Shadowing Practice: IELTS Speaking Vocabulary: TRAVEL - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Okay, let me just extend that.
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Let's have a look at some of the vocabulary here,
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just to get it really, really clear, right?
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So, to travel can be a verb,
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to travel from A to B,
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to go from point A to be.
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So I travel by bus when I go to work.
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Notice travel by is the form of transport,
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as you've said very, very clearly.
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The word families, so travel can also be a noun.
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If it's uncountable, then this is the act of travelling.
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So we often say we use,
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it's, well, okay, I hate air travel, right?
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It's a kind of travel.
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It's the act of travelling.
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I hate air travel.
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I love economy travel.
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Do you have any travel plans this summer?
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Here, travel is a noun.
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It's acting as an adjective,
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so it's a noun phrase travel plans.
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Do you have any travel plans?
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Here it's uncountable, okay?
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You cannot say a travel.
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Some people say I'm going on a travel.
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I notice a lot of my Spanish friends say I'm going on a travel
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because un viaje y viajar are the same but travel cannot be countable.
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You can't say a travel, right?
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It's just the act of travelling.
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However, English is strange because you can use it in the plural as a countable noun.
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You can say travels.
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Not a travel, no, but travels, yes, meaning journeys.
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Tell me about your travels around Europe.
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Okay.
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So different journeys.
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Imagine the situation.
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My daughter, she's now 19.
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Oh my God.
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Anyway, she's 19 and maybe in the summer she will travel to some different countries in Europe.
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She would like to go on some journeys to Italy, to France.
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She will be going to different countries.
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We can talk about her travels.
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And I will say, are you excited about your travels to Europe?
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And when she comes back,
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I will say, tell me about your travels to Europe.
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It's different journeys.
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So travels as a plural we can use in English.
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English is a bit weird, right?
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I can say that because I'm English.
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So travels.
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Tell me about your travels around Europe.
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So here travel is uncountable.
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Some good examples here.
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Travel bags.
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Very good.
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Travel bags is a nice one.
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Gulliver's travels where his journey is right.
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Exactly.
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That's exactly it.
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Yes.
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some famous people died during air travel that is very very true yes
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yep I'm going to come back to
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that travel plans excellent say let me move on traveling as a noun can be uncountable traveling is my biggest hobby Again,
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it acts as a noun.
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It's like smoking is my worst habit or playing the guitar is my favourite hobby.
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Travelling is my biggest hobby.
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The collocations we typically use to travel abroad,
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right, to go to a foreign country, to travel on holiday.
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So notice on holiday.
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Domestic travel.
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Actually, let me put, let me change that because to travel abroad,
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the opposite is domestic travel.
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You can also say international travel,
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but here as a verb, to travel on holiday.
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And then we've got the classic to travel by bus,
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by plane, by boat, by car.
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But notice, and some of you have mentioned this in the comments,
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thank you, on foot.
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I don't know why, it's just on foot, travel on foot.
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And why is it Why is it one foot, right?
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I mean, that's crazy.
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When you walk, you use two feet.
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Why do you say travel on foot?
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I mean, that's like...
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It's like you're hopping.
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It's insane to say travel on foot, but it means walking.
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I hope that helps you remember to travel on foot.
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Okay.
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Christine, good question.
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Can I say I have a trip?
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Yes, I have a trip planned for next year.
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I have a travel no. I have a travelling no. So you're correct.
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Christine, yes.
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Yes.
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Excellent.
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Good.
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Hiking is on foot.
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You're right.
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Travel by walking.
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It's a bit strange.
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It's a bit strange.
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Just say walking or hiking.
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Travel by foot Almost Travel by foot No,
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travel on foot Let me help you The Jacob's Way Yes,
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do you mean the Camino de Santiago?
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St. James' Way, I think it's called, isn't it?
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St. James' Way Travelling, is there a difference?
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Travelling abroad and to travel abroad?
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Yes, so travelling abroad is the noun phrase, okay?
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Travelling abroad is interesting.
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It's a noun.
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To travel abroad, to travel abroad,
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it could be used as a noun phrase.
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To travel abroad is interesting,
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but we don't normally do that.
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Normally in English, the noun phrase is the ing, the gerund.
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Travelling is interesting.
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Driving a car is difficult.
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We don't use the infinitive normally.
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You can say, I like to travel abroad.
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But if it's a noun phrase at the start, then we use...
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Oh, your comment's gone.
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Then we use travelling abroad.
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That's the noun phrase at the start, not the other one.
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Okay.
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Natalia, you have itchy feet.
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That's a great idiom, meaning you love traveling, right?
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Tour and a trip.
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Let me explain.
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And why is it domestic and not internal?
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You can say internal travel within the country,
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but domestic travel is much more common.
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Internal travel, it doesn't quite sound right.
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It sounds like something the police may say rather than generally speaking.
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So let me explain a common mistake.
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I went on a travel.
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That's the common mistake.
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I wrote that because I hear it a lot.
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Correct is I went on a trip or I went on a journey.
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I'll just explain the difference, right?
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A trip is where you're going somewhere and coming back.
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So a trip to France,
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I go to France and I come back.
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A trip to the bank,
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I go to the bank and I come back.
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Usually a short time, right?
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A trip to the park.
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It's not for months.
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So a trip to Australia could be two or three weeks.
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It's a short time.
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If you go to Australia for a year,
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it's not really a trip.
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A trip then is normally a short time and it's going there and back.
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So to go on a trip,
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again, notice on a trip is on holiday.
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If you go on a trip,
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normally it's the meaning of holiday for leisure or for pleasure.
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Leisure, pleasure.
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Interesting.
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To go on a trip, go on a holiday.
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To go on a tour is to visit in and around a place,
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typically a city or a museum.
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When you go to a museum,
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you can go on a tour of the museum.
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in many countries in Europe at least we have something called
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the hop on remember hop I'm not going to do it again hop on hop off bus
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and it's a tour bus
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that goes around the city there's one in Santander you can
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go to the near the centro botín there's a bus stop big red sign hop on hop off bus.
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You buy a ticket for 24 hours.
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You can get on and get off anywhere as it goes around the city.
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That is a tour bus.
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And you go on a tour of the city.
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You can go on a tour of the botting centre.
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You can go on a tour of a museum.
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So that's the idea of a tour, right?
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A little bit different.
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And I'll just explain a journey.
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A journey is only the traveling bit.
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Okay, so example by train,
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a journey by train, a journey by car,
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or the journey lasted 20 minutes.
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Different from a trip.
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A trip is going there,
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spending time there and coming back.
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The journey is just the travelling bit So if I go on a trip to France for two days A weekend trip
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The journey there is two hours The journey back is two hours But the trip is the journey
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The tour of the city The restaurant,
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the hotel And then the journey back So the journey is the motion, the travelling bit.
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That's the journey.
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And an outing is a very short trip, normally half a day.
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Typically an outing to a park, to a zoo.
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Normally also organised.
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by a school or parents.
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So the outing has the idea of an organised trip,
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very short time, maybe half a day,
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typically a park or a zoo.
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It's an outing.
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Okay, so that, those are the words.
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So there you've got your question what's the difference between a tour and a trip?
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A tour is visiting in and around a place.
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A trip is like a holiday.
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It's everything together.
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It's much bigger.
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Can I say go for a walking or go for a hiking?
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No, no. You would say,
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Celine, I'll help you here.
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You would say go for a walk or go hiking.
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Celine, come back.
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okay let me just change something because I've realized the comments are disappearing really quickly
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and I'm going to change that because it's too fast okay updated Celine where are you come back
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Celine's like, I didn't go anywhere.
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So the answer is go for a walk or go hiking, go walking.
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Okay.
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It's one or the other.
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You either go for a walk or you go walking.
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Go for a hike or go hiking.
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Both are correct.
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That's the answer.
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Camino de Santiago.
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Yes.
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Okay, great.
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Hopefully I've answered your question there.
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Journey, trip and travel.
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Serena, you're right.
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The idea of travelling on foot is a bit idiomatic.
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That's why it works.
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You're right.
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Yes.
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We can talk about a business trip for sure.
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An excursion, Elvira, is nice.
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An excursion is a bit like
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an outing
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so an excursion
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oh it's a trip
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nice it's a trip
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and an outing they're very similar right trip outing excursion excursion is a bit more adventure for me
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but it's an organised trip yeah good can I say meditation
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is a travel within itself.
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No, even though you're being abstract,
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meditation is a trip within yourself or meditation is traveling within yourself.
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EG means example, correct?
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Yes.
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Elvira, you're learning Spanish from me.
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Viajar.
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Un viaje.
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Un tour.
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Daniela says, in London, Kristin and I went on an exciting tour at the British Museum.
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Very good.
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Very, very good.
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OK.
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Excellent.
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Meaning of staycation.
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So this is a more modern word.
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A staycation is a vacation where you stay at home.
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It's a holiday where you don't travel,
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you stay at home and relax.
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Stay-cation.
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Stay at home plus vacation.
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Very nice.
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English with Will.
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Hello, Will.
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To go on an outing when I wander around the town.
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Not really, because an outing is normally organised, right?
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It's an organised trip.
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So normally an outing, you organise other people,
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your friends or your children.
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I think if it's just you wandering around town,
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I wouldn't say go on an outing.
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Unless you're being metaphorical, right?
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Okay, let's move on.
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About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will enhance your English speaking skills by focusing on vocabulary related to travel. You will learn how to use the word "travel" in different contexts, such as its forms as a verb and noun. You'll also explore common phrases used when discussing travel plans and experiences. This will be particularly beneficial for those preparing for the IELTS speaking test, providing you with the necessary vocabulary to express your thoughts clearly and confidently.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Travel (verb & noun): The act of going from one place to another.
- Travel by: A phrase used to specify the form of transport, e.g., "I travel by bus."
- Air travel: Refers to traveling by airplane.
- Travel plans: A noun phrase describing one's intentions or arrangements for a trip.
- Travels: The plural of travel, indicating multiple journeys.
- Excited about travels: A common expression to share enthusiasm for upcoming journeys.
- Journeys: Different trips or travels to various locations.
- Different countries: A phrase that helps to discuss travel destinations.
Practice Tips
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As you shadow, focus on the vocabulary related to travel, particularly the nuanced differences in how "travel" is used. For example, experiment with phrases like "I travel by train" or "Do you have any travel plans this summer?" By mastering these constructions, you'll enhance your vocabulary for IELTS speaking practice.
Also, engage with the content by repeating after the speaker. This 'shadow speech' method allows you to integrate new vocabulary seamlessly into your own conversations. With consistent practice, you'll gain not only proficiency but also the confidence needed to discuss your travels and experiences in fluent English.
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