Have you ever taken a road trip? Just jumped in your car, hit the road and left your problems behind you? Come with us on our virtual road trip this week and learn some new vocabulary.
Voice message from Lia in Australia
Road trips
“It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses… HIT IT!” (The Blues Brothers)
Have you been on any road trips? Which was your favourite?
Popular road trips
The Pan American Highway
Route 66
John O’Groats to Land’s End
Around Iceland
Ring of Kerry, Ireland.
Vocabulary
Highway, motorway, freeway
To set off
To make good time
To be/get stuck in traffic
Bumper to bumper
To hit/avoid the rush hour traffic
To take a ring road
Main road
Back road
The scenic route
To pull over
To stretch your legs
To fill up
To take the long way (home)
Road rage
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Idioms & Proverbs with ‘road’
A road map
One more for the road
Middle of the road
It’s time to hit the road
All roads lead to Rome
Let’s get this show on the road
It’s the end of the road
To be on the road to recovery
On a road to nowhere
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
Discussion
What makes an enjoyable road trip?
Where would you like to go on a road trip?
Who’d be your ideal travelling companion(s) on a road trip?
Traditional Irish blessing
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
…and now it’s your turn to practise your English.
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