Unit 7 Where would you like to visit?

girl: you would?
boy: sure. i like exciting vacations.
girl: wouldn’t that be dangerous?
boy: no, not really. how about you, tian hong? where would you like to go?
girl: oh, i’m stressed out. i’d just like to relax beside a river… you know, a beautiful riverside park in taiyuan.
boy: that sounds peaceful.
2a listening and numbering
you are going to listen to another conversation. this time listen and number the statements on page 53 in the order that you hear them.
now listen to it the second time. jot down sentences with would, hope to, ‘d like to and ‘d love to used for expressing desires.
tapescript
boy1: wouldn’t it be great if we could go on a vacation together?
girl1: yeah. that would be wonderful!
boy1: where would we go?
girl1: well, i hope to visit hawaii one day. would you be interested in going there?
boy2: sure! i like places where the weather is always warm.
boy1: but hawaii is too touristy. maybe we could go to mexico. i love places where the people are really friendly.
boy2: well, mexico would be nice, but we don’t know the language. i hope to see niagara falls someday. what about going there?
girl1: niagara falls would be beautiful, but there’s not much to do there. why don’t we all go to san francisco together? it has everything—beautiful views, friendly people, exciting things to do…
boy2: that’s not a bad idea if you pay for it!
3 i love places where the people are really friendly.
4 i hope to see niagara falls some day.
2 i like places where the weather is always warm.
1 i hope to visit hawaii one day.
read the listening script and copy down all useful phrases.
go on a vacation together, visit hawaii, one day, be interested in going there, be too touristy, go to mexico, be really friendly, see niagara falls someday, go to san francisco together, beautiful views, friendly people, exciting things, a bad idea, pay for…
2b listening and matching
on page 53 is a chart with “ place” and “reason not to visit the place”. listen again and match them.
place reason to visit the place
__b__1. hawaii a. we don’t know the language.
__a__2. mexico b. it’s too touristy.
__c__3. niagara falls c. there’s not much to do there.
2c doing pairwork
role play conversations using information from 2a and 2b. you may start this way:
a: i hope to visit hawai some day.
b: i do, too. i like places where the weather is always warm.

a: i’d like to go on a vacation with my classmate li hong.
b: i hope to visit wutai mountain one day. would you be interested in going there?