Breaking News English.com Ready-to-Use English Lessons by Sean Banville

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1 Breaking News English.com Ready-to-Use English Lessons by Sean Banville 1,000 IDEAS & ACTIVITIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS breakingnewsenglish.com/book.html Thousands more free lessons from Sean's other websites Level 1 Airbnb enters luxury travel market 25th February, Contents The Reading 2 Phrase Matching 3 Listening Gap Fill 4 No Spaces 5 Survey 6 Writing and Speaking 7 Writing 8 Please try Levels 0, 2 and 3. They are (a little) harder. Twitter Facebook Google + twitter.com/seanbanville

2 THE READING The online company Airbnb is moving into the luxury travel market. Its new business model will try to attract richer people. It will offer new places to stay, like vacation homes and boutique hotels. Airbnb offers over four million rooms in 191 countries. It has had over 260 million reservations since it started nine years ago. It wants to increase this to more than one billion by The CEO said Airbnb is still an "alternative". He wants it to be for everyone. Airbnb does not own any properties. It is a broker between property owners who want to rent out their homes, and travelers looking for different places to stay. The company makes money from booking fees. It will also offer adventure travel and "unique spaces," like yurts - the large, round tents in which many people in Mongolia live. Airbnb's new "Beyond" option will offer travelers "full-on luxury stays" that include "some of the world's nicest homes". Sources: More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville

3 PHRASE MATCHING PARAGRAPH ONE: 1. Its new business 2. attract 3. vacation homes and boutique 4. It has had over 260 million 5. since it started 6. It wants to increase this to 7. Airbnb is still an 8. He wants it to a. reservations b. "alternative" c. model d. be for everyone e. hotels f. nine years ago g. more than one billion h. richer people PARAGRAPH TWO: 1. Airbnb does not own any 2. owners who want to 3. travelers looking for different 4. The company makes money 5. It will also offer adventure 6. large, 7. full- 8. some of the world's a. round tents b. from booking fees c. properties d. nicest homes e. places to stay f. on luxury g. rent out their homes h. travel More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville

4 LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS The online company Airbnb (1) the luxury travel market. Its new business model will (2) richer people. It will offer new places to stay, like vacation homes (3). Airbnb offers over four million rooms in 191 countries. It has had (4) reservations since it started nine years ago. It wants to increase this to more (5) by The CEO said Airbnb is still an "alternative". He wants it to (6). Airbnb does (7) properties. It is a broker between property owners who want to rent (8), and travelers looking for different places to stay. The company makes money (9). It will also offer adventure travel and "unique spaces," like yurts - the large, (10) which many people in Mongolia live. Airbnb's new "Beyond" (11) travelers "fullon luxury stays" that include "(12) world's nicest homes". More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville

5 PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE TheonlinecompanyAirbnbismovingintotheluxurytravelmarket.Itsne wbusinessmodelwilltrytoattractricherpeople.itwilloffernewplacesto stay,likevacationhomesandboutiquehotels.airbnboffersoverfourm illionroomsin191countries.ithashadover260millionreservationssinc eitstartednineyearsago.itwantstoincreasethistomorethanonebillion by2028.theceosaidairbnbisstillan"alternative".hewantsittobefore veryone.airbnbdoesnotownanyproperties.itisabrokerbetweenprop ertyownerswhowanttorentouttheirhomes,andtravelerslookingfordif ferentplacestostay.thecompanymakesmoneyfrombookingfees.itwi llalsoofferadventuretraveland"uniquespaces,"likeyurts-thelarg e,roundtentsinwhichmanypeopleinmongolialive.airbnb'snew"beyo nd"optionwilloffertravelers"fullonluxurystays"thatinclude"someoft heworld'snicesthomes". More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville

6 LUXURY TRAVEL SURVEY From Write five GOOD questions about luxury travel in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers. STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3 Q.1. Q.2. Q.3. Q.4. Q.5. Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often. Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville

7 WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S) Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s). a) b) c) d) e) f) Airbnb enters luxury travel market 25th February, 2018 More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S) Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s). a) b) c) d) e) f) More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville

8 WRITING Write about luxury travel for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner s paper. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville