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Aboard the Orient Express

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    Vocabulary activity based on a text called "Aboard the Orient Express"
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  • Make a question: The Orient Express departs from London Victoria.
    Where does the Orient Express depart from?
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  • Make a question: Afternoon tea is served when the train crosses Vicenza.
    When is afternoon tea served?
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  • What's the word? if something is ....................., you cannot forget it, usually because it is so beautiful, interesting, pleasant, etc.
    Unforgettable
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  • What's the word? attractive and interesting but sometimes mysterious or trying to trick you
    Beguiling
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  • What's the word? Gathered closely together: Doomed-huddled-tiled
    Huddled
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  • Make a question: The first Orient Express departed on October 4 1883.
    When did the first Orient Express depart?
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  • Do you remember? What do attendants wear?
    Uniforms and white gloves.
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  • Do you remember? What's: "a miracle of skill conjured up in the tiny gallery kitchen"?
    The quality of food.
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  • Make a question: The last city before journey's end is Padua.
    What's the last city before journey's end?
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  • Explain: Dinner is made unforgettable by the sumptuous surroundings.
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  • What's the meaning of "slumber"? Passengers slumber through eastern France.
    Sleep
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  • Explain: "The sense of being somewhere so different from the landscapes and architecture of the previous evening".
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