© Reuters via Bangkok Post
Pre-reading questions:
- Have you been to Vietnam?
- What country do you want to visit after the pandemic is over?
Vocabulary:
- tourist /TOOR-ist/
[noun] someone who visits a place for pleasure and interest, usually while on holiday
Angela is an American tourist visiting Kyoto.
- return /ri-TURN/
[noun] an occasion when someone goes or comes back to a place where they were before
Saki’s return to Odaiba is moved next week.
- daily /dey-LEE/
[adverb] happening on or relating to every day
I make sure to eat three meals daily.
- fill out /fil out/
[phrasal verb] to write or type information in spaces that are provided for it
Please fill out this online survey.
- form /fawrm/
[noun] a document printed with spaces in which to write answers or information
To whom did you submit your credit card application form?
Vietnam orders 80,000 local tourists to leave Da Nang after three coronavirus cases were reported in the city on Sunday, July 26. The locals begin their return to their home cities the next day, July 27, Monday, and the evacuation is expected to take four days. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam stated that around 100 domestic flights from Da Nang to 11 Vietnamese cities are being handled daily. Residents returning from Da Nang to Bac Giang and Bac Ninh are required to be quarantined, while locals from other cities have to fill out health declaration forms. After hearing the news of the fresh cases in Da Nang, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc declared a wide coronavirus testing to be done in the city. Vietnam currently has 866 positive coronavirus cases with 16 recorded deaths.
True or False:
- 80,000 local tourists are ordered to leave Hanoi on July 27.
- People returning to Bac Giang and Bac Ninh must be quarantined.
- Three positive cases were reported in Da Nang on July 26.
- About 100 domestic flights from Da Nang are being handled daily.
- Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that no coronavirus testing will be done in Da Nang.
Vocabulary Check:
[noun] someone who visits a place for pleasure and interest, usually while on holiday
Angela is an American tourist visiting Kyoto.
[noun] an occasion when someone goes or comes back to a place where they were before
Saki’s return to Odaiba is moved next week.
[adverb] happening on or relating to every day
I make sure to eat three meals daily.
[phrasal verb] to write or type information in spaces that are provided for it
Please fill out this online survey.
[noun] a document printed with spaces in which to write answers or information
To whom did you submit your credit card application form?
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| tourist | return | daily | fill out | form |
- Kevin exercises _____.
- Make sure you leave nothing blank in your application _____.
- There are many _____ in Japan during spring season.
- Are you finished _____ the online form?
- When is your _____ to Sapporo?