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5a Places to stay

1 Warm-up 2 Read 

Answer the following questions. A. Below are three emails. Listen, read and

• Where do you usually go on holiday? match them with the pictures.
• Have you ever stayed anywhere strange?
b

a G’day Mum!
Hi, Kevin! All the way from South
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Or should I say high? My dream Australia! This holiday is
has finally come true! Your becoming quite an experience.
dad and I are staying at the This morning I woke up in a
Woodpecker Hotel, a tiny hotel prison cell. Nothing to worry
that is in the branches of about, Mum. I’m staying at
a tree, 13 metres above the The Old Jail. It’s a hostel
ground. The view that you get where you pay to experience
from the top is fantastic. Once life behind bars. Most of the
you climb the ladder, the staff people who are staying here
take it away and leave you with are backpackers, like me.
the birds. Last night the staff At the moment I’m digging a
brought us our meal in a basket tunnel so I’ll be home soon!
and we had to pull it up! It’s (ha, ha)
so exciting! All my love,
Prisoner 11733
See you soon,
Mum
c

1 Hello, Connie!
Here in the Ice Hotel it’s literally freezing. Everything
around me is made of ice, even my bed! Luckily, when
I lie down, I don’t freeze because the hotel provides
amazing sleeping bags which keep me warm. I still have
to wear my hat, scarf and gloves in bed, though. Tomorrow
I’m going skiing, so wish me good luck!
Take care,
Brrrrrrian

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B. Read again and answer the questions.

1. Whose parents are staying in an unusual place?
2. Which building used to be something else?
3. Who has done something they have always wanted to?
4. Who is on a backpacking holiday?
5. Where do people at the Ice Hotel sleep?

3 6. How do the staff at the Woodpecker Hotel serve the meals?

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