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Massive discounts offered to lure visitors to Thailand |
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อังคาร, 04 สิงหาคม 2009 |
Hotels across Thailand are offering massive discounts and special deals to entice both foreign and domestic tourists to travel more during the low travel season from June to October. The usually slow season is especially sluggish this year as a result of the global economic recession, the ongoing political upheaval, and now the H1N1 flu pandemic. Hotel occupancy rate across the country has plunged 16 percent. Luxury hotels in Bangkok are the ones receiving the biggest blow, as travelers shy away from splurging on top-notch accommodation. Thai Airways International has slashed prices of its domestic flights to compete with low-cost airlines and is even offering free domestic connections to those flying into Bangkok from outside of Asia.
AP
คำน่ารู้:
Massive (adj.) = ที่ใหญ่โตมาก
Entice (v.) = ล่อลวง
Sluggish (adj.) = เงียบเหงา เฉื่อยชา ซบเซา
Top-notch (adj.) = ชั้นเยี่ยม
Shy away from (v.) = หลีกเลี่ยง หลบหนี
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Thailand to ban elephants from city streets |
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เสาร์, 01 สิงหาคม 2009 |
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Elephants and their mahouts roaming the busy traffic congested streets of Bangkok could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a tougher law to keep the animals off city streets. Bangkok authorities plan to offer financial incentives for elephant owners and impose tougher fines. Working in collaboration with a foundation under Her Majesty the Queen’s patronage, elephant owners could receive more than US$20,000 for their elephants, which will then be released back into the wild. The fine for bringing wild elephants into the city will increase from a few dollars to a few thousand.
CNN
คำน่ารู้:
Mahouts (n.) = ควานช้าง
Congested (adj.) = คับคั่ง แออัด
Thanks to (idiom) = เป็นเพราะ เนื่องมาจาก
Incentives (n.) = สิ่งกระตุ้น สิ่งดลใจ
In collaboration with (idiom) = การร่วมมือกันระหว่างหลายๆฝ่าย
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Bangkok school closes due to influenza |
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บทเรียนประจำวัน
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เสาร์, 13 มิถุนายน 2009 |
A private school in Bangkok has suspended all classes for one week, after a grade-6 schoolboy and thirteen of his classmates have tested positive for the H1N1 influenza. The pupil developed flu symptoms and had no record of traveling abroad, unlike other flu patients who had traveled to the United States before showing signs of the virus. In Pattaya, 21 nightclub workers have also tested positive, after two Taiwanese tourists developed flu symptoms upon their return to Taiwan from the Thai beach resort town. The World Health Organization has announced the first flu pandemic in 40 yearsafter a sharp increase in reported cases of infection worldwide. Australia alone has reported more than 1,200 new cases of infection over the past week.
The Nation
คำน่ารู้:
Suspended (v.) = ระงับงด
Influenza (n.) =ไข้หวัดใหญ่
Symptoms (n.) = อาการ
Pandemic (n.) = โรคระบาด
Worldwide (adv.) = ทั่วโลก
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