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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97. Dark Tourism Explained: Why do people want to visit dangerous and terrifying places? (English Vocabulary Lesson)