Instructions: Answers the questions and ask your teacher a question with the given verb tense that relates to the picture in anyway
2. third conditional
1. Debbie Downer - slang - someone who makes other feel bad by focusing on the on the bad and depressing side of things
2. Sugarcoat - slang - to make something seem better than what it really is
3. Rock bottom - slang - lowest possible level
4. Grumpy - adjective - bad tempered and irritable
5. Hyper - prefix - having too much of a quality
6. Optimist - noun - a person who tends to be hopeful and confident about the future or the success of something
1. What is your definition of optimism?
2. What are the benefits of being a glass half full type of person?
3. Why do optimists like to sugarcoat reality or the facts?
4. Do you believe someone's level of optimism correlates more with their personality or more with their age and environment
5. "Sometimes when you're in a dark place you think you've been buried, but you have actually been planted." - Christine Caine - Do you agree with this quote?
6. In you career or industry is it better to be optimistic or pessimistic?
7. Do you think a majority of people would describe themselves as being optimistic in your country?
ESL Vocabulary ( Travel)
1. Oppose - verb - disagree with and attempt to prevent, especially by argument
2. Congregate - verb - gather in a large crowd or mass
3. Embark - verb - to begin a course of action
4. Settle down - phrase - to begin to live a steady life by getting a regular, job, getting married, etc.
5. Companions - noun - a person or animal with whom one spends a lot of time with or with whom one travels
6. Lavish - adjective - rich, elaborate or luxurious
1. Off the beaten track
2. To reinvent the wheel
3. Jump on the bandwagon
4. Itchy feet
5. Right up my alley/street
6. Hit the road
A. joining others in supporting something likely to be successful
B. set out on a journey
C. waste time creating something that already exists
D. well suited to one's tastes, interests or abilities
E. a way that is not often chosen by many others
F. to have a strong desire to leave a place and travel
1. What are three of the biggest types of travel that you can think of?
2. Do you think the business of travel agencies will become obsolete within the next 20 years? Why or Why not?
3. Why are some countries passports weaker than others?
4. What are some questions someone should ask either a travel agent or the internet before traveling to a new country?
5. What has been your worst experience with an immigration officer?
6. "Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul." - Jamie Lyn Beatty. Do you agree with this quote?
7. If you could visit a country that you have never been to today, which country would you visit?
1. What comes to mind when you hear the word models?
2. What do you think are the positives and perks of being a model?
3. Does someone have to be physically attractive in order to be a model?
4. What do you think could be the negatives of being a model?
5. " Too many women want to be models, not enough want to be role models." Anonymous - What's the difference between a model and a role model?
6. If you could go some place in your city today to do a photoshoot where would you go?
ESL Vocabulary: Vacation In Arizona 1. Attraction - noun - the action of provoking interest in someone or something 2. Enthusiast - noun -...
