Active Skills for Reading 1 (Unit 5: Our Modern Lifestyle)


CHAPTER 2 - Smartphone Apps for Travelers

Reading Comprehension - Check Your Understanding

A. Choose the correct answers for the following questions.

Why can it take a long time to find a good travel app?


Why does the author tell readers to say au revoir to language phrase books after getting Talk to Me?


What does it refer to in "Talk to Me"?


Locals refers to people who ______.


B. Read the following sentences. Check the app(s) that best match(es) each sentence. You may check more than one app.

This app is for people who,... Talk to Me Tripit CitySeekr
are visiting a country for the first time
want to find cool shops and restaurants
want to order a meal in another language
want all their travel information in one place
are going on a short business trip

C. Discuss the following questions with a partner.

  1. Would you use a travel app instead of a guidebook? Why, or why not?

    Answer

    cost considerations plus the convenience of having useful information available on their phone rather than carrying a book around, as well as the fact that changing information can be quickly and easily updated in an app, but not in a printed book.

  2. How else has technology changed how we travel?

    Answer

    greater ease of access to travel changes and other travel information, and the convenience of online check-in rather than queuing to check-in.

Smartphone Apps for Travelers

Traveling soon? Smartphone apps make traveling easier than ever. Unfortunately, with thousands of new travel-related apps to choose from each month, it can take a long time to figure out which applications are truly helpful. Here are three apps that will definitely make your next trip abroad a little easier

Talk to Me

Say au revoir1 to language phrase books2 after downloading the Talk to Me smartphone app. This is a great tool for anyone visiting a foreign country-it works like a translator in your pocket! When you speak into 10 the phone in English, it translates what you are saying into the language you select. You can choose between English, Chinese, French, Spanish, German, and Italian. This app is useful for the everyday needs of tourists and business travelers. It's also great for frequent travelers and language learners.

Tripit

Are you always looking for your travel information when it's time to check in for your flight? Tripit combines all of your travel confirmation documents, such as hotel room 20 bookings, into one travel itinerary. users send their travel-related emails to Tripit, and the app turns it into an easy-to-use itinerary with a calendar. Tripit also prepares maps and weather information for the places on your itinerary.

Cityseekr

Imagine being able to find whatever you need, no_matter. where you are! A map easily becomes outdated, and a guidebook typically helps you only in places the average tourist goes. What you need on y·our trip is an app that will 30 Jell you where the locals go. want to find a great sushi ·place in Singapore? Morning coffee in, Barcelona? A tailor in Mexico City? The Cityseekr app helps you find these places. It uses information created by Singaporeans, Spanish, Mexicans, and people from other popular tourist 35 cities, to give advice on restaurants, gas .stations, shops, landmarks, and more.

1 Say au revoir when you want to say "goodbye" in French.
2 A phrase book is a book to help travelers speak another language.


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