{"id":16778,"date":"2021-01-27T17:07:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T16:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=16778"},"modified":"2021-02-12T19:06:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:06:04","slug":"movie-theaters-are-reopening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/01\/movie-theaters-are-reopening\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Theaters Are Reopening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After five months of lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a popular chain of movie theaters, AMC Theatres, reopened its doors in certain locations. The chain said it would take all measures to enforce social distancing between seats, will mandate wearing masks and upgrade the theater air filters. However, is it worth the risk?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video and be able to answer the questions that follow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Movie theaters are reopening. We asked an expert if it&#039;s safe to go\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6asxqg2BW_o?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Were you a moviegoer before the Covid-19 pandemic? How often did you use to see a movie?<\/li><li>How do you feel about the reopening of movie theaters amidst the pandemic?<\/li><li>If the movie theater provides adequate safeguards against the coronavirus, would you likely visit the cinema to see a movie again soon? Why  or why not?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate After five months of lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a popular chain of movie theaters, AMC Theatres, reopened its doors in certain locations. The chain said it would take all measures to enforce social distancing between seats, will mandate wearing masks and upgrade the theater air filters. 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