Let’s read aloud first. 最初に声を出して読んでみましょう。
Many people in Thailand go to fortune-tellers to know about their future. A fortune-teller is a person who predicts someone’s future. Different ways are used to do it like tarot cards or palm reading. During the covid-19 lockdown, a lot of fortune-tellers worked online. More than 7,000 fortune-tellers work for one startup company “Duang” whose fortune telling application has seen a sharp increase in the numbers of users. They use a special app to speak to people. Young Thais have a lot of problems with their work and less job opportunity. Due to such condition, their stress levels have worsened. So they try to ask fortune-tellers about their future prospect.
fortune-teller (占い師), predict (予想する), tarot card (タロットカード), palm reading (手相), Thai (タイ人), prospect (見通し)
Questions:
- What does fortune-teller do?
- What does fortune-teller use?
- Why do many Thai people go to fortune-teller?
- How many fortune-tellers are working in Duang?
- Have you been to a fortune-teller?
- Do you believe in this?
- What is your opinion?