Things are changing in Venice, and it’s not what you might expect. Due to what local gondola drives claim as “fatter” tourists, the city will limit the number of passengers allowed on a single gondola for a ride along the canals. Watch the video and check out the accompanying English language exercises.
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Venice restricts numbers allowed on gondolas because tourists “have gotten fatter” | Definition Match
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Venice restricts numbers allowed on gondolas because tourists “have gotten fatter” | Fill in the Blank
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The coronavirus pandemic has placed a heavy (weight) on Venice’s (vast) tourism industry. But as it emerges from lockdown, the city is trying to (ease) the weight put on its gondolas.A new restriction will see the (maximum) capacity on the city’s famous gondolas reduced from six (passengers) to five.And it’s not social distancing that (caused) the change -- it’s the high (average) weight of tourists at the destination.“Over the last 10 years or so, tourists (weigh) more – so we are limiting the number of people on a single boat,” Andrea Balbi, the president of Venice’s Gondola Association, confirmed to CNN while explaining the rule.The change applies to Venice’s (slim) boats that (cruise through) the small canals. The maximum (occupancy) in the larger “da parada” gondolas, which are (mostly) for taxis across the Grand Canal, has also been reduced, from 14 to 12.Balbi said more weight means the gondolas flood, making it harder for gondoliers to navigate canal traffic.Raoul Roveratto, president of the association of substitute gondoliers -- a group representing less experienced gondoliers -- didn’t (hesitate) when speaking to La Repubblica newspaper. Roveratto said that some citizens are like bombs, and when the boat is fully (loaded), it (sinks) and water enters,” he said.Sometimes it’s (better to be safe than sorry), and this is the message the gondoliers want to give the public.
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The reason for the new regulations on gondolas is Coronavirus.
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Excessive weights can cause safety risks.
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Tourists in the past were slimmer, according to the gondoliers.
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Only recreation gondolas will reduce size, not taxis.
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