Conversation
After a quick greeting, use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting comes up.
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The best way to travel is in a group led by a tour guide. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
- What value does a tour guide bring to an adventure?
- Is a tour guide always necessary?
- What can you do with a tour guide that you can’t do when you travel alone?
Vocabulary
Skip this section if you have 15 minute plan. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.
Vocabulary/ Expressions
| Expression | Definition |
| tour | (n) journey where several places are visited His tour included several stops along the river. |
| expedition | (n) a journey or voyage taken by a group of people She was thankful to have a knowledgeable guide on their expedition. |
| informative | (adj) providing useful or helpful information Since he had studied for quite a while, our guide was very informative about the history of the location. |
| privileged | (adj) having special rights or advantages With a guide, we were privileged to be able to go into new places. |
| guide | (v) show or indicate the way He was kind to guide us to the right way in the park. |
| entertain | (v) provide amusement or enjoyment She loved to entertain the groups that she led. |
| go around | (expression) to follow a circular path The guide told us we could go around the barrier as a shortcut. |
| head toward | (expression) to move in the direction of something We could head toward the beach after we finished our lunch. |
| talk into | (expression) convince someone to do something They had to talk him into going on the trip. |
| in the same boat | (expression) in similar circumstances It was comforting to know that we were all in the same boat when it came to losing our luggage. |
Something Extra
Read the following quote out loud.
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
― Marcel Proust
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