1. What does Juliet plan to do this holiday?

Juliet Murray is planning to have a holiday in her home instead of going to another place. She
wants to be a tourist in her own city. She Orly has to avoid the everyday habits by getting up
thinking about some new experiences like swimming, riding her bike
2. How can you have a cheap holiday?

If you want to have a cheap holiday you dont have to go far from your home. You must have some
nearer options: you can relax in your garden, or plan some excursions few kilometres away from
your house...and if you dont live near a beach you can also build the most relaxing one in your
garden, like the businessman told in the text.
3. How do governments try to entertain people at home?

Some governments try to entertain people at home by celebrating festivals, literary events,
planning dances or even building man-made beaches. In this way they procure to give everyone
the possibility of having a vacation, especially to these ones who are tirad of too much out work.
4. Find words in the text that mean:
Journeys excursions To convince to persuade
Threw down or dropped dumped To amuse to entertain
5. Complete the sentences with information from the text:

If you cant afford a holiday, you can enjoy in your own home

The businessman who dumped two towns of white sand in his yard for his grandchildren
says sand is one of the most relaxing things about the holiday
6. Write a text 70 - 120 words: An interesting place I have visited

Dont forget to include:

o Give the name of the place and one or two details

o Describe the place in more detail and give examples of the things you can see or do there
o Give a conclusion and state your personal opinion

Im only twenty years old but I can say I have visited many interesting places since I was a
child. You may ask why and the reason is that my family loves travelling.
I remember I was six when I lived one the most exciting experiences in Cabarceno. Cabarceno
is a little zoo which is in Santander, near from our home, in fact, it took us only four hours to
arrive there. I got astonished watching at the enormous giraffes and the huge bears, the
frightening wolves, the horrible snakes, the lovely birdsthere were animals everywhere. We
spent the complete day observing them. It was when I decided I would be a vet, although I don
t want now.
Then, when I could decide where to go, I visited Barcelona. It was the biggest city I had ever
seen. It was so big that I got lost so I was afraid to repeat the bad experience and I didnt
visit its typical sightseeings (the catedral, Gaudis park, the statue of Colon); but the worst
was travelling by plane: when we were flying over Asturias there was a big storm, I think it
was the biggest storm in my life.
Nowadays, when my parents or my brother or sister want to go on holiday to any place, I let
them plan the tripand when everything is ready I tell them Im going to stay at home because
here we have enough places to relax and enjoy spending our free time