The Reading / Listening - The Travel Bug - Level 0

Travelling is good for us. It broadens the mind. It could slow down ageing. Researchers said travelling could make us look and feel younger. Researcher Fangli Hu said going on trips could make us healthier. She added: "Ageing is irreversible. It can't be stopped, but it can be slowed down."

Going on vacation can lower stress. It can make our immune system stronger. Ms Hu said hiking, climbing, and cycling can lower stress. They can help our muscles. She added these activities could help the body's self-defence. The researchers said travelling might be better than anti-ageing creams.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    The Travel Bug - Level 1 The Travel Bug - Level 2   or  The Travel Bug - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.cnn.com/travel/travel-news-health-impacts-tourism/index.html
  • https://www.aol.com/could-traveling-keep-young-scientists-142500847.html
  • https://www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/articles/research/travel-could-be-the-best-defence-against-ageing


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 :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Travelling is good
  2. It broadens the
  3. It could slow down
  4. make us look and
  5. going on
  6. make us
  7. Ageing is
  8. it can be
  1. slowed down
  2. trips
  3. irreversible
  4. mind
  5. feel younger
  6. for us
  7. healthier
  8. ageing

Paragraph 2

  1. Going on
  2. lower
  3. make our immune
  4. hiking, climbing,
  5. They can help our
  6. these activities could
  7. the body's self-
  8. better than anti-
  1. stress
  2. ageing creams
  3. and cycling
  4. help
  5. vacation
  6. defence
  7. system stronger
  8. muscles

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Travelling (1) ___________________ us. It broadens the mind. It (2) ___________________ ageing. Researchers said travelling could make us look (3) ___________________. Researcher Fangli Hu said going on trips could (4) ___________________. She added: "(5) ___________________. It can't be stopped, but it can (6) ___________________."

Going (7) ___________________ lower stress. It can make our (8) ___________________. Ms Hu said hiking, (9) ___________________ can lower stress. They can (10) ___________________. She added these activities could help the (11) ___________________. The researchers said travelling might be better than (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Travellingisgoodforus.Itbroadensthemind.Itcouldslowdownageing.
Researcherssaidtravellingcouldmakeuslookandfeelyounger.Resear
cherFangliHusaidgoingontripscouldmakeushealthier.Sheadded:"Ag
eingisirreversible.Itcan'tbestopped,butitcanbesloweddown."Going
onvacationcanlowerstress.Itcanmakeourimmunesystemstronger.M
sHusaidhiking,climbing,andcyclingcanlowerstress.Theycanhelpour
muscles.Sheaddedtheseactivitiescouldhelpthebody'sselfdefence.T
heresearcherssaidtravellingmightbebetterthananti-ageingcreams.

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 — Write your own questions

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Free writing

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Answers

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