Pre-reading questions:
- Do you like traveling?
- Do you buy souvenirs when you travel to other places?
Vocabulary:
- take /teyk/
- tour /toor/
- between /bih-TWEEN/
- at least /at LEEST/
- online /ON-LAHYN/
[noun] – to need a long time
It takes time to heal a broken trust.
[noun] – a visit to a place or area, especially one during which you look around the place or area and learn about it
I won a tour in Paris.
[preposition] – in or into the space that separates two places, people, or objects
A secret between more than two is no secret.
[phrasal adverb] – used to emphasize that something is good in a bad situation
It will take at least 20 years to recover from bankruptcy.
[adverb] – bought, done, or used on the internet
You may have a reservation online in advance.
According to the data and consulting firm, the global tourism industry could take years to return to normal with the inclusion of social distancing. Some hotels and airlines announced enhanced cleaning procedures worldwide to keep the travelers at ease. Egypt would mostly have tour packages where social distancing will be followed. Orlando Florida plans to put more spaces between riders on roller coasters while casinos plan to sanitize dice between users, give fewer seats for the blackjacks players, and put an inactive slot machine between players. Governments in some places are helping sectors as much as they can to help hotel workers by paying at least 80% of their salaries. One business owner of a tour and adventure provider in Bali, Indonesia, remained optimistic and still promotes his business online and received good feedback from their clients.
True or False:
- The global tourism industry could easily go to normal again.
- Some hotels and airlines will continue their normal cleaning process as before.
- Casinos will sanitize dice, provide fewer seats, and put an idle slot machine between players.
- Governments in some countries are helping hotel workers.
- A businessman from Bali, Indonesia, remained optimistic by promoting his business online.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| take | tour | between | at least | online |
- I like ordering _____.
- People should leave one space _____ each other.
- This project won’t _____ long.
- You have _____ 50% discount on this purchase.
- The kids _____ around the museum.