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THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST 16/10/2015 OCTOBER Hotel

12 16 2015 EPISODE 216 FLASHBACK - ENW 171: THE SCENT

coming at the end of the month one Internet company is

Paris whilst sleeping next to the bones of some of the

English News Weekly explains all HOMEPAGE http://pod.

1 THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST 16/10/2015 OCTOBER Hotel of Bones 1! of! EPISODE 216 FLASHBACK - ENW 171: THE SCENT GLOBE hotel of Bones ENW 216 Introduction With Halloween coming at the end of the month one Internet company is offering brave travellers the ultimate fight night - a room full of skulls and bones. For one night two people can stay in the catacombs of Paris whilst sleeping next to the bones of some of the city s six million dead bodies. What? Why? And how much? English News Weekly explains all HOMEPAGE FACEBOOK TWITTER twitter.com/enwpodcast (c) Jaime Selwood ENW Episode 216 TRAVEL

2 16/10/2015 Hotel of Bones! 2 of! 12 ENW 213 Contents Page Part One Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd-One-Out Page 3 Warm Up 2 Brainstorm Page 3 Warm Up 3 What Do You Think? Page 3/4 Warm Up 4 Quiz Page 4 Part Two Before Listening / Reading Pre 1 Jumbled Words Page 5 Pre 2 True or False Page 5 Pre 3 Vocabulary Antonyms Page 5 Part Three Listening / Reading ENW News Story 380 Words Page 6 Part Four Post Listening / Reading Post 1 Question & Answer Page 7 Post 2 Answer & Question Page 7 Part Five Extra Activities English Extra Phrases, Idioms & Expressions Page 8 Speaking 7 To Chinwag Page 8 Writing What Do You Think? Page 9 Part Six Links & Answers And Finally Did You Know? Page 9 Speaking TV Links Page 10 The Answers

3 16/10/2015 Hotel of Bones! 3 of! 12 Hotel of bones Part 1 Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd One Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason on the line. You can check your ideas in the answer! My Reasons(s) Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words / ideas can you link to the word in the brainstorm? Try to write 10+ words / ideas! Hotel Room Service Night Menu Warm Up 3 Luxurious Stays Look at the list of the 11 most luxurious hotels in the world. Can you guess the country each hotel is located in on page 4? 1 2 Villa d Este Sofitel Legend 3 The Imperial Goldenye Claridges Raffles 4 Baur au Lac 8 The Plaza La Mamounia The Ritz Righa Royal

hotel. There is one extra flag - so be careful!

news story. Remember if you don t know the answer - use the Internet or Guess!

A: London B: New York C: Paris 2: What is Air BnB?

A: 2008 B: 2010 C: 2012 5: How much is Air BnB worth?

4 16/10/2015 Hotel of Bones! 4 of! 12 Luxurious Hotel Country Look at page 3 to match the country flag plant with the hotel. There is one extra flag - so be careful! A B C D E F F G H I J K Warm Up 4 [A1] Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know the answer - use the Internet or Guess! 1: Which city has famous catacombs full of bones? A: London B: New York C: Paris 2: What is Air BnB? A: Internet Lodging Website B: Travel Company C: Airline Conglomerate 3: Which city is Air BnB based in? A: New York B: Montreal C: San Francisco 4: What year did Air BnB start operating? A: 2008 B: 2010 C: : How much is Air BnB worth? A: $10 billion B: $20 billion C: $30 billion 6: What is the most expensive hotel room in the world? A: 43,000 B: 53,000 A: 63,000 E1: What city is the world's most expensive hotel room? A: Paris B: Geneva C: Las Vegas E2: How many languages is Air BnB available in? A: 9 B: 18 C: 26 E3: What photo below is the Air BnB logo? A B C

5 16/10/2015 Hotel of Bones! 5 of! 12 Pre 1 Part 2 Before listening The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. ENW 215 Pre 2 [A2] One Night With the Dead! Jumbled Sentences Read the headlines from ENW 215 news story - One Night With the Dead Look at the 5 statements. Do you think they are TRUE or FALSE? True or False 1 Air BnB is offering a special Halloween hotel room for 350,000 Euros. [T] [F] 2 3 The catacombs in Paris have been closed since the 19th Century. 4 5 The Parisian catacombs contain the remains of 16 million people. Bram Stoker wrote Dracula after visiting the Parisian catacombs. Halloween is always October 30th. [T] [F] [T] [F] [T] [F] [T] [F] Pre 3 A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Synonyms Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right Swanky Adventurous Bones Lodgings Prize Brave Cemetery Inspire A B C D Gallant Apartment Galvanise Tunnels F G H I Cartilage Bogeyman Plush Award 5 Catacombs 10 Ghoul E Graveyard J Intrepid

216 One Night With the Dead 1 What is the 1: best/better/swankiest hotel you have ever stayed in?

Maybe you are the more adventurous type and prefer the 2: sunken/floating/water hotel on the River Kwai in Thailand or the tree-top hotel in the Aberdare National Park in Kenya. No?

6 16/10/2015 Hotel of Bones! 6 of! 12 Part 3 Warm Ups Listening / Reading [A3] ENW 216 Listen / Read this week's news story and check your understanding Read the news story and choose the correct answer from the three choices! 216 One Night With the Dead 1 What is the 1: best/better/swankiest hotel you have ever stayed in? Perhaps it has been in one of the iconic cities of the world such as Delhi, New York, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro or Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Maybe you are the more adventurous type and prefer the 2: sunken/floating/water hotel on the River Kwai in Thailand or the tree-top hotel in the Aberdare National Park in Kenya. No? Well how about this; would you like to stay in a room with the bones of six million people? If the answer is 3: yes / no / maybe then the Air BnB website is the place for you to go. 2 The world's most popular website for booking lodgings in homes, apartments and hotels is offering two lucky people the chance to stay in the catacombs that 4: wind/move/curve their way under the city of Paris. The offer is for one night only and will coincide with Halloween on 5: September/October/November 30th. Inside the specially prepared room the two guests will find a real bed, a first aid kit, a safety card and a fire extinguisher. No WiFi, kitchen, TV, bath, lift or toilet. Just the bones of some of the six million dead 6: Berliners/Londoners/Parisians whose remains were moved into the catacombs in the 19th Century. 3 The one night Halloween stay in the catacombs is completely free as Air BnB are offering it as a prize for one of its 40 million members. Anybody who wants to stay in the catacombs must write 100 7: words/lines/pages in French or English explaining why they think they are brave enough to 8: snooze/sleep/slumber for one night with 6 million dead people. The winners of the prize will have the opportunity to become the first people in history to wake up alive in a cemetery. 4 Although the Halloween offer is free for the people staying there it is reported that Air BnB paid 9: /$/ 350,000 to the Paris City government to rent the catacombs for just one night. If you aren't lucky enough to win the one night prize you can still visit the Parisian catacombs which has inspired writers such as Victor Hugo, Anne Rice and Bram Stoker - creators of some literature s most famous ghouls, ghosts and 10: vampires/heroes/monsters. But if you are afraid of the dark or scared of ghostly creatures maybe this isn't the room for you. 380 Words

7 16/10/2015 Hotel of Bones! 7 of! 12 Post 1 [A4] Part 4 Post Listening How much do you remember from the news story? Read / Listen to the questions below and write the correct answer. Q1 Which country is the River Kwai in? Q & A Q2 Where would you find the Tree-Top Hotel? Q3 What one night can you stay inside the Parisian catacombs? Q4 What is the name of the company renting the room in the catacombs? Q5 The remains of how many people are in the Parisian catacombs? Q6 Name the four items that guests will find in their catacomb room? E1 Who is the French writer in the news story? E2 How many cities are in the news story? Post 2 Read the answers below - what do you think could be a correct question? A & Q Hint: There is more than one possible answer! A1 A2 A3 A4 40 million. 350,000. Paris. 19th Century. A5 100.

8 16/10/2015 Hotel of Bones! 8 of! 12 English Words+ Part 5 Extra Stuff English phrases that use dead The English language has different types of words and phrases that mean safety or danger. Read the examples below to help with your understanding. Examples: Batten down the hatches = To prepare for danger. Calculated Risk = To do something knowing the danger before. Match the shock & surprise phrases with their correct situation! 1 A: To die unpleasantly. 2 B: Talking about some who has died. 3 C: To shoot a bullet in a head & kill. 4 D: To be flown back home to be buried. 5 E: To die. 6 F: About to die / Die very soon. 7 G: After death / What happens afterwards 8 H: To die while fighting for a cause 9 I: To be killed / To die. 10 J: To be obviously dead. 11 K: To drown. 12 L: Death / Symbol of death 7 to Chinwag This Week s Podcast Topic Ask your partner(s) the following questions - remember to give detailed answers. 1: What did you think of this week s ENW podcast topic? 4: Are your afraid of ghosts, ghouls or vampires? 2: Would you like to stay one night in the catacombs? Why? 4: What is the worst hotel room you have ever stayed in? Where? Why? 3: What is the best hotel room you have ever stayed in? Where? Why? 6: What makes you jump? Frightens you? 7: FREE QUESTION - What question would you like to ask? Why?

9 16/10/2015 Hotel of Bones! 9 of! 12 Writing Imagine you enter the competition to stay inside the catacombs? Write 100 words that best explain why you want to stay in the catacombs? Write your reasons below and explain why? This Week And Finally [A5] Did You Know..? The catacombs were used as a cemetery for six million dead Parisians when the city s graveyards had become full at the end of the 18th Century. At the end of the 19th Century in 1874 the catacombs were opened regularly for the x:. However perhaps the most incredible discovery int he catacombs was in 2004 when police discovered a fully equipped cinema with seats for the audience, tables, chairs, classic reels of z: and a fully stocked bar! Nobody knows who operated this underground cinema "

10 16/10/2015 Hotel of Bones! 10 of 12! Visual You Tube USA " Video Links 1: [4:26]" Paris Catacombs" You Tube USA " 1: [4:22]" Paris Catacombs - GHOST Story!" Air BnB USA " 1: [1:05]" Air BnB Advertisement" Answers part 1 Warm up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd One Out C - Crib A / B / D - are types of rented accommodation. Warm Up 3 Luxurious Hotels 1 - K 4 - F 7 - F 10 - C 2 - I 5 - J 8 - D 11 - B 3 - G 6 - A 9 - H Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 - C 2 - B 3 - C 4 - A 5 - A 6 - B E1 - AB E2 - C E3 - C Answers Part 2 PRE 1-3 Pre 1 Jumbled Sentences Well how about this - would you like to stay in a room with the bones of six million people? Pre 2 True or False 1 - F 2 - F 3 - F 4 - T 5 - T Pre 3 Synonyms 1 - H 2 - J 3 - F 4 - B 5 - D 6 - I 7 - A 8 -E 9 - C 10 - G

11 16/10/2015 Hotel of Bones! 11 of 12! Answers Part 3 News Story 216 One Night With the Dead 1 What is the best hotel you have ever stayed in? Perhaps it has been in one of the iconic cities of the world such as Delhi, New York, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro or Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Maybe you are the more adventurous type and prefer the floating hotel on the River Kwai in Thailand or the tree-top hotel in the Aberdare National Park in Kenya. No? Well how about this - would you like to stay in room will the bones of six million people? If the answer is yes then the Air BnB website is the place for you to go. 2 The world's most popular website for booking lodgings in homes, apartments and hotels is offering two lucky people the chance to stay in the catacombs that wind their way under the city of Paris. The offer is for one night only and will coincide with Halloween on October 30th. Inside the specially prepared room the two guests will find a real bed, a first aid kit, a safety card and a fire extinguisher. No WiFi, kitchen, TV, bath, lift or toilet. Just the bones of some of the six million dead Parisians whose remains were moved into the catacombs in the 19th Century. 3 The one night Halloween stay in the catacombs is completely free as Air BnB are offering it as a prize for one of its 40 million members. Anybody who wants to stay in the catacombs must write 100 words in French or English explaining why they think they are brave enough to sleep for one night with 6 million dead people. The winners of the prize will have the opportunity to become the first people in history to wake up alive in a cemetery. 4 Although the Halloween offer is free for the people staying there it is reported that Air BnB paid 350,000 to the Paris City government to rent the catacombs for just one night. If you aren't lucky enough to win the one night prize you can still visit the Parisian catacombs which has inspired writers such as Victor Hugo, Anne Rice and Bram Stoker - creators of some literature s most famous ghouls, ghosts and vampires. But if you are afraid of the dark or scared of ghostly creatures maybe this isn't the room for you. Answers Part 4 POST 1-2 Post 1 Q & A 1: Thailand E1: Victor Hugo 2: Aberdare National Park E2: Six 3: October 30th 4: Air BnB 5: Six million 6: Bed/1st Aid Kit/Safety Card/Fire Extinguisher Post 2 A & Q 1: How many members does Air Bnb have? 2: How much did Air BnB pay for one night? 3: What city is the Halloween hotel based in? 4: When were the remains moved into the catacombs? 5: How many words do contestants have to write to win the prize? English Extra English Extra 1 - E 2 - G 3 - I 4 - C 5 - A 6 - J 7 - F 8 - B 9 - K 10 - D 11 - L 12 - H X & Z X: public Z: movies

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