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In blue , lexical field of human interaction. In red , lexical field of «  toursim  ». Title ?. How the five met. Introduction. Title ?. Couchsurfing.com’s mission. Title ?. making a smaller world. globalisation. Title ?. services that are proposed. Title ?.

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  1. In blue, lexical field of human interaction In red, lexical field of « toursim » Title? How the five met Introduction

  2. Title? Couchsurfing.com’s mission

  3. Title? making a smaller world globalisation

  4. Title? services that are proposed

  5. Title? How itstarted Birth of the idea

  6. Title? fightingagainstprejudice fightingagainstpreconceivedideas

  7. Title? making a difference connecting people around the world

  8. 1) Introduce the document This newspaper article, whichwaspublished in the Boston Globe on August 22nd, 2007, isentitled « Take the Couch » and deals with a new way of traveling for free.

  9. 2) In a few words, explainwhat the followingelementsrefer to: A couch >>> synonym of a sofa

  10. 2) In a few words, explainwhat the followingelementsrefer to: Couchsurfing >>> Couchsurfing(sofa surfing in the UK) is a neologism referring to the practice of moving from one friend's house to another, sleeping in whatever spare space is available, floor or couch, generally staying a few days before moving on to the next house.

  11. 2) In a few words, explainwhat the followingelementsrefer to: Couchsurfing >>> In this context, it means sleeping in someone’s house for free when you are travelling abroad.

  12. 2) In a few words, explainwhat the followingelementsrefer to: Couchsurfing.com >>> Couchsurfing.com is the websitewhichmakescouchsurfing possible as itallows people to connect.

  13. 3) Explainwhysome people decide to go couchsurfing People decide to go couchsurfingbecausetheywant to see the world with a free place to sleep in. Theyalso look for opportunities to makefriends and meet new people. Couchsurfingalsoallows people to have a closer look at the culture of the country wherethey are staying. Besides, couchsurfers are thirsty for tips about local attractions fromtheir hosts.

  14. 5) List all the services couchsurfersmaybeoffered Couchsurfersmaybeoffered the use of a couch, a bathroom, a kitchen, a sparebed if available, meals and sometimes a car. Theyalsogettips about local attractions. All of this for free!

  15. 6) Read paragraph 5 again. Casey Fenton wanted to go to Iceland for a weekend. Wishing to avoidhotels, hedecided to send 1500 e-mails to Icelandicstudentsto look for free accomodation. After a while, hegot more than 50 answersoffering free accomodation.

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