha: No, I don't think it's very big. It's because everything important in my life has happened here.

Gary: Like what, for example?

Martha: Oh, Gary, I'm not going to tell you!

Sue: Uncle Paul? You work in a bank, right?

Paul: Yes, that's right.

Sue: But have you always worked in a bank?

Paul: No, not always. I've done other jobs too.

Sue: What other jobs?

Paul: Well, let me think. I've been a waiter and I've been a taxi driver.

Sue: A waiter? Really?

Paul: Yes, I was a waiter when I was at university. Just weekends and holidays. Hard work but good fun! I loved it.

Sue : Oh right. And you've been a taxi driver too?

Paul: Yes, I drove a taxi for almost a year. I hated it!

Sue : Have you ever not had a job?

Paul: No, I've always had a job. I've been very lucky.

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Gary: This is a nice house, Martha. Have you always lived here?

Martha: Yes, we have. Well, I've always lived here, but of course my parents have lived in other places.

Gary: Where have they lived, then?

Martha: Well, a long time ago, they lived in a small flat. Before I was born.

Gary: Oh right. And when you were born, they moved?

Martha: Yes, they needed more room. Anyway, I've always loved this house.

Gary: Because it's big?

Martha: No, I don't think it's very big. It's because everything important in my life has happened here.

Gary: Like what, for example?

Martha: Oh, Gary, I'm not going to tell you!

Sue: Uncle Paul? You work in a bank, right?

Paul: Yes, that's right.

Sue: But have you always worked in a bank?

Paul: No, not always. I've done other jobs too.

Sue: What other jobs?

Paul: Well, let me think. I've been a waiter and I've been a taxi driver.

Sue: A waiter? Really?

Paul: Yes, I was a waiter when I was at university. Just weekends and holidays. Hard work but good fun! I loved it.

Sue : Oh right. And you've been a taxi driver too?

Paul: Yes, I drove a taxi for almost a year. I hated it!

Sue : Have you ever not had a job?

Paul: No, I've always had a job. I've been very lucky.

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Delia: What's the matter, Will? Does your back hurt?

Will: It's my shoulder. I fell off my motorbike last week and hurt it.

Delia: What? I didn't know that. In fact, I didn't know you had a motorbike!

Will: Well, it's quite new, I haven't had it very long. I bought it two weeks ago.

Delia: But you've always hated motorbikes! I don't understand.

Will: I know. But I've got a new job. I have to go into the city every day now. I haven't got a car, and I don't want to use the underground, I hate it – so, I decided to buy a motorbike.

Delia: Are you crazy? Why not use the bus? Or better – why not a bicycle?

Will: Oh, too dangerous. Have you ever seen people cycling in the traffic? It's scary.

Delia: Well, maybe you're right. But it looks like motorbikes are dangerous too. I mean …

Will: No, motorbikes are fine. It wasn't a bad accident or anything. I just fell off. And the motorbike is OK. I'll get back on it as soon as my shoulder is better.

Delia: So you haven't been on the motorbike again?

Will: No, not yet.

Delia: So, how do you get to work now?

Will: I usually take a bus. A friend took me in her car a couple of times, but most of the time I go by bus.

Delia: And is that OK?

Will: Yes, it's a nice way to go, in fact. Sometimes you can talk to people, or you can read a book or newspaper. It's cool.

Delia: You know, Will – I think you should forget the motorbike.

Will: Hmm – maybe you're right.

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