07 BBC INTERVIEWS Speakout Elementary: U07 – Holidays – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.[Music] I love hot weather so when I go on holiday I like to travel to hot last year I went to Greece which was beautiful how about you what kind of holidays do you like I like holidays but then I like going on holidays where there's loads of famous landmarks I like relaxing Beach holidays I like different kinds of holidays I like city breaks like going to London uh I also like beach holidays though I like activity holidays where we swim or cycle or um do boat trips or skiing walking that kind of thing activity holidays really I really like beach holidays I love to go on beach holidays we like relaxing holidays no we like all sorts of holidays um relaxing ones and city breaks [Music] where did you go on your last holiday my last holiday was to the Cook and um I had a fantastic time I just sat on the beach and did not very much read a couple of books um and went and did some other water sports the last holiday I went on was um to Barley um in Asia we went to St Lucia last year where we had a relaxing holiday on the beach reading our books and swimming we got two young so our last holiday we went to in Paris last year I went to with my mom and a friend and that was pretty much a beach holiday but we were there for 2 and 1 half weeks and it was very good very warm we went to New York uh five ladies um and it was was the most wonderful place wonderful theaters uh wonderful night life and safe my last holiday I went to Rome uh we saw the Coliseum the Steps um one night there was live Opera there our last holiday was a city holiday and we went to New York and had a a great time just before Christmas we did lots of shopping and looking at all the sites and once we' had three days in uh in New York we then went to stay to stay with friends up in Maine in New on my last holiday I went to France to Southern France to see some friends of mine who live there last holiday I went to maius and uh it was good it was relaxing it was a beach holid day the food was fantastic great seafood and the people were lovely they have really good food there amazing ice cream I thoroughly enjoyed um every minute very relaxing lovely weather it was a great place the boys really enjoyed enoyed it it was [Music] fantastic
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
countries
A2(chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.
Example:
"countries last year I went to Greece"
adventure
A2The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
Example:
"Adventure holidays but then I like going"
especially
A2(manner) In a special manner; specially.
Example:
"especially where did you go on your last"
disneyland
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Disneyland in Paris last year I went to"
australia
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Australia with my mom and a friend and"
islands
A2A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
Example:
"Islands and um I had a fantastic time I"
kayaking
A2To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.
Example:
"kayaking and did some other water sports"
children
A2A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)
Example:
"and swimming we got two young children"
spanish
A2To subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of depressions formed in a plastic material
Example:
"Rome uh we saw the Coliseum the Spanish"
england
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"England on my last holiday I went to"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| countries | A2 | (chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region. |
| adventure | A2 | The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. |
| especially | A2 | (manner) In a special manner; specially. |
| disneyland | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| australia | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| islands | A2 | A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water. |
| kayaking | A2 | To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak. |
| children | A2 | A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority) |
| spanish | A2 | To subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of depressions formed in a plastic material |
| england | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
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