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Unit 8: Travel
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  1. 1Nice to meet you!
  2. 2What to wear
  3. 3Like this, like that
  4. 4The daily grind
  5. 5Christmas every day
  6. 6Great achievers
  7. 7The Titanic
  8. 8Travel
  9. 9The big wedding
  10. 10Sunny's job hunt
  11. 11The bucket list
  12. 12Moving and migration
  13. 13Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
  14. 14New Year, New Project
  15. 15From Handel to Hendrix
  16. 16What's the weather like?
  17. 17The Digital Revolution
  18. 18A detective story
  19. 19A place to live
  20. 20The Cult of Celebrity
  21. 21Welcome to your new job
  22. 22Beyond the planets
  23. 23Great expectations!
  24. 24Eco-tourism
  25. 25Moving house
  26. 26It must be love
  27. 27Job hunting success... and failure
  28. 28Speeding into the future
  29. 29Lost arts
  30. 30Tales of survival

Session 5

Listen to episode 8 of our drama, The Race. How do lobsters leave Phil sailing the yacht on his own? Then have a go at the Unit 8 Weekly Quiz. How many can you get right?

ክፍለ-ስራሓት ናይዚ ምዕራፍ

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ድምር ነጥቢ ናይዚ ክፍለ-ስራሓት 5

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  3. Activity 3
  4. Activity 4

Activity 3

Phil's video diary

'Heave-ho!'

What's it like to sail a yacht by yourself in a storm? Watch Phil's video diary to find out.

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ነቲ ቅዳሕ ጽሑፍ ኣርእይዎ ነቲ ቅዳሕ ጽሑፍ ሕብእዎ

How did I end up in this situation? I'm sailing a yacht, by myself, in a storm. I've managed to poison the crew with my cooking - I think they ate a dodgy lobster. 

Passpartout is downstairs as sick as a dog, and so is Sophia - they're both very sick. I'm the only one fit enough to sail but I'm worried sick that we're going to hit some rocks.  

I'm trying to steer us towards an island over there somewhere - I need to find the harbour. Oh I'm getting sick and tired - or fed up - with this whole stupid trip. I hope we get home in 80 days otherwise I'll be as sick as a parrot. (Parrot squawking sound) No not you - that means I'll be very disappointed. 

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You can download the video and transcript from our Unit 8 downloads page.

Vocabulary: Sick idioms

as sick as a dog
very ill

worried sick
very worried or concerned

sick and tired
fed up or unhappy about a situation

as sick as a parrot
very disappointed about something

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What will happen next? More importantly, what have you learnt in this Unit? Find out now by testing yourself with our weekly quiz.

Session Vocabulary

  • as sick as a dog
    very ill

    worried sick
    very worried or concerned 

    sick and tired
    fed up or unhappy about a situation

    as sick as a parrot
    very disappointed about something

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