Share a travel story where something completely unexpected happened—for better or worse. Use: relevant past forms, a bolt from the blue, a stroke of luck, impromptu visit, etched on your memory.
Do you think people romanticize “the good old days” of travel? Was it genuinely better in the past? Use: relevant past forms, good old days, thereby, perilous, there was a lack of.
What did you learn about the desert in Listening Part 2? Use: barren wasteland, the last frontier, do justice, there’s a lot to be said for, pile on and strip off.