l = This is easy m = This is okay n = This is difficult Check out Language in use: An extraordinary journey Complete the summary about the article “Life on a boat” with the words from the green box. There is one word you do not need. One day the Gilberts, a family of four from Vancouver, decided to do something different 1 with their lives. They bought a sailboat, learned how to 2 it and then left their home and sailed 3 the world for three years. But they weren’t only travelling in that time, and not every day felt like a 4 . The parents both had to work sometimes. Luckily a lot of work can be done from 5 these days. And the two children, Ryan and Mara, didn’t just stop going to school; they were 6 , which means they studied on their own, with the help of tablets. The children say that learning became a lot more practical1 in that time, and they both really enjoyed exploring new 7 , languages and cultures. Although2 they also experienced difficult times, the family said that their 8 was definitely worth it. Reading: Funny holiday complaints Match the phrases to form funny holiday complaints. 1. The beach was the children were scared! 2. We bought Ray Ban sunglasses for five Euros in the street, 1 too sandy! 3. No one told us there would be fish in the sea – can’t they make them smile? 4. The animals in the zoo looked so sad – only to find out that they were fake3! 8 activities • around • computers • countries • different • holiday • homeschooled • journey • navigate l m n I can understand and complete a text. 1 practical – praxisorientiert 2 although – obwohl 9 l m n I can understand holiday complaints. 3 fake – unecht, gefälscht 7 Journeys 1 Unit seven Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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