Places in town. What will be open in England?

Places in town.What will be open in England?

I Lead in. Answer the questions.

1.    What places in your town or city were open during the Covid-19 pandemic?

2.    What businesses and places were closed during the Covid-19 pandemic?

3.    What places will soon be open for people in future in your town or city?

II Watch the video and note down names of at least five places that will soon open in England.

III Watch the video about easing lockdown in England and choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

From tomorrow the 2-meter social distancing/distanced/stencil rule will be replaced with a 1 meter plus measure where 2 meters is implausible/improbable/impossible. And in addition to that there'll be recommended safety measures such as fact/face/facing coverings, increased hygiene, and changes to business lay/layouts/playgrounds. Social gatherings will also be different as two folds/old house/households will be able to meet regardless of size, indoors and orders/outdoors/odours. So things, for example, like dinner/dined/planner parties will be allowed and overnight stays as well. A long list of businesses will reopen including restaurants, parts/pubs/curbs, and cafes, but safety measures will mean minimal staff and customer contract/attract/contact, table service, and taking customers contact details/detailed/tails to help with any tracing in case of an outbreak.

 Glossary: household = a group of people, for example a family, who live     together.

staff = people who work for an organization.

customer = a client.

IV What places for tourism will be open in England? Watch the video and put the images in order.  

Glossary: B&B = (bed and breakfast) a small hotel offering a room to sleep in and a morning meal.

campsite = a piece of land where people on holiday can camp.

holiday home =  a house that tourists can rent for their holidays.

V Look at the photos below. Match the words to the images.

1.    funfair – a place in a park or field where people ride machines for fun and play games to win prizes.

2.    community centre – a place where people who live in an area can meet to take courses.

3.    amusement arcade – an indoor place where people play coin-operated machines.

4.    playground – an area designed for children to play.

5.    gallery – a building for showing works of art.

VI What cultural and leisure venues will be open in England? Watch the video and underline the names of the places that will be open.

a)    theatre

b)    art school

c)    gallery

d)    playground

e)    funfair

f)     cinema

g)    library

h)    museum

i)      casino

j)     community centre

k)    amusement arcade

VII How will other places function after the lockdown?  Watch the video and mark the sentences as True (T) or False (F). Correct the false statements.

1.    Hairdresser’s will open.

2.    Clients at hairdresser’s will have to wear visors.

3.    Places of worship will also reopen.

4.    People cannot visit places of worship for services such as weddings.

5.    Religious ceremonies will have a 60-person   limit.

Glossary: visor = a transparent shield that cover face.

VIII Match the words to the images. Which of these places will soon be in England? Watch and check your answers.

1.    bowling alley

2.    spa

3.    water park

4.    indoor swimming pool

5.    hairdresser’s

6.    indoor gym

7.    nail bar

8.    nightclub

IX Vocabulary focus. Follow the link below. Focus on the words and expressions (study definitions), match the terms to their definitions, solve the crossword puzzle, complete the quiz, chase down the correct answer to earnpoints, unscramble words and phrases (correct order of letters), type in words to fill in the blanks, test your knowledge of  vocabulary.

https://www.studystack.com/flashcard-3234760

X OVER TO YOU. Discuss the questions:

a)    What places in your town or city will open soon? Are they the same places that will be open in England?

b)    What places in your opinion are important for people?

c)    What will the new rules for clients be in those places?

After the Pandemic. Will Life Change?

After the Pandemic. Will Life Change?

I Lead in. Answer the questions.

a)    What has changed the most because of the pandemic: family life, working life, education?

b)    How have these parts of life changed?

c)    Do you think that after the pandemic people will get back to the old way of life? Why or why not?

II Watch the video and underline the topics it mentions.

family life; hospitals; health problems; shopping; politics; offices; going to work;

school; pollution

III What do people in the UK think about life after the pandemic? Guess the correct numbers in the sentences. Watch the video and check your answers.

27 %; 3%; 40%; 15 %; 33%; 39%; 37%; 59 %; 49%; 47%

a)    _________of people think life will be much the same as it was before the pandemic.

b)    _________of people said life will be significantly different.

c)    _________of people think they'll go back to shopping in stores.

d)    _________ of people will continue shopping online.

e)    _________of people said they'd return to commuting back to the workplace.

f)     _________ of people said that they'd continue working from home.

g)    _________ people said that lockdown brought them closer to their partner. 

h)    _______ of people think that climate change is the most serious problem in the world.

i)      _________ of people think that preventing future pandemics is a priority in the world.

j)     _________of people chose terrorism as the most serious problem.

Glossary: commuting= travelling between home and place of work.

IV Watch the video and choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

You can’t always see the exchange/changes/changed that coronavirus is making to the fashion/path/way we will be living our lives. At first see/glance/look everything might seem normal, but what even is normal anymore since you believe there will ever be a overturn/return/turning to life as it was pre-pandemic. A new poll/ questioned /fall for Sky News by YouGov found only 27 % of people think life will be much the same as it was before. Well, far more, 59 %, said it will be significantly differed/different/difference.

Glossary: YouGov = a global public opinion and data company. 

                  poll = a study in which people are asked for their opinions.     

V Do you think people will return to the way of life they had before the pandemic? Look at the answers British people gave to this question. Watch the video and choose the words to complete the answers. 

1)  The fact that there is this kind of a disruptive environment has given us time to ____ and adapt.

      A think                  B sing                  C feel sad

2)          I don’t think we’re going to go back to a ____ that looks the same.

        A work                 B   ways                     C world

3)          People may be more caring towards ______.

        A stray animals     B society                      C strangers

4)          I think that there will be _____ alertness.

         A shopping    B shaping                    C baking

Glossary: disruptive = causing disorder and interruption in activates.

                  alertness = the state of being attentive.

VI How will life change for shops after the pandemic?  Watch the video and mark the sentences as True (T) or False (F). Correct the false statements.

1.    Europe’s busiest shopping street is facing a crisis.

2.    Future is bright and optimistic for the high street shops.

3.    Most people will continue shopping online. 

4.    The man will rush to the stores as soon as they open.  

5.    The man will continue shopping online for some time.

6.    The woman will buy clothes in stores.  

7.    The woman will buy her groceries online.   

VI What are the positive aspects of pandemic for individuals and society? Watch the video. Put the sentences from the talk in order.  

A.   People have started to see how nature is reacting to us not being around.

B.   Breathing in pure air is popular.

C.   Simple things are pleasurable and they matter: relationships and enjoying this amazing weather.

D.   Lockdown has meant a lot less of this, pollutants of all forms.

E.    I got closer to my family, I appreciate my friends, I appreciate simple things.

F.    People have started to appreciate the outside spaces a lot more.

VII OVER TO YOU.

A)  Were there any polls asking people’s thoughts about the pandemic in your country? Are the results different from the answers British people gave? Can you find any article, statistics, and news giving people’s thoughts about life after the pandemic in your country?  

B)   Discuss the questions:

1.           What do people in your country think about life after the pandemic? Will life go back to normal? What is normal now?

2.           How will life change for shops after the pandemic? Where will people buy clothes and food after the pandemic?

3.           What are the positive aspects of pandemic for individuals and society?

4.           What will the most important problems be for countries and individuals after the pandemic?

Eiffel Tower Reopens

Eiffel Tower Reopens

I Lead in.

a)    What do you know about the Eiffel Tower? Where is it located?

b)    Why is the Eiffel Tower popular among tourists? Would you like to visit it?

c)    Do you think many people want to visit the Eiffel Tower? How many people visit the Eiffel Tower every day?

d)    Do you think the Eiffel Tower was open during Covid-19 pandemic in France? If yes, how many people went to visit it?

e)    Do you think people will want to visit the Eiffel Tower in future?

II Match the numbers in the list to make facts about the visits to the Eiffel Tower. Watch the video and check your answers.

World War II;     1,500;           2nd (second);        23,000;     103;      675

1)      The number of days that the Eiffel Tower was closed in 2020 =  ______

2)      The time when the Eiffel Tower was closed for a long time in the past =  ______

3)      The number of people who visited the Eiffel Tower on a day in 2019 (on the same date the video was made) = ______

4)      The number of people who visited the Eiffel Tower on a day in 2020 (on the date the video was made) = ______

5)      The number of steps visitors have to walk to climb the Eiffel Tower = ______

6)      The floor of the Eiffel Tower that visitors reach when they use the steps  =______

III Watch the video and mark the sentences as True (T) or False (F). Correct the false statements.

1)    The Eiffel Tower was closed in 2020 for the shortest time in its history.   

2)    The work of the Eiffel Tower is not back to normal yet.  

3)    The views from the Eiffel Tower are extraordinary and tourists enjoy their visit.  

4)    Now tourists who want to get to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower take the elevator.  

5)    Tourists who want to visit the Eiffel Tower can go up without masks.

6)    Paris like so many cities needs tourists.

IV OVER TO YOU. Think of the place that tourists like to visit in your city. How many people visited this place in the past?  Was this place closed for visitors because of the Covid-19 pandemic? What will be the rules for the visitors when the famous tourist places open again? How many people will visit this place?