The Quarantine Hotel

 
 
 

Vocabulary

 

 
 
 
 
 

Video: Quarantine in a Hotel

 
 
 
 

Transcript

It really is almost like a luxury prison.

I’m Jessica. I’m twenty-nine (29) years old, and I’m from North London.

I’ve recently come back from a trip from a red country list, specifically Colombia.

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So here I am in the Quarantine Hotel.

So this is my room. It’s not too bad of a size. I’ve got two beds, not sure why. I’ve been using this one.

I traveled on medical grounds, so you have to have the booking of the hotel before you even fly out.

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There are quite a few rules. The main ones that you obviously have to abide by are just you not being able to leave your room whatsoever.

Not much of a view.

But, you know, it’s better than no view, I guess.

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I can hear the breakfast coming. Won’t be a minute now.

Knock on Door: “Room service.”
Jessica: “Thank you.”

So first meal of the day, breakfast.

Um, it’s a pretty soggy bacon butty. But . . . I guess it’s a bacon butty, nonetheless.

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Jessica on Telephone: “Hello, hi. I’m just wondering, I wanted to go out to get a little bit of fresh air.”

Someone will come and pick you up, take you over to the area where you’re allowed to get some fresh air for a specific amount of time.

And then you’re brought back up to the room.

So here we go guys That’s the airport right there, so we’re pretty close by.

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It can get pretty lonely. So you do have to come up with ways to entertain yourself.

So I’m back in bed.

I literally go from the bed to the chair . . . from the chair to the bed . . .

That’s my life at the moment.

It gets really closed up and claustrophobic in here.

I wouldn’t recommend anyone flying out. But again, I understand and I realize that the majority of people that are doing it is because they really have to.

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Questions

Barn. Jessica is in prison because she robbed a store. True or false? Was she a normal tourist in the hotel room?

Cottage. Do you think this is a one-star hotel, two-star, three-star, four-star or five-star hotel?

Farmhouse. Is Jessica’s hotel room for a single person or a couple?

Family Home. She can spend the whole day outside. She can freely go to the hotel lounge, pool, bar, restaurant anytime she feels like it. Is this right or wrong?

Hotel. From her hotel room window, can Jessica see hills and the sea? Is the view spectacular?

Hostel. She cooks and eats her own breakfast. Is this correct or incorrect? What does she have for breakfast? Does she enjoy her breakfast? Does she think it’s delicious?

Office Building, Skyscraper. Did Jessica simply leave her room and spend several hours outside?

Factory, Manufacturing Plant. Is being quarantined in her hotel room fun and exciting? What does she do? Does she love staying in her hotel room?
 
 
 
Apartment, Flat. In my city and country, there are strict quarantine, restriction and lockdown measures. Yes or no?

Apartment Building, Apartment Complex. Is life completely normal, 90% normal, mostly normal, 50% normal, partially normal or 10% normal?

School Building, University. How do people feel about the pandemic, face masks, social distancing, restrictions and lockdowns? What do they think about this?

Shopping Mall, Shopping Center. What might happen in the future?

Government Building, Bureau, Ministerial Building. What should people and governments do?