Colosseum Opens Again

B1 – Intermediate

Traveling is something that everybody misses doing. Most of us have not been able to travel for nearly a year because of the pandemic.

Here’s a good news to all travel enthusiasts: The Colosseum in Rome has reopened after things got a little better in Italy.

Listen to the audio and read the transcript about the Colosseum and its reopening.

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Discussion Questions:

  1. How does this news make you feel? 
  2. Have you ever visited The Colosseum or Rome? What can you say about it?
  3. Do you think it is fine to open important tourist spots again now? Why or why not?
  4. Would you like to travel again soon? Why or why not? Where would you want to go?
  5. Talk about one important touristic place in your city/country. How was it affected by the pandemic?
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4 replies on “Colosseum Opens Again”

1. How does this news make you feel? I feel like this is old news, since the pandemic passed several years ago, but if it were a current situation, I would feel hopeful for the pandemic resolution.
2. Have you ever visited The Colosseum or Rome? What can you say about it? No, I have never been to Rome. It is one of my pending travels.
3. Do you think it is fine to open important tourist spots again now? Why or why not? Again, if this situation were happening currently, I think it is important to open these tourist spots, in order to reactivate economy and give a sense of normality.
4. Would you like to travel again soon? Why or why not? Where would you want to go? Yes, absolutely. I would like to be able to travel without restrictions. And for the destination place, I have always wanted to go to Canada, Norway or Thailandia.
5. Talk about one important touristic place in your city/country. How was it affected by the pandemic? Not only the most important touristic place, but all the city in general was affected. Travels were cancelled, and touristic places were closed for a long time.

Good job sharing your ideas about this topic.

Here is a sentence you can still improve:

And for the destination place, I have always wanted to go to Canada, Norway or Thailandia.

And as for the destination place, I have always wanted to go to Canada, Norway, and Thailand.

Hope you can visit those countries as soon as possible!

1. At the time/year the article was written makes me feel very good after everything that happened with the coronavirus.
2. Yes, I’ve been to Rome three times, and one of those times I visited the Colosseum. It’s a very special place.
3. Yes, I think that is very important to open these kinds of places. During the coronavirus period it was very important because we all wanted to go back to normal.
4. Yes, my country was affected during the pandemic. No tourists and tourism is very important for my country. Many people were unable to work and businesses closed

Nice job sharing your thoughts about this topic!

Here is how you can revise this response to improve it a bit:

At the time/year the article was written makes me feel very good after everything that happened with the coronavirus.

At the time/year the article was written, it made me feel very good knowing that after everything that happened during the coronavirus, things were going back to normal little by little.

Until next term! Many thanks for all your efforts practicing your writing through this exercise.

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