1 ‘To keep in touch with people’ means to maintain contact with them.We can say ‘I am in touch with some of my old friends’ and also ‘I like to hold on to the friends I make.’
2 We say ‘to make/see to holiday arrangements.’
3 ‘To see the point in doing sth’ means to understand why it is worth doing sth.
4 ‘To try the local produce’ means that you eat it to see if you like it.
5 ‘To make up one’s mind’ means to decide.
6 ‘A tourist boom’ means an increase in the number of tourists.This boom may be a ‘boost’(help for) to the local economy.
7 If an avenue is ‘lined with trees’, there are trees on either side of it.
8 ‘To keep one’s promise’ means that you do what you promise to do.
9 We say ‘a leading travel company’ to mean that it is one of the best.
10 We say ‘to take steps to do sth’ to mean that we are starting a process to achieve sth.
Last year we went on a camping holiday to Ukraine. We stayed at a family-run campsite that was cheap but nice. We toured many of the tourist sights and visited some lovely secluded beaches where we went swimming. Most days we went for coffee at a quaint café we found. We ate at some nice restaurants that served delicious fresh fish. I bought some wonderful things at a souvenir shop for my friends back home.
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1 My parents and I stayed at a nice hotel in the city centre.
2 My sister happily went shopping at the many
boutiques on the high street.
3 The girls ate hungrily at a local restaurant located on the bank of the river.
4 Tony eagerly went swimming in the sea on the bright sunny day.
Last summer I went on holiday to Canada. Everything that could go wrong did. Firstly, the weather was awful. It rained every day and it was terribly cold. The hotel where I stayed was noisy and dirty and also very expensive. While I was out walking one day somebody stole my wallet with all my money in it.When I went to the police they said they couldn’t do anything about it. Thankfully, I had a credit card in my room so I could pay for the rest of my holiday.This year I’m staying at home!