Travel

= = ** Travel ** 1. You recently visited a place of great historical or cultural significance. For the school magazine write an account of your visit and explain why other people would be interested in this particular place. 5. A travel magazine for young people is offering a prize of £1,000 for the best promotional leaflet written about the town where the entrant lives. You are very proud of your town and you believe it has several attractions which would be popular with young people from other parts of your country, so you decide to enter the competition. Write your leaflet. 3. It has been said that “visiting another country broadens the mind”. On a recent visit to another country you had an experience that broadened your outlook. Write the story of your experience which you hope will be printed in your school publication. 1. A travel magazine has recently published an article on the theme: “People should see their own countries first before visiting others”. This article made such an impression on you that you have decided to write a response to it. Write a letter to the editor either agreeing or disagreeing with this article. 5. A travel agency in your home town or city is running a competition to encourage tourists to visit. Entrants have to write an article about the town. The prize is a holiday worth $1,000 to a destination of your choice, so you decide to enter. Write your article. 3. You are the main speaker in a debate in which the motion is: “Tourism involves transporting people who have nothing to do to countries which would be better off without them.” Write the text of your speech, either for or against the motion. 1. A travel magazine is running a competition for articles describing places of natural beauty in your country. The best article will be published in the magazine. Write an article that will help readers to appreciate the natural beauty of a place you know well and like very much.