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• A description of a cruise ship
I can predict the content of a text from photos.
THINK! Where do you think is a good place for a holiday? Why?
| on a cruise ship in a city by the sea |
City on the sea
Imagine a five-star hotel with fantastic food and comfortable rooms. Imagine a square, shops, cinemas and theatres. Imagine all of these things on one very big ship: Oasis of the Seas.
More than 2,000 people work on Oasis of the Seas, and there are cabins for 6,360 passengers. That's a lot of people, and they eat a lot of food in the ship's twenty cafés and restaurants. There are 250 chefs!
It's the first ship with a park. It's called Central Park and it's got fifty real trees and 12,000 plants. If you like sports, there are also five swimming pools and there's an exciting sports area with a climbing wall. If you prefer reading, there's a library, but relax - there isn't a school on the ship!
climbing wall
Central Park
1. Look at the photos. What do you think are the answers to questions 1-3? Read and check.
1. Is there a school and a library on the ship?
2. Are there any swimming pools?
3. How many cafés and restaurants are there on the ship?
| SKILLS STRATEGY |
| How to answer specific questions about a text: • First, identify the key word(s) in the question. |
2. 🎧1.14 Read the Skills Strategy. Then read and listen to the text and answer the questions.
1. What's the name of the ship?
2. How many people work on the ship?
3. How many chefs are there on the ship?
4. Is it the only ship with a park?
5. What's in the sports area?
3. VOCABULARY PLUS Use a dictionary to check the meanings of the words in blue in the text.
4. 
USE IT! Work in pairs. Is the Oasis of the Seas a good place for a holiday? Why / Why not?
