Lesson• Topic:• Focus:

Vacation Nightmares
To help students learn how to protect themselvesfrom dangerous situations when traveling abroad• Grammar Points: The Past Progressive, SVC Present Participle, Keep ~ing
Present Participle Phrases (while / when / because / after)

Grammar Points 過去進行形 現在分詞の叙述用法 分詞構文（現在分詞）
1 The Past Progressive - 過去進行形
We were having dinner when the phone rang.
What were you doing at the time?
[an] airport

I was coming out of the airport when a man spoke to me. [pg.37, l.12]/ˈerˌpɔːrt/

2 SVC Present Participle - 現在分詞の叙述用法
A. I stayed home doing my homework.
SVC(I stayed home, and I did my homework.)
We sat talking. [pg.37, l.20]
B. I kept smiling.
SVC

3 Participle Structures - 分詞構文（現在分詞）
A. Driving to work, Monica had a car accident.
(While Monica was driving to work, she had a car accident.)
B. Chieko, opening the door, saw her friend, John.
(Chieko, when she opened the door, saw her friend, John.)
・B の分詞の位置はあまり用いられず、Aのような表現が一般的です。

Opening the door, Chieko saw her friend, John.
C. I didn’t have time to take a shower, waking up late.
(I didn’t have time to take a shower, because I woke up late.)
D. Arriving home, I had dinner.
(After I arrived home, I had dinner.)
Getting off at the same station, we started walking to my hotel. [~pg.37, l.17]032 │Lesson 4

Vocabulary from Context
1

Read the conversations below and guess the meaning of the colored words
and phrases by writing a synonym in the parentheses ( ___ ). If you needhelp, look at the choices in the box at the bottom of this page.

A. Esteban: I’m going to South East Asia.
contaminated Tiffany:/kənˈtæməˌneɪtəd/Have fun, but be careful. The water is contaminated ( ____________ ).
Esteban: I know. People get sick when they drink it.

B. Akiko:awful Steve:/ˈɑːfəl/C. Sarah:instinctively/ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/

Yuki:

D. Mark:
Eriko:
realize ~/ˈriːˌlaɪz/

How was your vacation?
It was awful ( _____________ ).
WWe were walking in a train station when someone took our money.

When I make a speech, instinctively ( _____________ ),I put my hands in my pockets.
I don’t like speeches, because I get very nervous.

Did you like English when you were in school?
No, I didn’t. I was always falling asleep in class.
But when I went to Europe on vacation, I realized ( _____________ )that English was very useful.

E. Takao:

I went to Mexico for five days.
Tom:
That’s great. How was it?
Takao: Well, it was interesting.
Tom:
Did you speak Spanish?
Takao: No, I couldn’t. When people spoke to me, I just kept smiling.
[a] souvenir
But I bought you a souvenir ( _____________ ).
/ˌsuːvəˈnɪr/
Thanks. It’s a poncho.
Tom:gift / great / understood / unhealthy / very bad / without thinking

Vacation Nightmares│ 33Pre-Reading
1

Write the country name below each picture. If you need help, choose fromthe box below.
Wat Arun

La Sagrada Familia

AC

Teotihuacan

B_________________________The Eiffel Tower______________________________________

EAngkor WatDMachu Picchu

F________________________________________________________________________________

Cambodia / France / Mexico / Peru / Spain / Thailand
2

Discuss the following questions in pairs and as a class.
1. Which countries do you want to visit? Why?
2. What do you like about travelling?
3. What kind of problems can happen when people travel?

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Vacation Nightmares
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Part 1

→ Pg. 38, # 1 - 5

New words

People love vacations, especially when they go abroad. It’s exciting

4 - [a] nightmare

to travel to other countries, see interesting things, and learn about different/ˈnaɪtˌmer/

4 - [a] pickpocket

cultures.
But some vacations become nightmares. Pickpockets can take your/ˈpɪkˌpɑːkət/

5 - spoiled /spɔɪld/

money, camera, and passport. People get sick because the food is spoiled

Expressions

or the water is contaminated. And sometimes, even worse things happen.

7 - you are about to...

You are about to read three nightmare vacation stories. Pay attention so

7 - pay attention

5

that these awful things don’t happen to you.

Part 2→ Pg. 38, # 6 - 12

Last year, my husband and I went to Europe on vacation. WeNew words
G-1

12 - [a] wallet /ˈwɑlət/

were walking back to our hotel one day when we saw a sign that said,

14 - [a] clipboard“Watch out for pickpockets!” Instinctively, we checked our backpacks to/ˈklɪpˌbɔːrd/

14 - gesture (~) /ˈdʒestʃər/

make sure our wallets were there. They were.

14 - mute /mjuːt/
15 - [a] petition /pəˈtɪʃən/
15 - [a] charity /ˈtʃærəti/

A minute later, three girls came up to us.

They showed us

G-2A

a clipboard, gesturing that they were mute. They wanted us to sign a

23 - strike (~) /straɪk/petition for a charity. We felt sorry for them, so we signed it. They smiled

24 - cancel (~) /ˈkænsəl/

and walked away. But after a few minutes, we realized that our wallets

25 - [a] hassle /ˈhæsəl/1015

were gone. We looked at each other in horror.
“Was it the girls?” “I don’t think so. I think someone else did it,Expressions

maybe when we signed the petition.” “But how did they know that our

9 - go to ~ on vacation

wallets were in our backpacks?” Then it hit us. It was the “Watch out for

11 - watch out for ~13 - come up to (us)pickpockets!” sign.

When people see it, they instinctively check their
G-2A

15 - feel sorry for ~wallets. The pickpockets wait there, watching carefully. Then, they know

17 - look in horror

where to strike.

20 - it hit (us)Though we didn’t lose much money, we had to cancel all our credit
cards. It was a huge hassle.

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Part 3→ Pg. 38, # 13 - 15

In 2014, I visited South East Asia. I knew that drinking tap water
was dangerous there, so I was careful about that.

New words
1 - tap water

On the last day of my trip, I went to a beautiful resort island.

/ˈtæp ˌwɔtər/

4 - [a] stomachache

G-3A

Buying some souvenirs, I started having a bad stomachache. Then, red
G-3B

5marks appeared on my arms. Seeing this, I started to panic, so I headed tothe hospital right away.

/ˈstʌməkˌeɪk/

5 - [a] mark /mɑːrk/
5 - panic /ˈpænɪk/
5 - head /hed/“Did you drink any tap water?” asked the doctor. “No, I just had
some iced tea,” I said. “And where did the ice come from?” he asked.

Expressions

G-3C

Having to stay in the hospital, I got back home three days late. My
103 - [a] resort island
10 - angry with (me)boss was very angry with me for missing work.

for ~ing
10 - miss work

Part 4→ Pg. 38, # 16 - 18

I went to Latin America to see the ancient cities of the Aztecs, Incas,New words

G-1and Mayans. I was coming out of the airport when a man spoke to me.
“Are you Japanese?” he asked. “Yes, I am,” I said. He said that he liked

11 - [the] Aztecs/ˈæzˌteks/

11 - [the] Incas

Japan very much. Then, he asked about my hotel. I said that I was staying
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near the city center. “I’m going that way, too,” he said. “Let’s take thetrain together.” I said O.K., and we left.

/ˈɪŋkəz/

12 - [the] Mayans/ˈmaɪənz/20 - sleepy /ˈsliːpi/

G-3D

Getting off at the same station, we started walking to my hotel. As

21 - mumble (~)/ˈmʌmbəl/

we walked by a convenience store, he said he wanted something cold to23 - drug ~ /drʌɡ/

drink. There were tables outside, and he told me to wait there. He came

24 - [a] mug shot/ˈmʌɡ ˌʃɑːt/

G-2A

20

back with two cups of soda, and we sat talking. But soon, I became sleepy,

24 - identify ~/aɪˈdentəˌfaɪ/and I began mumbling. Then, I passed out. When I woke up, the man was

Expressions

gone, as were all my bags and money. He took everything I had.
G-2B

25

Later, the police said the man drugged me.

For hours, I kept

looking through mug shots trying to identify him.

What a terrible

11 - Latin America
21 - pass out

experience!

Vacation Nightmares│ 37Comprehension and Communication
Part 1

Rephrasing - Rephrase part 1 by underlining the correct word.
1. Vacations are (great / boring).
2. But sometimes, vacations (become very bad / are like a dream).
3. There are bad people who (take our money / take everything we have).
4. Some people get sick because they eat (old / fresh) food or
drink (dirty / clean) water.
5. You (are going to / should) read three stories about bad vacations.

Part 2Comprehension - Answer the questions below.
6. When did the couple see the “Watch out for pickpockets” sign?
7. What couldn’t the three girls do?
8. Why did the couple sign the petition?
9. What happened soon after the girls left?
10. What do people do when they see the sign?
11. Why is the sign bad?
12. Your opinion. Were the three girls helping the pickpockets?

Part 3Choose the correct answer. Sometimes, more than one answer is possible.
13. The traveler knew that it was... to drink tap water in South East Asia.
a. safeb. not safec. unsafe
14. He started feeling sick when he was...
a. taking a taxi. b. shopping. c. relaxing at the beach.
15. He got sick because he drank...
a. tea.
b. tap water. c. tea with ice that was contaminated.

Part 4

Answer the questions. Number 16 is your opinion.
16. Did the man who spoke to the Japanese tourist really like Japan?
17. Why did the man ask the tourist to wait outside while he got the drinks?
18. What did the tourist do at the police station and why?

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Grammar Practice1

Change one sentence in each sentence pair into the past progressive tense(was/were ~ing). Connect the two sentences with when - “I was... when...”1. I had dinner. The door bell rang.
__________________________________________________________
2. We walked to school. It started to rain.
__________________________________________________________

2

Match the sentences on the left with those on the right. Then, write the new
sentences using SVC present participles.
1. John and Chieko walked on the beach.

A. They played video games.

2. Mark and Lisa were in the library.

B. They held hands.

3. Jun and Aoi stayed home.

C. They studied for the test.

Johnand Chieko walked on the beach holding hands.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3Rephrase the following sentences using keep ~ing.
1. I want to continue to learn English.
__________________________________________________________
2. You should continue to practice.
__________________________________________________________
3. Why do you continue to look out the window?
__________________________________________________________

4

Combine each sentence pair below using present participle phrases (~ing).
In parentheses, write because / when / while / after.
1. Susan was going home. She saw a car accident. ()__________________________________________________________
2. I opened the door. I heard everybody say, “Surprise!” ()__________________________________________________________
3. Tim wasn’t careful. He broke a cup in the store. [not being] ()__________________________________________________________
4. I got up. I took a shower. ()__________________________________________________________
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Optional Reading
The Writer’s CornerSometimes, a vacation nightmare can have a happy ending. Afriend told me a story about her niece. The young woman was stuck in theairport in Chicago because of a terror alert. No flights were coming orgoing. The only way out was by bus. There was only one seat available,
and she reluctantly took it. She sat down next to a man. They fell in loveon the long bus trip and now, they are happily married. True story!

Listening, Writing, Speaking (class discussion)
1

Listen to a conversation between Yuki and Steven and answer the questions
below. Before listening, check the meaning of ‘insurance’, and ‘youth
hostel’. Darwin and Perth are two cities in Australia.
1. What was Takashi doing, and what happened to him?
2. Why did he have to go to Perth?
3. Where did Yuki and Takashi meet?
4. What happened soon after they met?
5. What did they do together?

2

Write about a vacation you had. It can be a vacation nightmare or just a
normal vacation. Then, in pairs, read for your partner.
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3

What should people do so that they don’t have a vacation nightmare?
Write down a few ideas, then discuss in groups and as a class.
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