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The Unexpected Events

In this unit you will be able to write events you experienced on
your vacation in a well-structured recount text 3b

AT A GLIMPSE: what happened when I was there

A. Read. Here are some stories people shared on www.tripy.com about the unexpected event
happened during their trip. What happened to them?

Rosemary Thomas.
We were travelling on a bus tour in India when we came across a wedding. We stopped to
take some photos while the parade was moving slowly in front of our bus. They were so
nice that they invited us for some sweets with the guests and so we stayed for over an hour
there. This unexpected stop saved us later in the day when we were stopped and had to

make detour around a village where one of the local politicians was assassinated. The local
was burning all the passing vehicles while we were enjoying the wedding party. They

burnt six buses in total. Without our unexpected stop, we would have been caught in the
middle of it.

Sarah Goth.
While trying to get from Koh Chang to Bangkok, our boat wasn’t running on schedule and
they didn’t expect one to run for another few hours. We kind of loitered around and were
frustrated. Many people were in similar position as we were. We were all making a phone
call to book any ticket available. We were sitting at the curb hopeless when a family from

Denmark, who seriously lived in a castle, were awesome enough to offer to share their
minivan with us all the way back to Bangkok. It perfectly ended our time in Thailand and
confirmed all faith in humanity.

Adapted from: http://www.trippy.com/question/Best-Unexpected-Event-While-Traveling

B. Pairwork. Do you have similar experience? What can you remember from your last vacation? What
did you experience? Share your story with your partner.

Where did you go?
How did you enjoy your vacation?
What did you experience during your vacation?
Did everything run as your plan?

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