a seaside vacation
A Seaside Vacation
Vocabulary
| oyster | decide | vacation |
| crab | lobster | check in/into |
| avid | decline | come along |
| fun | rather | rowboat |
| rent | lounge | check (2) |
| eel | shrimp | styrofoam |
| clam | discard | container |
| pie | annual | take-out |
| label | include | row (3) |
In late June Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, took their annual vacation. This summer they decided to visit Brighton, a town by the sea in the south of England.
Mr. and Mrs. Patterson took the train there, and checked into a hotel. Their room included a small kitchen.
They then spent the day walking around town.
The following day Mr. Patterson, an avid fisherman, told his wife that he was going fishing in a rowboat and asked if she wanted to come along.
Mrs. Patterson declined.
“Are you sure?” asked Mr. Patterson. “It will be fun catching and cooking fish for dinner.”
“I’ll do the cooking; you can do the catching,” answered Mrs. Patterson. “And besides, the weather is rather cool today. I’ll go walking along the promenade, and then we can meet in the hotel lounge.”
And so Mr. Patterson rented a small boat, rowed out to sea, and began fishing.
After several hours, he met his wife in the lounge.
“How was your fishing? What did you catch?” asked Mrs. Patterson.
“I couldn’t catch anything this time,” replied Mr. Patterson. “Except this.”
He reached into his bucket, and took a discarded, styrofoam, take-out, food container.
On it was a label. It read: “Struthers’s Seafood Restaurant. We serve the best fish and chips, eel pie, clams, oysters, shrimp, crabs and lobsters in town!”
Questions
1. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are very rich. Is this true, probably true, probably false, definitely false, we don’t know.
2. Do they visit Brighton every year?
3. They have the same hobbies. What do you think? What can you say about their hobbies?
4. Did Mr. Patterson fish from the shoreline (coastline)?
5. What was Mrs. Patterson expecting?
6. Mr. Patterson caught seven fishes. Is this right or wrong?
7. Since he didn’t catch anything, they won’t be eating fish this evening. What do you think?
A. I go on vacation every year. Yes or no? Does everyone take an annual vacation?
B. How long is your vacation? How long do your vacations last?
C. What do you and your friends do during your vacation?
D. Do you go fishing? What about your friends? Is fishing popular?
E. Are there seafood restaurants in your city? Is seafood popular?
