Summer Travel

Words in Use (Lesson 35)

• vague
• elevate
• lottery
• finance
• obtain
• cinema
• event
• discard
• soar
• subsequent
• relate
• stationary

Read the following passage to see how the new words are used in it.
  
Summer Travel
If you are tired of making vague excuses for another dull summer at home, here is a thought to elevate your spirits. You do not need anything so radical* as winning a lottery to finance a trip to Europe. A student identity card that can be obtained for a few dollars from the Council on International Educational Exchange entitles you to discount tickets on certain charter flights to London and Paris, as well as reduced admission to many museums, cinemas, and musical events. Once in Europe, you can stretch your budget by staying at approved* youth hostels for about ten dollars a night. So don't discard your hopes of becoming an international traveler. Soon you can be soaring into the skies or skimming* over the waves to new adventures that you will subsequently relate to your stationary friends.