97. Dark Tourism Explained: Why do people want to visit dangerous and terrifying places? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
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Although most people like to spend their vacations visiting historical sites or sunbathing on the beach, some people choose to visit dangerous and terrifying places! Would you travel to a war zone, a country that arrests visitors, or a place with a high crime rate? Let’s talk about it on this episode of Thinking in English!
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Vocabulary List
Evacuee (n) - someone who is evacuated from a dangerous place, especially during a war
Thousands of evacuees crossed the border to safety
Naively (adv) - in a way that shows you are willing to believe that life is pleasant and fair (even if it is not!)
Naively, i turned up to the event without a ticket, thinking it would be easy to get in
Hostage (n) - someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do what the enemy wants
She was taken hostage by the gunmen
Infamous (adj) - famous for something bad
This town is infamous for a being home to a murderer
Catch-all (adj) - general and intended to include everything
‘Indigestion’ is a catch-all term for any kind of stomach distress
Macabre (adj) - used to describe something that is very strange and unpleasant because it is connected with death or violence
She has a pretty macabre sense of humour
To risk (v) - to do something although there is a chance of a bad result
He risked losing his house when his company went bankrupt
Abduction (n) - the act of taking a person away by force
The abduction took place in front of several helpless witnesses
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