6B Getting away

Do you agree or disagree with the following?

- When you come back from a holiday, that's when you really need a holiday!
- For the first week it's great to get up late and have nothing to do. After that it's just boring.


Language corner

• Cosmopolitan is an adjective describing places that have an international feel. They have been influenced by many different people and cultures.
• Laid-back means 'relaxed, not worried, calm'.
• Off the beaten track means 'not visited by many tourists or other people'. Probably a quieter place away from towns and busy areas.
• Upmarket means 'expensive, luxurious, high quality'. Not for people who don't have a lot of money.
• Secluded means 'private and undistrubed by other people'.
• Picturesque means 'beautiful and attractice'.

Grammar corner: Structures used to talk about the future II

Do you know what the difference between be going to and 'll/will is?

• The difference between the two can be summarized as:
• No evidence now: 'll/will
• Evidence now: be going to
• The evidence is often something you can see, such as dark clouds in the sky, eg It's going to rain, or something that is already starting to happen, eg Look at those two bikes!/They are going to crash! when we only have an idea in our heads or a belief about what will happen we are more likely to use will.

Further listening practice

Rebecca talking about Australian cities
New Zealand