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2 Match the types of tourism with the examples
below.
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Cl Leisure Business tourism
tourism
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Holidays (visiting Professional meetings
friends and
Health and Exhibitions and trade fairs
relatives)
fitness Sporting Conferences and
events conventions Incentive travel
Education and
c: training
0 Youell, Tourism:An Introduc tion, publi shed by Pearson Ed uca tion
Culture and Ltd.
1religion
retired couple on a walking holiday in Scotland
2 overseas student going to study English in Cambridge
3 scientists flying to Helsinki for an international conference
4 coach of football fans travelling to an away match
5 travel agents attending the ITB fair in Berlin
6 weekend break in Verona with theatre tickets for Romeo and
Juliet
7 trip to San Francisco for the most successful salesperson of the
year
8 fly-drive holiday to Florida for a married couple
14 9 Japanese businessperson negotiating a contract in Berlin
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3 Work in pairs. What do you know about Los Angeles? Which of
the following would attract tourists to LA?

beaches people culture tradition

historic monuments food wildlife lifestyle

reading Los Angeles

4 Read the newspaper article. Why is Los Angeles the USA's
most fascinating cultural destination?

Adapted from www.telegraph.co.uk, 5 December 1998

5 Read the text again. Are these statements true or false? Correct
any false statements.
1 There are over 300 museums in LA.
2 Visitors to the Getty Museum can see a lot of paintings.
3 The Getty Museum is in the city centre.
4 The museum cost more than a billion dollars to build.
5 Three million went to the Getty museum last year.
6 The museum attracts the same tourists as Universal Studios.
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 A View of Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard is one of the most famous streets in the world, and its
name is still a symbol of glamour. Visitors wishing to recapture the Golden
Age of film should go to Mann's Chinese Theatre and the Walk of Fame.

The Hollywood Wax Museum

has life-size models of film
stars, musiciaus and public
figures. Clint Eastwood,
Madonna, Michael Jackson
The Hollywood Galaxy houses and Rouald Reagan are
a six-screen movie complex and a111011g those on displa)f.
tl1e Hollywood Entertainment
Museum, wlzich hasfilm,
television, radio and recording Tlie exterior of Mann's Chinese Theater is
memorabilia and provides a au ornate 111 ixtme of Clzinese temples,
wide variety of iuteractive pagodas, lions aud dragons wlzich reflects
displays tlzat allow visitors to tlze stroug seuse of sl10wma11sl1ip oftlze
explore entertainment i11dustry
tlzeatre's creato1; Sid Grauman. Grauman
teclznologies. tl10ugl1t up oue of the movie industry's
1011gest-ru1111i11g publicity stunts by
inviting movie stars to impress tlzeir
11a11dprints,footprints and autographs in
tlze cement courtyard of 11is theater.

HoLLvwoon BouLEVARD Nanni

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reading 6 Read the tour guide extract above. Where would you
see: 1 an effigy of a pop star?
2 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa made out of toast?
3 the original Star Trek film sets?
4 the very first showing of a Walt Disney movie?
5 a tribute to actor Humphrey Bogart's career?
6 actor John Wayne's signature?

7 Work in pairs. Find out which part of Hollywood Boulevard would

interest your partner most and why.

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Stroll dow11 Hollywood

Boulevard's 'Walk of Fame' with - , -
its stars 011 the sidewalk that !."/"
show
the names of more than 2,000
film
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stars and nmsicians. Marilyn
,. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. North Side
Monroe's star is embedded in the walking
sidewalk at No. 6776. The camera
< < < << < < Sout h Side wa
symbol below her name indicates lking
her career as a film actress.
Clarion Hotel
Hollywood Roosevelt
An image ofCllarlie
Chaplin (1889-1977)
decorates tile wall of
this 1920s hotel.

El Capitan Theater
Neon lights welcome moviegoers
to the beautifully restored Art Deco
theater. Movies can be seen i11 old­
fashioned comfort, bllt with state­
of-the-art sound. World Premieres of
Ripley's Believe It or Not!® is a
Disn ey movies ofteu featltre a live
museum devoted to the bizarre. The
revue by the Magic Kingdom's
building, topped by a gigal1tic model
favorit e characters.
Tyrannosaums Rex, contains more
than 300 exhibits, su ch as shrunken
heads and two-headed monsters.

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8 Match the adjectives with their opposites. Use a dictionary to help

you.
wide a) recorded
1 live b) restricted
2 life- c) old-fashioned
3 size d) gigantic
4 state-of-the-art e) plain
5 ornate
listening 9 Listen to an LA tour guide and match the extracts with these places.

Hollywood Wax Museum El Capitan Theater Ripley's Believe It or Not!

® Mann's Chinese Theater Hollywood Roosevelt

speaking 1 0 Work in pairs. Think of five places to include in a feature for your
city or area. What is special about these places?

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 M a tc h the sentences with the descript ions below.
1 They're showing a film called Bandit Country.
2 The trouble with this place is it's becoming too cro wded .
3 What time does the film start?
4 Look , she's getting out of that black limousine.
5 TV persona lities a nd film stars often stay there.
6 It costs a b o ut $ 1 0 for adults.
a) p erman e nt state
b) changin g state
c) a c tivity in progress now
d) re g ular or habitual activity
e) temporary activity around the time of speaking
f) scheduled event
W hat is t he dif f erenc e b e tw een the uses of think a n d have in
these
se nten c es?
What do you think of Los Angeles?
I'm thinking of going to Los A nge les this summer.

I think they're having lunch at Nate 'n ' Al's

deli. California has hot summers and mild
winters .

...,. For more information turn to p a g e 124.

practice 11 Underline the correct verb form in the sentences below.

1 The brochures often feature I are often featuring hotels in Long
Beach.
2 LA experiences I is experiencing a boom in hotel building.
3 The accommodation tax varies I is varying from 10-17 percent.
4 In summer the temperature stays I is staying in the mid 80s.
5 A meal for two costs I is costing about $150.
6 San Diego becomes I is becoming very popular with British visitors.
7 British Airways flies I is flying direct to San Diego daily.
8 We look I 're looking for a suitable hotel in Anaheim.
9 Florida suffers I is suffering from a severe lack of rainfall at the
moment.
10 Theme parks attract I are attracting families with young children.

11 We think I 're thinking of going to California for our holiday this year.
12 LA has I is having more museums than any other US city.

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1 2 Complete the text with the correct form of the present simple
or present continuous. s

Exploring San
Diego
M Angeles
any
more (appeal)
because
visitors (prefer) it is...........................................
smaller and
to people..........................................
who (like) .........................................
2
1 San Diego to
) a family
atmosphere.
Los
For example, SeaWorld (put on) .......................................... 4 great
shows wltfl performfng r<1Wer wna(es and do(p(Hhs arra'
(attract) ............................................. 5 chHdren and parents
alike. Many people (consider) ............................................. 6
San Diego zoo to be the best in the world and the
animals (live) ........................................... .7 in the
zoological equivalent of five-star hotels.

Good free guided tours of the pretty Old Town

(leave) .......................................B daily at 10.30 am and
2 pm.

Until recently the downtown area was very quiet and

dull but (now I become) ..........................................9 much
more
fashionable; entrepreneurs
(open) ........................................ 10
trendy restaurants and bars and now the whole
area (boom) .......................................... 11 as a result of
the live jazz concerts which are held every evening
during the high season.

speaking 13 Work in pairs. How is tourism changing in your country? What type
of tourists are visiting your country and what is the government doing to
develop tourism?

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 listening Visiting Moscow
1 4 Listen to the short presentation on Moscow and take notes under
these headings. Only write key words. Do not write everything you hear.
• Climate
• Getting around
• Sightseeing
• Entertainment
• Food and drink

·.A Red Sqziare

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A Ice Sculpture,
Gorky Park

Komsomolskaya
Metro
Station .,...

St Basil's Catlzedral

Compare notes with a

vocabulary partner and fill in any
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Put theseyou
information words in the correct groups below.
missed.

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concert hall under ound fairground warm j ab )
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tram coach nightclub chilly

Climate
\ Transport Entertainmn·e, -
humid nt

Add two more words to each list.

1 6 Listen again and answer these questions.

1 How many airports does Moscow have?
2 What's the best way to get from the airport to the city centre?
3 What are the most popular tourist attractions in Moscow?
4 How big is Gorky Park?
5 What attractions are there in Gorky Park?
20 6 When does the Moscow Film Festival take
place?
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speaking Giving a short presentation n_s
17 Find out about a famous tourist destination on the internet and
prepare a short presentation. First of all, make a plan of the ideas.

When preparing a presentation in English remember:

• m ake notes of your ideas
• select the best ideas a n d organise them into a logical order
• prepare any pictures you n e e d
• check you ha ve all the vocabulary you n e e d
• check for any grammatical mistakes
• practice makes perfect - practise reading the presentation
The following phrases are useful when preparing a
presentation.
• Recommending • Transport
the best time to g o buses I trains run
is ... every
you c a...n get there
it's a g o o d id ea to ... by ...journey
the
d oisn ' t(well)
... miss worth
... takes ...
•Using photographs etc.
seeing
• Describing places this picture shows ...
it's famous for ... in the foreground I backgroun d
the most interesting p lace is ... in the top I b o tto m corner is ...
is ... museum houses ...
the

18 Now give your presentation to the class. If you can, illustrate

it with pictures.

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