I originally designed this listening to lead in to a lesson on Home Swaps (for the Lifestyle Intermediate textbook). But perhaps it can also be used on its own.
The Youtube Video is online here. The PowerPoint Presentation is embedded below, and on Google (drive, slides, pub). The transcript is on Google (drive, docs, pub), and below.
1. Watch the video. What is a home exchange holiday? Would you be interested in doing a home
exchange holiday?
2. Watch the video again. What are the advantages of doing a home
exchange holiday?
listen again and fill in the missing words:
So, what is
a home exchange vacation? Well, a home
exchange is where you swap your home for someone else’s home, so that you both _____________
free accommodation. Simply as that. Okay, so let’s take Bob. Bob and his wife Janice live in New York, but
have always dreamed of visiting England—you know, the Queen, fish and chips,
all that kind of stuff. So Bob and
Janice join home base holidays, where they add some details and photos of their
home. They browse through the thousands
of home exchange offers available and narrow their _____________ to homes in England. Remember?
The Queen, fish and chips, yeah.
They see
some homes they really like, and through the site send several messages: “Hi,
your home looks lovely. Would you be
interested in an exchange to New York?”
The next day, Bob checks the website and—hey! There’s a reply from Liz and her husband
Phil. Liz and Phil live in London and
would _____________ to visit New
York. So, after getting to know each
other, with a few more messages back and forth, Bob and Janice agree to a two
week home exchange with Liz and Phil.
Yay!
With a home
exchange vacation, you’ll save lots of money.
Hotels aren’t cheap you know. Oh,
and you can even save more by swapping cars, _____________ after each other’s pets, kids—well, maybe not
the kids, have flexibility, cook your own meals, and enjoy the space of having
a comfortable home base, live like a local, get a real feel for the places you
visit, met new people—home swaps often lead to new, lifelong _____________. And with home base holidays, you’ll also get
more than 25 years of home exchange experience.
Now, that’s a lot of experience.
So, what are you waiting for?
Join Homebase Holidays and travel, the home exchange way.
answers:
So, what is
a home exchange vacation? Well, a home
exchange is where you swap your home for someone else’s home, so that you both
enjoy free accommodation. Simply as
that. Okay, so let’s take Bob. Bob and his wife Janice live in New York, but
have always dreamed of visiting England—you know, the Queen, fish and chips,
all that kind of stuff. So Bob and
Janice join home base holidays, where they add some details and photos of their
home. They browse through the thousands
of home exchange offers available and narrow their search to homes in
England. Remember? The Queen, fish and chips, yeah.
They see
some homes they really like, and through the site send several messages: “Hi,
your home looks lovely. Would you be
interested in an exchange to New York?”
The next day, Bob checks the website and—hey! There’s a reply from Liz and her husband
Phil. Liz and Phil live in London and
would love to visit New York. So, after
getting to know each other, with a few more messages back and forth, Bob and
Janice agree to a two week home exchange with Liz and Phil. Yay!
With a home
exchange vacation, you’ll save lots of money.
Hotels aren’t cheap you know. Oh,
and you can even save more by swapping cars, looking after each other’s pets,
kids—well, maybe not the kids, have flexibility, cook your own meals, and enjoy
the space of having a comfortable home base, live like a local, get a real feel
for the places you visit, met new people—home swaps often lead to new, lifelong
friends. And with home base holidays,
you’ll also get more than 25 years of home exchange experience. Now, that’s a lot of experience. So, what are you waiting for? Join Homebase Holidays and travel, the home
exchange way.
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