Unit: Travel Topic: Attractive Places

Mutthayomsuksa 1

VIDEO

• How many places have you seen in this video?

• What did you see in the video?

• Have you ever been to any places in this video?

VOCABULARY

Text 1

fantastic (adj.)

extremely good

exciting (adj.)

making you feel excited

crowded (adj.)

if a place is crowded, it is full of people

attractive (adj.)

having the power or quality of attracting

historic (adj.)

important or likely to be important in history

subway (n.)

an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground

restaurant (n.)

a place where meals are served to the public

visit (v.)

 etc. to go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship,

business, travel

Text 2

Structure

Present Perfect Tense

Subject hashave

+ verb3+

we can use the present perfect with unspecific expressions such as

Ever never

once

many times

Several times

before

so faralready

yet

There are basically three uses for the present perfect tense:

1.experience 2.change

3.continuing situation

1. Present perfect tense for experience

We can do this with expressions such as

in the last week

in the last yearthis week

so far

up to nowthis month

Example

I have seen that movie six times in the last month.

Have you ever been to Japan?

2. Present perfect tense for change over time

to talk about a change or new information that has happened over a period of time.

Example

My English has really improved

since I joined this class.

You have grown since the last time I saw you.

3. Present perfect tense for continuing situation

This is a state that started in the past and continues in the present(and will probably continue into the future).

Example

I have been here since 9 o'clock.

I have been here for 20 minutes.

How to use for/ since

We use since to talk about a point

in past time - 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday.

We use for to talk about a period of time - 5 minutes, 2 weeks, 6 years.

Text 3

Conversation

• Annuar: Have you ever been to Japan? I’m going in the fall.

• Taka: Yeah, I’ve been there twice.• Annuar: Really? Tell me about it.

What’s it like?• Taka: Oh, it’s fantastic.

• Annuar: Where did you go?• Taka: On my first trip I went to Tokyo,

and on my second I visited Kyoto.• Annuar: What did you think of Tokyo?• Taka: Very big and exciting, but really

crowded too.• Annuar: Yeah, I’ve seen pictures of the

crowded subway!• Taka: And the restaurants are excellent…

but they’re kind of expensive.

• Annuar: And how about Kyoto?• Taka: Kyoto is lovely. It’s a very historic

city, very peaceful and quiet.• Annuar: Wow, that sound great…what

about the weather?• Taka: Well, the first time I went was in

August, so it was really hot and humid. But the second time was in October and it was great. Warm and sunny, but not humid.

• Annuar: Sounds perfect! I’m really looking forward to my trip.