Pre-reading questions:
- Do you like to travel? Why?
- Where is your favorite place?
An island in Hongkong previously named as Yim Tin Sai or “Ghost Island” is slowly returning to life. Yim Tin Tsai means “Little Salt Pan” in Cantonese. The island is a salt pan in the past. When the pans shut down, people slowly fled to the city to seek education. Thanks to Colin Chan, the old village representative, the island is restored to its previous beauty.
Vocabulary:
previous [adjective] – coming before something else
pan [noun] – a flat expanses of ground covered with salt or other minerals
flee [verb] – run away
seek [verb] – to search or to find
restore [verb] – bring back to existence
True or False:
- Yim Tin Sai means “Sugar Pan” in Cantonese.
- The island is a sugar pan in the past.
- People fled to the city to be educated.
- Colin Chan is the hero of the island.
- The island’s beauty was restored with the help of Colin Chan.