B1Travel12 min
A travel vlog: a day out by the lake
A travel video maker records short updates for her viewers during a day trip from the city.
Before you listen
You are going to hear a travel vlogger, Sofia, talking to her viewers at different moments during a day out. Vloggers often speak quickly and informally, so listen for the main events of the day and how she feels about them.
- day tripnoun
- a journey to a place and back on the same dayWe took a day trip to the coast.
- ferrynoun
- a boat that regularly carries people across waterThe ferry crosses the river every hour.
- hireverb
- to pay to use something for a short timeWe hired a car for the weekend.
- forecastnoun
- a statement about what the weather will be likeThe forecast says it will be cold tomorrow.
- soaking wetadjective
- completely wetI forgot my umbrella and got soaking wet.
Listen · 1:25
Day trip to Lake Orvella
Show the transcript (try the questions first)
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the channel! Today I'm taking you on a day trip from the city to Lake Orvella, which lots of you recommended in the comments. It's six forty in the morning, I'm on the train, and I've had about four hours of sleep.
So, we've arrived, and the first thing that's gone wrong is that I've missed the ferry by about two minutes. The next one isn't for an hour and a half, so, change of plan. I'm going to hire a bike and ride round the lake instead.
Okay, I'm about halfway round now. The path is completely flat and right next to the water, which is great for people like me who aren't very fit. The man at the bike shop said the whole loop is twenty-two kilometres.
Lunch stop! This little bakery was recommended by a woman I met on the train. This is a pastry filled with cheese and herbs, and honestly, it's the best thing I've eaten all month.
As you can see, it's started raining. The forecast said sunshine all day, so I didn't bring a jacket. Lesson learned! I'm waiting under a tree until it stops.
Right, I'm back on the train. I'm soaking wet, but I've had such a good day. My tip for you: buy the day pass at the station. It's twelve euros and it covers the train and the ferry, so if you're more organised than me, you'll actually use both!
Next week I'm heading up into the mountains, so make sure you subscribe. See you then!
Exercise 1 of 2
Understand the vlog
Listen to the vlog. Choose the best answer.
Exercise 2 of 2
Listen for details
Listen again and type the missing word or number. You can write numbers as words or digits.
At the start of the video, it is in the morning.
Sofia has had about hours of sleep.
The next ferry is in an hour and a .
The path round the lake is kilometres long.
Her pastry is filled with cheese and .
The day pass costs euros.
Source
Original script by Joy English, read by open-source text-to-speech voices (Kokoro-82M, Apache-2.0).
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