Main Topic 17: Industries Lesson 96: Tourism (20-25 minutes) Today, you will: 1. Learn useful vocabulary related to TOURISM. 2. Review Adjective Order. I. VOCABULARY Exercise 1: What s the meaning? (5-6 minutes) A. Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow. 1. The Philippine government is developing its country s tourism industry. a. academic travel b. business travel c. recreational travel d. active travel 2. My friend gave me a Hawaiian shirt as a souvenir from his trip last year. a. reason b. reward c. replacement d. remembrance 3. Mt. Fuji is one of the most popular tourist sites in Japan. a. fake b. fantasy c. famous d. fictitious 4. Australia is my family s next travel destination. a. place to visit b. place to leave c. place to return d. place to appreciate Page 1
5. Tourism allows people to experience the different traditions of other countries. a. project b. present c. practice d. prevent B. Sentence-Making Practice (3-4 minutes) Practice using the words you ve learned in your own sentences. 1. Tourism 2. Souvenir 3. Popular 4. Destination 5. Tradition Page 2
Exercise 2: What s the word? (4-5 minutes) Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the bottom. A tour guide is welcoming a group of tourist to Japan. Tour Guide: Good morning everyone! Welcome to Japan. I am Randy and I will be your tour guide for the week. I suggest you put on your nametag so we can easily identify each other. Melissa: Wow! We are so excited for the tour. I heard everyone s out to see the Cherry Blossom Festival. Tour Guide: That s right. Today is the start of Cherry Blossom Festival so it s a here in Japan. The traffic is usually heavy and the streets are crowded during this celebration but it s all worth it. Just remember to always stay with the group. If you want to go to a particular place, kindly inform me and we ll see if we can include it in our itinerary. Melissa: We completely understand. But can you tell us this week s itinerary? Tour guide: Sure. We will be visiting Asakusa Shrine, MOA Art Museum in Atami; Ginza and Imperial Palace in Central Tokyo, and Rikugien Park in Komagome in Bunkyo-ward. Melissa: Great! I m sure I will be able to take good to include in my portfolio. Tour Guide: You can take pictures but there are some parts of the art museum where you will be prohibited to use your cameras. Melissa: No problem. We will just enjoy looking around. Tour Guide: Thank you for following instructions. As, you should keep in mind that we are here to explore and admire the Japanese culture and country. So if you are ready, please fall in line and let s get on the bus. Thank you. Choices: a. holiday b. photographs c. tourists d. souvenir Page 3
II. GRAMMAR REVIEW: Topic: Adjective Order (5-6 minutes) General Description: When using more than one adjective in a sentence, there is a particular order that should be followed. The proper order is found below: Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material An opinion adjective explains what you think about something or someone (other people may not agree with you). Examples: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult A size adjective tells you how big or small something or someone is. Examples: large, tiny, enormous, little An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples: ancient, new, young, old A shape adjective describes the shape of something. Examples: square, round, flat, rectangular A color adjective describes the color of something. Examples: blue, pink, reddish, grey An origin adjective describes where something or someone comes from. Examples: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek A material adjective describes what something is made from. Examples: wooden, metal, cotton, paper Purpose A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with "- ing". Examples: sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"), roasting (as in "roasting tin") Remember: Use the acronym OSASCOMP for opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material and purpose. This will help to easily recall the adjective order. Examples: In Kyoto City, I was so amused with the large, thousand year-old, copper Buddha. Size Age Material The tourists look for a beautiful, white, South Sea pearls for souvenirs. Opinion Color Origin Singapore is a well-organized and small state. Opinion Size Christmas season makes the tourist look for a place that is beautiful, wide and relaxing. Opinion Size Purpose Page 4
Comprehension Check: Arrange the following in proper order to construct a sentence. French Large Twisted Fries Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (3-4 minutes) Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences. 1. There s a restaurant in Italy that serves very pizza in Italy. a. best b. loud c. cheesy d. hungry 2. They sell Australian boomerang in the souvenir shop. a. wooden b. several c. curved d. tiny 3. There are many tropical fish in the Ocean Park. a. flying b. fighting c. careful d. tired Page 5