Tasca preparatòria Preparatory task: Where to travel? 1. A country: Great Britain 1.1 . We watch a video to develop cultural aspects of an English-speaking country as Great Britain. 1 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL66NfKUWDE 1 SEQUENCY AND CONTEXT OF THE TASKS SEQÜENCIACIÓ I BASTIMENT DE LES TASQUES TASQUES
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Tasca preparatòria
Preparatory task: Where to travel?
1. A country: Great Britain1.1. We watch a video to develop cultural aspects of an English-
Just follow the steps in this sample hotel reservation letter structure and you should have no unexpected troubles.
Before you begin:
Hotel reservation letters can vary in style, but just make sure you give the reservation staff all the information they need to make sure there are no misunderstandings or disappointments on arrival.
Every specific piece of information should be in a separate paragraph. This makes for easier reading.
Keep it short and sweet (it's not an essay), and don't forget the following information:
1. Opening (example):
Dear Sir/Madam
My name is (your name) and I would like to book a (type of room) in your hotel for (number) nights.
2. Dates and times: (important)
I/We will be arriving on (date, including the day of the week) at approximately (time). Departure will be on (date, including the day of the week) at (time).
Notes: -State the date and approximate time of arrival and departure because it helps the staff know which guests will be arriving first to prepare the way for them, so waiting time for your room is kept to a minimum.
-It's always a good idea to also include how many nights you will be staying in brackets. This is a good way for the reservation staff to double check the length of your stay as hotels count nights and not days when preparing your invoice.
-Remember, even if you arrive there at 2 o'clock in the morning, that night counts and you are seldom entitled to remain in your room after 12 o'clock noon on your departure date.
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3. Number of people: (important)
How many adults? How many children? (always include children's ages).
4. Room type(s) and preferred location(s):
Single, double, suite, ground floor, top floor, overlooking the sea, etc.
Note: make sure the hotel you are considering has the services you desire as not all hotels offer things like all-inclusive, and what you get for each type of service may vary from one hotel or country to another depending on their policies (find out before making your reservation to avoid disappointments).
6. Special needs/desires: (optional)
Some people may have health conditions which may require special attention (migraine sufferers would probably want a quiet room far away from any entertainment facilities, for example). Business men/women may need an internet connection in their rooms, while others may just have special preferences (overlooking the sea, rooms on upper floors, etc). These should be specified in your letter.
Note: Obviously the needs of those with medical conditions will be given more importance than other preferences if the hotel is fully booked, so don't be surprised if you cannot get what you wanted unless you have the option and have paid for it specifically.
7. Facilities: (depending on the hotel)
If there are special facilities (sauna, jacuzzi, etc.) which need to be reserved before using them, you may wish to do so in advance to avoid waiting.
8. Contact information: (important)
Especially your phone number, cell phone and/or fax number.
9. Sign
In this kind of letter, it is important to write your full name.
*Remember to write correctly the address and the e-mail subject!
6. Planning the visit
6.1. What’s the best route?
-With your group, get a map of the city and do a list of the most interesting
places to visit there.
-Look for any cultural sites like museums which may be worth visiting.
-Locate the sites you have chosen on the map and decide the best route to
follow.
This is an example of a route in London. You can design one on your own of
your city main attractions:
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- Remember to measure the distances from point to point. Maps can be
misleading! You should use a ruler to measure distances between
places.
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WORKING ON SCALES AND DISTANCES
To begin with, let’s consider the scale 1: 500
WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY MEAN?
It means that 1 cm on the drawing actually represent 500 cm in actual
length.
This can also be written 1 cm: 5 m, because there are 100 cm in 1 m.
Therefore if we divide the 400 cm by 100 we end up with 5 m.
Let’s consider the scale 5 cm: 1 km.
Now we will change the km to cm.
1 km = 1000 m = 100 000 cm.
So, 5 cm: 1km is equivalent to 5 cm: 100 000 cm
EXAMPLE
*The distance between two towns measures 6 cm on a map.
What is the true distance if the scale is 1: 50 000?
ANSWER
The true distance = 6 cm x 50 000 = 300 000 cm
300 000 cm= 3 km.
6.2. Getting along.
6.2.1. Are the distances too long? You may need to use public
transport.
Look for the public transport in the area on the Internet and add them to
your route.
6.2.2. When you get there, you will need to know how to buy the
tickets!!
Listen to the following conversation, where a man is buying some train
tickets.
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-Hello, I need a ticket to London, Eusten, please.- OK. One way or return, mate?-Return, please. Return.-That’ll be 37 pounds, please.- Super, thank you very much.- Here’s your change. -Thank you.
6.2.3. Let’s practise the conversation in pairs.
6.3. Planning your meals.
Look for information on the Internet on the typical food they eat there and
do a list of some possible meals to have there and possible restaurant or
-Now, let’s write a summary of your daily planning, using the correct form
of the verbs.
Use your diary and summarize it.
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EXAMPLE OF A DAILY PLANNING:
On the first day, we’re going to arrive at ......... at ....... First, we’re going to
check in the ........... To do so, we’re going to take the ......... until....
After that, we’re going to visit....To arrive there, we’re going to take the
line ..... on ......
We’re going to have a typical lunch (......................) in the famous
restaurant......, which is situated in....
In the afternoon, we’re going to visit ......
.................
Tasca d’ampliació
Later task: Let’s go!
7. Packing the suitcase.7.1. Airport instructions.
I think the man in the video will not be able to travel. You know that airport restriction rules about luggage are quite hard. Here you have the legal basis of a popular airline company, Ryanair.- Look for the information related to the luggage and highlight the most important points to take into account when packing your suitcase.
Example: Ryanair
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ARTICLE 8 - BAGGAGE
8.1 BAGGAGE
You may check in some Checked Baggage for a fee (click here for Regulations concerning Checked Baggage) and may carry one item of Unchecked Baggage free of charge into the aircraft cabin (click here for our Regulations concerning Cabin Baggage ), subject always to the conditions and limitations set out in such Regulations.
8.2 EXCESS BAGGAGE AND CARRIAGE OF CERTAIN ITEMS
You will be required to pay a charge for the carriage of Checked Baggage in excess of your personal Checked Baggage allowance and for any sports equipment, musical instruments and certain other items which we may elect to carry, all subject to our rates, conditions and limitations ( click here for Regulations concerning Checked Baggage ).
8.3 ITEMS UNACCEPTABLE AS BAGGAGE
8.3.1 You must not include in your Baggage:
8.3.1.1 items which are likely to endanger the aircraft or persons or property on board the aircraft, as more particularly set out in Article 8.10 below;
8.3.1.2 items the carriage of which is prohibited by the applicable laws, regulations or orders of any state to be flown from or to;
8.3.1.3 items which are reasonably considered by us to be unsuitable for carriage because they are dangerous, unsafe or by reason of their weight, size, shape or character, or which are fragile or perishable having regard to, among other things, the type of aircraft being used;
8.3.1.4 fish, game or hunting trophies;
8.3.1.5 paints, Christmas crackers, energy saving light bulbs, items with internal combustion engines including, but not limited to, chainsaws, model aircraft and lawnmowers;
8.3.2 You must not include in Checked Baggage money, jewellery, precious metals, keys, cameras, computers, medicines, spectacles, sunglasses, contact lenses, watches, mobile phones, personal electronic devices, negotiable papers, securities, cigarettes, tobacco or tobacco products or other valuables, business documents, passports and other identification documents or samples.
8.4.1 We will refuse to carry as Baggage the items prohibited by Articles 8.3 and 8.10, and refuse further carriage of any such items upon discovery.
8.4.2 We may refuse to carry as Baggage any item reasonably considered by us to be unsuitable for carriage because of its size, shape, weight, content, character, or for safety or operational reasons, or the comfort of other passengers.
8.4.3 We may refuse to accept Baggage for carriage unless it is in our reasonable opinion properly and securely packed in suitable containers.
8.5 RIGHT OF SEARCH
8.5.1 For reasons of safety and security we may request that you permit a search and scan of your person and a search, scan or x-ray of your baggage. If you are not available, your baggage may be searched in your absence for the principal purpose of determining whether you are in possession of or whether your baggage contains any item described in Articles 8.3 above or 8.10 below.
8.5.2 If you are unwilling to comply with such request we may refuse to carry you and your baggage. In the event of that search or scan causes damage to you, or an x-ray or scan causes damage to your baggage, we shall not be liable for such damage unless due to our fault or negligence.
8.6 CHECKED BAGGAGE
8.6.1 Upon delivery to us of your Baggage which you wish to check we will take custody of, and issue a Baggage Identification Tag for, each piece of your Checked Baggage.
8.6.2 Checked Baggage must have your name or other personal identification affixed to it.
8.6.3 Checked Baggage will, whenever possible, be carried on the same aircraft as you, unless we decide for safety, security or operational reasons to carry it on an alternative flight. If your Checked Baggage is carried on a subsequent flight we will deliver it to you, unless applicable law requires you to be present for customs clearance.
8.7 UNCHECKED BAGGAGE
8.7.1 You may carry strictly one item of cabin baggage per passenger (no allowance for infants) subject to certain weight and dimensions restrictions (click here for Regulations concerning Cabin Baggage). If you have a handbag, briefcase, laptop, airport shop purchases, camera etc. these must be carried in your single permitted item of cabin baggage. Additional/oversized cabin baggage will be refused at the boarding gate, or where available, placed in the hold of the aircraft for a fee at the level set out in our Regulations (click here for Regulations concerning Cabin Baggage). If you are unsure, check at the Bag-Drop desk before going through security. Ryanair accepts no responsibility for oversized cabin bags which are refused at the boarding gate and subsequently abandoned by you.
8.7.2 Objects which we deem unsuitable for carriage in the aircraft hold (such as delicate but small musical instruments, wedding dresses, hat boxes, etc.), and which do not meet the requirements set out in Article 8.7.1 above, may nevertheless be accepted for carriage in the cabin if they can be safely and conveniently secured into an extra seat which you have purchased for the specific purpose of same. To book an extra seat for such an item the word "ITEM SEAT" must be entered as the last name and "EXTRA" entered as the first name. EXTRA ITEM SEAT will then be displayed both in the reservation and on the on-line Boarding Pass. The accompanying passenger's travel document details must be entered during the on-line check-in process. There is no checked or cabin baggage allowance associated with the purchase of an extra seat. Reserved seating in emergency rows 1,16 and 17 may not be purchased if you have purchased an extra seat for item/comfort
8.8.1 Subject to Article 8.6.3, you are required to collect your Checked Baggage as soon as it is made available at your destination. Should you not collect it within a reasonable time, we may charge you a storage fee. Should your Checked Baggage not be claimed within three (3) months of the time it is made available, we may dispose of it without any liability to you.
8.8.2 Only the bearer of the Baggage Identification Tag is entitled to delivery of the Checked Baggage.
8.8.3 If a person claiming Checked Baggage is unable to produce and/or identify the Baggage by means of a Baggage Identification Tag, we will deliver the Baggage to such person only on condition that he or she establishes to our satisfaction his or her right to the Baggage.
8.9 ANIMALS, CARGO AND HUMAN ASHES
8.9.1 We do not carry animals or cargo on our flights except for guide dogs on certain routes. (click here for Regulations concerning acceptance of assistance animals)
8.9.2 The carriage of ashes is permitted as cabin baggage, and may be carried in addition to your single permitted piece of normal cabin baggage provided that a copy of the death certificate and the cremation certificate accompanies them. You must ensure that the ashes are securely packaged in a suitable container with a screw top lid and protected against breakage.
8.10 PROHIBITED ARTICLES
8.10.1 Passengers are not permitted to carry the following articles into the security restricted area and the cabin of an aircraft:
8.10.1.1 Guns, Firearms & Weapons; any object capable, or appearing capable, of discharging a projectile or causing injury, including all firearms (pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, etc.) Replica and imitation firearms, Component parts of firearms (excluding telescopic sighting devices & sights), air pistols, rifles and pellet guns. Signal flare pistols, Starter pistols, Toy guns of all types, compressed air and CO2 guns such as pistols, pellet guns, rifles,ball bearing guns, industrial bolt and nail guns, cross bows, catapults, harpoon and spear guns, Animal humane killers, stun or shocking devices, e.g. stun guns, tasers, stun batons,cattle prods, ballistic conducted energy weapons (laser), lighters shaped like a firearm.
8.10.1.2 Pointed/edged Weapons & Sharp Objects; pointed or bladed articles capable of causing injury, including axes & hatchets, cleavers, arrows and darts, crampons (grappling iron, hooked bar of iron, or plate with iron spikes used in mountaineering), harpoons & spears, ice axes & ice picks, ice skates, knives with blades of more than 6 cms including lockable or flick knives, ceremonial, religious and hunting knives, made of metal or any other material strong enough to be used as a potential weapon, meat cleavers, machetes, open razors and blades (excluding safety or disposable razors with blades enclosed in cartridge), sabres, swords and swordsticks, scalpels, scissors with blades more than 6 cms as measured from the fulcrum, ski and walking/hiking poles, throwing stars, tradesman's tools with a blade or a shaft of more than 6 cms that have the potential to be used as a pointed or edged weapon, e.g. drills and drill bits, box cutters, utility knives, all saws, screwdrivers, chisels, crowbars, hammers, pliers, wrenches/spanners, blow torches.
8.10.1.3 Blunt Instruments: any blunt instrument capable of causing injury, including tennis rackets, baseball and softball bats, clubs or batons - rigid or flexible - e.g. billy clubs, blackjacks (truncheon of leather covered lead with flexible shaft), night sticks & batons, cricket bats, golf clubs, hockey and hurley sticks, lacrosse sticks, kayak and canoe paddles, skateboards, billiard, snooker and pool cues, fishing rods, martial arts equipment, e.g. knuckle dusters, clubs, coshes, rice flails, num-chucks, kubatons, kubasaunts
8.10.1.4 Explosives and flammable substances; any explosive or highly combustible substance which poses a risk to the health of passengers and crew or the security/safety of aircraft or property, including ammunition, blasting caps, detonators & fuses, explosives and explosive devices, replica or imitation explosive material or devices, mines & other explosive military store, grenades of all types. gas & gas containers, e.g. butane, propane, acetylene, oxygen - in large volume, fireworks, flares in any form and other pyrotechnics (including party poppers and toy caps), non safety matches, smoke generating canisters or cartridges, flammable liquid fuel, e.g. petrol/gasoline, diesel, lighter fluid, alcohol, ethanol, aerosol spray paint, turpentine & paint thinner, alcoholic beverages exceeding 70% by volume (140% proof)
8.10.1.5 Chemical and Toxic Substances: any chemical or toxic substances which pose a risk to the health of passengers and crew or the security/ safety of aircraft or property, including: acids and alkalis, e.g. spillable "wet" batteries, corrosive or bleaching substances - e.g. mercury, chlorine, disabling or incapacitating chemical, gases and sprays- e.g. mace, pepper spray, capsicum,tear gas, acid sprays, animal repellent sprays, radioactive material - e.g. medicinal or commercial isotopes, poisons, infectious or biological hazardous material -e.g. infected blood, bacteria and viruses, material capable of spontaneous ignition or combustion, fire extinguishers (excepting as authorised by fire protocols and as aircraft emergency equipment).
8.10.1.6 The carriage of liquids, aerosols and gels into the security restricted area of an airport and onboard aircraft is controlled in accordance with current EU Security Requirements.
8.10.2 The following items shall not be placed in Checked Baggage: Dynamite, gunpowder, explosives, including detonators, fuses, ammunition, grenades, mines blasting caps and plastic explosives. Replica and imitation firearms or toy guns of all types. Gases: propane, butane. Flammable liquids, including gasoline, methanol, flammable solids and reactive substances, including magnesium, firelighters, fireworks, flares and other pyrotechnics. Oxidizers and organic peroxides, including bleach, car body repair kits. Toxic or infectious substances, including rat poison, infected blood, radioactive material, including medicinal or commercial isotopes. Corrosives, including mercury, vehicle batteries, vehicle fuel system components which have contained fuel.
8.10.3 Any sharp objects in Checked Baggage should be securely wrapped to prevent injury to screeners and handling personnel.
7.2. Weather: weather forecast.
7.2.1. Listen to the weather forecast and fill in the blanks.
WEATHER FORECAST 6
Welcome to the ________ forecast. Now, let’s see what the
weather is like _______. In the north of the country it’s very
windy and _______. There is a chance of some _____ too, so
don’t leave home without your umbrella! The _________ is
around 10º centigrade. In the east it’s ________ all day today,
I’m afraid. There may be a thunderstorm in the afternoon. The
temperature is a bit higher, at around 13º. In the west and
middle of the country the weather is dry, but ________. So no
rain for you, but it is quite windy and the temperature is just 10º.
The south of the country has the best weather today. It’s cloudy
most of the time but _______ this afternoon. The temperature is