The Reading / Listening - Global Destinations - Level 6

Foreign travel has been beyond most of us for the past 18 months because of restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. However, there are signs of hope for us to resume our sojourns to exotic and faraway places. The National Geographic magazine has released its list of the top 25 travel destinations for 2022. The list is split into five categories: adventure, culture and history, family, nature and sustainability. George Stone, Nat Geo's executive editor for travel, explained the rationale behind the list and how covid-19 helped shape it. He said: "In many ways, the pandemic provided a moment for travellers and communities around the world to reflect and regroup on how we explore the world."

The list includes a visit to London's Tin Pan Alley, famed for its music history, and a tour of Hokkaido, Japan, renowned for the unique heritage of its indigenous Ainu people. For nature lovers, exploring Namibia's Caprivi Strip is recommended for its abundance of natural wildlife. Mr Stone said the pandemic has made people choosier about their vacations. He said: "People are going to be making much more conscientious choices…so we wanted…specific ideas about what is a unique, revealing and safe destination for the year ahead." He added: "These superlative destinations speak of resilient communities, innovative conservation efforts, and thrilling opportunities for future exploration."

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

    Global Destinations - Level 4  or  Global Destinations - Level 5

Sources
  • https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2021/11/18/top-destinations-2022-national-geographic/8667332002/
  • https://nypost.com/2021/11/18/national-geographic-reveals-best-of-the-world-2022-travel-list/
  • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/best-of-the-world-2021


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Warm-ups

1. GLOBAL TRAVEL: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about global travel. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
       foreign travel / coronavirus / pandemic / signs / hope / exotic / culture / editor / way /
       visit / music / history / heritage / indigenous / choice / unique / thrilling / exploration
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. MY COUNTRY: Students A strongly believe your country is the best in the world to visit; Students B strongly believe otherwise. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. CATEGORIES: What is your country like as a travel destination for these things? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

 

Good Things

Bad Things

Adventure

 

 

Culture

 

 

Family

 

 

History

 

 

Nature

 

 

Sustainability

 

 
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5. EXOTIC: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "exotic". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. DESTINATIONS: Rank these with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

  • Niagara Falls
  • Kyoto
  • London
  • Namibia's Caprivi Strip
  • Bhutan
  • Hawaii
  • Patagonia
  • Sydney

 

Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

      1. restriction a. A set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or belief.
      2. resume b. Begin again or continue after a pause or interruption.
      3. sojourn c. Originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country.
      4. exotic d. A limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.
      5. sustainability e. Think deeply or carefully about.
      6. rationale f. A temporary stay.
      7. reflect g. Avoidance of using up natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.

    Paragraph 2

      8. famed h. Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place.
      9. unique i. Things of special architectural, historical, or natural value that are kept and protected for the nation.
      10. heritage j. Wishing to do one's work or duty very well.
      11. indigenous k. Known about by many people.
      12. abundance l. Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
      13. conscientious m. Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.
      14. resilient n. A very large quantity of something.

 

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

  1. The article says no one has travelled in the past year and a half.     T / F
  2. National Geographic divided its recommendations into five categories.     T / F
  3. Nat Geo said coronavirus affected the choices on its list of 25 places.     T / F
  4. Nat Geo said the pandemic let travellers think about future travel.     T / F
  5. A place in Japan that is famous for music is on the Nat Geo list.     T / F
  6. Nat Geo suggested people who love nature could go to Namibia.     T / F
  7. People are getting pickier about where they want to go on vacation.     T / F
  8. The article says there are few exciting destinations left to visit.     T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

  1. restrictions
  2. sojourns
  3. split
  4. rationale
  5. shape
  6. famed
  7. unique
  8. choosier
  9. superlative
  10. thrilling
  1. well known
  2. reasoning
  3. create
  4. exciting
  5. visits
  6. pickier
  7. limitations
  8. unbeatable
  9. distinctive
  10. divided

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

  1. travel has been beyond most of us
  2. there are signs of hope for us
  3. The list is split
  4. explained the rationale
  5. reflect and regroup on how
  6. London's Tin Pan Alley,
  7. renowned for the unique heritage of its
  8. recommended for its abundance
  9. making much more conscientious
  10. thrilling
  1. indigenous Ainu people
  2. behind the list
  3. we explore the world
  4. famed for its music history
  5. opportunities
  6. into five categories
  7. choices
  8. for the past 18 months
  9. of natural wildlife
  10. to resume our sojourns

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
faraway
sustainability
reflect
split
provided
beyond
signs
rationale

Foreign travel has been (1) _____________________ most of us for the past 18 months because of restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. However, there are (2) _____________________ of hope for us to resume our sojourns to exotic and (3) _____________________ places. The National Geographic magazine has released its list of the top 25 travel destinations for 2022. The list is (4) _____________________ into five categories: adventure, culture and history, family, nature and (5) _____________________. George Stone, Nat Geo's executive editor for travel, explained the (6) _____________________ behind the list and how covid-19 helped shape it. He said: "In many ways, the pandemic (7) _____________________ a moment for travellers and communities around the world to (8) _____________________ and regroup on how we explore the world."

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
choices
famed
resilient
lovers
choosier
ahead
heritage
abundance

The list includes a visit to London's Tin Pan Alley, (9) _____________________ for its music history, and a tour of Hokkaido, Japan, renowned for the unique (10) _____________________ of its indigenous Ainu people. For nature (11) _____________________, exploring Namibia's Caprivi Strip is recommended for its (12) _____________________ of natural wildlife. Mr Stone said the pandemic has made people (13) _____________________ about their vacations. He said: "People are going to be making much more conscientious (14) _____________________...so we wanted...specific ideas about what is a unique, revealing and safe destination for the year (15) _____________________." He added: "These superlative destinations speak of (16) _____________________ communities, innovative conservation efforts, and thrilling opportunities for future exploration."

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) travel has been beyond most of us for the past 18 months ______
     a.  because oft restrictions
     b.  because of constriction
     c.  because of restrictions
     d.  because of constrictions
2)  However, there are signs of hope for us to ______
     a.  resume your sojourns
     b.  resume hour sojourns
     c.  resume our sojourns
     d.  resume are sojourns
3)  split into five categories: adventure, culture and history, family, ______
     a.  nature and sustainability
     b.  nature and sustenance
     c.  nature and susceptibility
     d.  nature and accessibility
4)  Nat Geo's executive editor for travel, explained the ______ list
     a.  ration all behind the
     b.  ration ale behind the
     c.  rational behind the
     d.  rationale behind the
5)  the pandemic provided a moment for travellers and communities around the ______
     a.  world to reflects
     b.  world to re-flecked
     c.  world to reef flecked
     d.  world to reflect

6)  The list includes a visit to London's Tin Pan Alley, ______ music history
     a.  flamed for its
     b.  foamed for its
     c.  framed for its
     d.  famed for its
7)  and a tour of Hokkaido, Japan, renowned for ______
     a.  the uniquely heritage
     b.  the you meek heritage
     c.  the unique heritage
     d.  the you need heritage
8)  exploring Namibia's Caprivi Strip is recommended for its abundance ______
     a.  of naturally wildlife
     b.  of natural wilder life
     c.  of natural wildlife
     d.  of natural wild live
9)  Mr Stone said the pandemic has made people ______ vacations
     a.  choosier about their
     b.  choose ear about their
     c.  choose air about their
     d.  choose are about their
10)  He added: "These superlative destinations ______ communities
     a.  speaks of resilient
     b.  speaker resilient
     c.  speak oft resilient
     d.  speak of resilient

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Foreign travel has been (1) ____________________ us for the past 18 months because of restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. However, there are signs of hope for us to resume our (2) ____________________ and faraway places. The National Geographic magazine has released its list of the top 25 travel destinations for 2022. The list is (3) ____________________ categories: adventure, culture and history, family, (4) ____________________. George Stone, Nat Geo's executive editor for travel, explained the (5) ____________________ list and how covid-19 helped shape it. He said: "In many ways, the pandemic provided a moment for travellers and communities around the world to (6) ____________________ on how we explore the world."

The list includes a visit to London's Tin Pan Alley, (7) ___________________ music history, and a tour of Hokkaido, Japan, renowned for the (8) ____________________ its indigenous Ainu people. For nature lovers, exploring Namibia's Caprivi Strip is recommended for (9) ____________________ natural wildlife. Mr Stone said the pandemic has made people choosier about their vacations. He said: "People are going to be making much more conscientious choices...so we (10) __________________ about what is a unique, revealing and (11) ____________________ the year ahead." He added: "These superlative destinations speak of resilient communities, innovative conservation efforts, (12) ____________________ for future exploration."

Comprehension questions

  1. What has been beyond us for one and a half years?
  2. What does the article say there are signs of?
  3. Into how many categories is the National Geographic travel list split?
  4. What did Nat Geo say helped shape its list?
  5. Who did Nat Geo say reflected on how we explore the world?
  6. What is London's Tin Pan Alley famous for?
  7. Where is the Caprivi Strip?
  8. What did Nat Geo say people are getting choosier about?
  9. What kind of choices did Nat Geo say people are making?
  10. What kind of travel opportunities did Nat Geo say would be in the future?

Multiple choice quiz

1) What has been beyond us for one and a half years?
a) backpacking
b) luxury travel
c) the pandemic
d) foreign travel
2) What does the article say there are signs of?
a) borderless travel
b) hope
c) new passports
d) new hotels
3) Into how many categories is the National Geographic travel list split?
a) four
b) eight
c) five
d) three
4) What did Nat Geo say helped shape its list?
a) the pandemic
b) a think tank
c) a mould
d) travel statistics

5) Who did Nat Geo say reflected on how we explore the world?
a) hotel reservation websites
b) hoteliers
c) travellers and communities
d) tourists

6) What is London's Tin Pan Alley famous for?
a) calypso
b) music
c) metal
d) kitchen equipment
7) Where is the Caprivi Strip?
a) Patagonia
b) Italy
c) Hokkaido
d) Namibia
8) What did Nat Geo say people are getting choosier about?
a) their vacations
b) prices
c) domestic travel
d) mask wearing
9) What kind of choices did Nat Geo say people are making?
a) monetary choices
b) vaccine processes
c) conscientious choices
d) difficult choices

10) What kind of travel opportunities did Nat Geo say would be in the future?
a) resilient opportunities
b) thrilling opportunities
c) innovative opportunities
d) superlative opportunities

Role play

Role  A – Kyoto
You think Kyoto is the best travel destination. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their places. Also, tell the others which is the least enticing of these (and why): Hawaii, London or Patagonia.

Role  B – Hawaii
You think Hawaii is the best travel destination. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their places. Also, tell the others which is the least enticing of these (and why): Kyoto, London or Patagonia.

Role  C – London
You think London is the best travel destination. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their places. Also, tell the others which is the least enticing of these (and why): Hawaii, Kyoto or Patagonia.

Role  D – Patagonia
You think Patagonia is the best travel destination. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their places. Also, tell the others which is the least enticing of these (and why): Hawaii, London or Kyoto.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'travel'

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    • and 'exotic'.

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    • • Share your findings with your partners.

    • Make questions using the words you found.

    • Ask your partner / group your questions.

    2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

    •Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

    3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

    4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

    5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

    • beyond
    • hope
    • split
    • behind
    • ways
    • explore
    • famed
    • unique
    • choosier
    • choices
    • ahead
    • future

    Student survey

    Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

    (Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

    Discussion - Global Destinations

    STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

    1. What did you think when you read the headline?
    2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'travel'?
    3. How important is travel to you?
    4. What's the best place you've been to?
    5. What's your country like as a travel destination?
    6. Has the pandemic affected your travel plans?
    7. What places do you think are exotic?
    8. Which of Nat Geo's five holiday categories are most appealing to you?
    9. Is it better to take vacations in your own country?
    10. Where will you go on your next holiday?

    STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

    1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
    2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'exotic'?
    3. What do you think about what you read?
    4. What are the top three places on your travel list?
    5. Where would you recommend people visit in your country?
    6. Would you rather visit London or Japan?
    7. How much of a nature lover are you?
    8. What safety concerns do you have when you travel?
    9. What thrilling holidays have you had?
    10. What questions would you like to ask Nat Geo?

    Discussion — Write your own questions

    STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

    (a) ________________

    (b) ________________

    (c) ________________

    (d) ________________

    (e) ________________

    STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

    (f) ________________

    (g) ________________

    (h) ________________

    (i) ________________

    (j) ________________

    Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

    Foreign travel has been (1) ____ most of us for the past 18 months because of restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. However, there are signs of hope (2) ____ us to resume our sojourns to exotic and faraway places. The National Geographic magazine has released its list of the top 25 travel destinations for 2022. The list is (3) ____ into five categories: adventure, culture and history, family, nature and sustainability. George Stone, Nat Geo's executive editor for travel, explained the (4) ____ behind the list and how covid-19 helped shape it. He said: "(5) ____ many ways, the pandemic provided a moment for travellers and communities around the world to (6) ____ and regroup on how we explore the world."

    The list includes a visit to London's Tin Pan Alley, (7) ____ for its music history, and a tour of Hokkaido, Japan, renowned for the unique heritage of its indigenous Ainu people. For nature (8) ____, exploring Namibia's Caprivi Strip is recommended for its abundance of natural wildlife. Mr Stone said the pandemic has made people (9) ____ about their vacations. He said: "People are going to be making much (10) ____ conscientious choices...so we wanted...specific ideas about what is a unique, revealing and safe destination for the year (11) ____." He added: "These superlative destinations speak of resilient communities, innovative conservation efforts, and (12) ____ opportunities for future exploration."

    Which of these words go in the above text?

    1. (a)     bounder     (b)     abeyance     (c)     beneath     (d)     beyond    
    2. (a)     to     (b)     on     (c)     as     (d)     for    
    3. (a)     cut     (b)     split     (c)     cancel     (d)     divide    
    4. (a)     rational     (b)     rationing     (c)     rationale     (d)     ration    
    5. (a)     On     (b)     Up     (c)     In     (d)     To    
    6. (a)     reflect     (b)     mirror     (c)     refract     (d)     prism    
    7. (a)     framed     (b)     famed     (c)     flamed     (d)     foamed    
    8. (a)     lovers     (b)     loves     (c)     lovelies     (d)     loving    
    9. (a)     choice     (b)     choosier     (c)     chosen     (d)     chooses    
    10. (a)     many     (b)     most     (c)     more     (d)     much    
    11. (a)     headed     (b)     heading     (c)     ahead     (d)     header    
    12. (a)     thrillers     (b)     thrills     (c)     thrilled     (d)     thrilling

    Spelling

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    Put the text back together

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    Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

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    foreign travel has been beyond most of us for the past 18 months because of restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic however there are signs of hope for us to resume our sojourns to exotic and faraway places the national geographic magazine has released its list of the top 25 travel destinations for 2022 the list is split into five categories adventure culture and history family nature and sustainability george stone nat geos executive editor for travel explained the rationale behind the list and how covid19 helped shape it he said in many ways the pandemic provided a moment for travellers and communities around the world to reflect and regroup on how we explore the world

    the list includes a visit to londons tin pan alley famed for its music history and a tour of hokkaido japan renowned for the unique heritage of its indigenous ainu people for nature lovers exploring namibias caprivi strip is recommended for its abundance of natural wildlife mr stone said the pandemic has made people choosier about their vacations he said people are going to be making much more conscientious choicesso we wantedspecific ideas about what is a unique revealing and safe destination for the year ahead he added these superlative destinations speak of resilient communities innovative conservation efforts and thrilling opportunities for future exploration

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    Foreigntravelhasbeenbeyondmostofusforthepast18monthsbecause
    ofrestrictionscausedbythecoronaviruspandemic.However,thereare
    signsofhopeforustoresumeoursojournstoexoticandfarawayplaces.T
    heNationalGeographicmagazinehasreleaseditslistofthetop25travel
    destinationsfor2022.Thelistissplitintofivecategories:adventure,cult
    ureandhistory,family,natureandsustainability.GeorgeStone,NatGe
    o'sexecutiveeditorfortravel,explainedtherationalebehindthelistand
    howcovid-19helpedshapeit.Hesaid:"Inmanyways,thepandemicp
    rovidedamomentfortravellersandcommunitiesaroundtheworldtorefl
    ectandregrouponhowweexploretheworld."ThelistincludesavisittoLo
    ndon'sTinPanAlley,famedforitsmusichistory,andatourofHokkaido,Ja
    pan,renownedfortheuniqueheritageofitsindigenousAinupeople.Forn
    aturelovers,exploringNamibia'sCapriviStripisrecommendedforitsab
    undanceofnaturalwildlife.MrStonesaidthepandemichasmadepeople
    choosierabouttheirvacations.Hesaid:"Peoplearegoingtobemakingm
    uchmoreconscientiouschoices...sowewanted...specificideasaboutw
    hatisaunique,revealingandsafedestinationfortheyearahead."Headd
    ed:"Thesesuperlativedestinationsspeakofresilientcommunities,inn
    ovativeconservationefforts,andthrillingopportunitiesforfutureexplo
    ration."

    Free writing

    Write about global destinations for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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    Academic writing

    It is essential for us to visit other countries. Discuss.

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    Homework

    1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
    2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
    3. GLOBAL TRAVEL: Make a poster about global travel. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
    4. EXPLORATION: Write a magazine article about all of us having to travel to other countries to explore the world. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
    Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
    5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
    6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on global travel. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on where to go. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

    A Few Additional Activities for Students

    Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

    Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

    Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

    Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

    Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

    Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

    Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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