Q2e Listening & Speaking 1: Unit 3 Video Transcript

The World’s Most Visited Attractions Transcript

Narrator: Travel and Leisure magazine has a list of the 40 most visited tourist
attractions1 in the world. Everyone should visit these places at least once
in their lifetime.

The number one place is Times Square in New York City. Thirty-nine
million visitors go there every year.

Central Park and Grand Central Terminal, also in New York City, are near
the top of the list, too. Grand Central Terminal is a train station in the
center of Manhattan. It has restaurants, shops, and a food market2.

The Grand Bazaar in Turkey is the tenth most visited place in the world.
It is one of the world’s oldest markets. It was built in the fifteenth
century3. Fifteen million people visit the Grand Bazaar every year.

1
tourist attraction: an enjoyable place to go or thing to do for a person who is travelling or visiting
2
food market: an open area where people buy and sell food
3
century: a period of 100 years

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