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2a 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! This holiday is becoming
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Or should I say high? My dream quite an experience. This
has finally come true! Your dad morning I woke up in a
and I are staying at the Tree prison cell. Nothing to worry
House Hotel, a tiny hotel that about, Mum. I’m staying at
is in the branches of a tree, The Old Jail. It’s a hostel
13 metres above the ground. The where you pay to experience
view that you get from the top life behind bars. Most of the
is fantastic. Once you climb people who are staying here
the ladder, the staff take it are backpackers, like me.
away and leave you with the At the moment I’m digging a
birds. Last night the staff tunnel so I’ll be home soon!
brought us our meal in a basket (ha ha)
and we had to pull it up! It’s
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 Tree House Hotel serve the meals?

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