Travel destinations

dialogue 1

Jingjing:　Mark, we talked about ______ last time, and I'd like to know more about ______.

Mark:　I might not ______ much, with a baby and ______.

Jingjing:　Yeah, sure.　But, I mean, where would you like to travel ______?

Mark:　You mean before I ______?

Jingjing:　Haha, better yet, before you ______ for yourself and ______.

Mark:　About that, I'd like to ______, and am not sure ______ I'd experience on Antarctica.

Jingjing:　Penguins, leopard seals—I guess you'd have to ______, unless you like _____.

Mark:　Right.　Well, ______ on my list but ______.　What about you, Jingjing?

Jingjing:　You know, I've been to _____ and _______ everything people ask you about—___, and all that.　But I'd like to go there again.

Mark:　Would you do ______?

Jingjing:　Not unless I was ______.　But I'd rather see parts of______, Prague, Minsk, places like that.　I think they'd be ______.

Mark:　That sounds kind of cool.　It's good to ______ on your own.

Jingjing:　I know that you've been to ________, and that you have ______.　Where else in Europe would you like to travel?

Mark:　Greece and Italy—actually ______ would be___________.

Jingjing:　That sounds great, especially if you have the time and ______.

Mark:　I'd need ______.

Jingjing:　Do you like ______?

Mark:　I ______!　I'd have no problem _______ for two or three months.

Jingjing:　Jeez, you'd _______ and look ______, coming back from places like Crete.

Mark:　Or Santorini, or St Tropez ______.　Yep, really a dream that might come true ______.

dialogue 2

Jingjing:　Mark, let's talk about where we'd ______.　Is there a part of North America you still ______?

Mark:　I haven't been to ______ —not ______ Florida, of course.　A ____- there would be lovely.　What about you?

Jingjing:　I'd like to see the ______, of course: New York, San Francisco—and places like Miami and San Diego.

Mark:　Wow, you'd really ______ if you went to all those places _______.

Jingjing:　That's why I'd probably ______ of it.　Having been to Paris, I'd now like to see Montreal, and might _______ with a trip to New York and Boston.

Mark: ______ in Washington D.C.?

Jingjing:　_______.　Let's talk about South America and Africa.

Mark:　Jeez, South America is ______.　My mom wants to see Machu Picchu.　So, I'd probably ______ and make a quick trip there if she ever ______ to take the trip.

Jingjing:　Otherwise, you'd want to have________ to see a lot of places, right?　As for me, I'd like to go to ______.

Mark:　Who _____?　Would you ______ Rio and Sao Paulo, or would you go into the rain forest?

Jingjing:　Both.　I'd ______ in those two cities, in order to feel what it's like to ______, surrounded by so much nature.

Mark:　You'd ______.　What about Africa?

Jingjing:　South Africa, then ______.

Mark:　That's another ______, the savanna.　I'd see ______ in the Congo and then try to ______ to Kenya or the southern edge of the Sahara.

Jingjing:　That sounds like _______.　Any interest in Australia?

Mark:　Sure.　That seems like a good place to ______ and take it easy, and ______.

Jingjing:　I'd like to ______ at the Sydney Opera House and then, just like you kinda said, ______ Melbourne for more days than ______.

Mark:　You and I have ______ about travel.

Jingjing:　Ha ha, we'll have to ______ about flight deals.

new words and phrases

stray (far) from home:　

take in all the culture:　

a dream come true:　

like a regular Odysseus:

a road trip:　

rack up :　

frequent flyer miles:　

get up the gumption :　

be in the thick of it: