1. Which would worry you the most during a pandemic?
a) riding the subway
b) flying
c) using the restroom at a petrol station
d) visiting a national park
e) holiday on a cruise ship
2. Which of the following are the most/least effective? Why?
a) temperature check
b) face coverings
c) negative COVID-19 test
d) 14-day quarantine
e) a tracking app
f) vaccinations
g) immunity passports
h) social distancing
i) intensive cleaning of public places
j) 72-hour vacancy between room bookings
3. Which company/supermarket/local authority has impressed/not impressed you recently with the measures they have taken?
4. Have your cleaning routines changed at home/work? What do you do differently?
5. When will you finally know that it is safe to travel? Choose from the following:
a) The government says so.
b) Friends have already travelled.
c) Travel agencies start advertising holidays again.
d) The WHO gives the green light to travel.
6. What are you most looking forward to doing once the current pandemic is over?
7. Has the crisis brought about a change in how you see life? Are you more risk averse now? Will you be bringing certain events forward once travel bans have been lifted? Have you added any events or activities to your 'bucket list'? Or have you removed anything from your list?
8. Will you revisit your previous holiday destinations?
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Situation
The pandemic is nearly over. Your friend (your teacher) is planning his/her next holiday - They have the choice between a road trip on Route 66, using Airbnb, or alternatively, a city-tour holiday, which involves flying to Singapore, Tokyo, and Adelaide. Give them your best advice regarding risk and safety precautions.
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Discuss quotes
“You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.”
― Shaun Hick
“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― William Faulkner
"A world with a sudden limit on air travel would be tremendously different from the one we live in now."
- Charles C. Mann
“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”
― Henry David Thoreau
"A smile abroad is often a scowl at home."
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Student Handout PDF: Pandemic Travel
Photo: Anna Shvets