Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Cruises sound pretty fun in theory. You sail around on a giant floating hotel, visiting one beautiful spot after another. All your meals are included, and if you don’t feel like sightseeing one day, you can relax by the pool instead.
But while a cruise might be the perfect vacation for some, it can be a nightmare for people who get seasick. Plus, most cruises only allow you to spend a short time at each stop. So they aren’t great for travelers who really want to get to know a new place.
Mason’s grandmother wants his family to take a cruise together. But as he explains to Devan, he doesn’t think that’s a very good idea.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Mason: My nana likes us to take family vacations, and she keeps trying to get me to go on a family cruise, and I am so against that idea.
Devan: I am with you on that. My friend’s family took me on a cruise with them, which, although I’m grateful that they took me on an all expenses paid vacation, was in my opinion the absolute worst way you can travel. I would rather just go…instead of going to four different islands for a few hours at a time and being stuck in the tourist traps, I would rather just go to one island for like a week, and get away from the tourists, and go see more of the culture, as opposed to…you know, it’s just very claustrophobic being stuck with all those people on a boat.
Mason: Right! You have just outlined every argument as to why I do not want to go on a cruise.
Devan: Yeah, not to mention I totally got seasick. The boat was moving, it was making me nauseous. The buffet was terrible, terrible food. And the crew was very cheesy. They sing and they dance, and they try to get you to participate, and if you’re anything like me, you just want to be left alone when you’re on vacation.
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Discussion
Mason’s grandmother wants him to go on a family cruise. But Mason thinks that sounds like a terrible idea.
Devan agrees with Mason. She doesn’t like cruises. She went on one once, and she didn’t enjoy it very much. She didn’t like being stuck on boat, and she got seasick. She would prefer to spend more time in a single place, rather than taking a cruise ship from place to place and spending only a few hours in each spot.
Would you like to go on a cruise? Describe your ideal vacation.
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Well, i think it’s a great vacation for me. I really like the cruises, actaully i haven’t been to any cruise before, but i think it’s gonna be so much fun. I really love the sea, the boats and anthing about those atmospheres, i can’t wait to go on a cruise so soon |
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wow !! vacation trips … I like trips very much , you know?? whatever they were cruises or land trips. about my ideal vacation , I like to spend it with the people I love , my family and my friends , especially if this vacation includes some excitement and some entertainment. and I prefer to spend vacations with trips. |
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