Exercise 2Article
Read the article aloud on your own or repeat each paragraph after your tutor.Flooded Restaurant Becomes Viral SensationCustomers have been flooding into a restaurant in central Thailand for an unusual dining experience.
And "flooding" is an appropriate word, because this restaurant hasn't just seen customers coming through its doors — a river has flooded the restaurant too, bringing live fish with it.
Since the river next to Pa Jit restaurant burst its banks, the eatery has become an internet sensation — and it has continued serving food.
Visitors have arrived to take photos with their feet in the brown water, and to eat the food.
Waiting staff carefully carry bowls of fish soup or chicken noodles from table to table, while young children watch in excitement as live fish swim around their legs.
Pa Jit, which is in Nakhon Pathom province, about 30 kilometers from Bangkok, has been feeding locals for 30 years, said its owner.
When the restaurant flooded for the first time around four years ago, her heart sank.
Then, she thought that no one would be interested in eating at the restaurant, but when photos of fish swimming in the floodwater were shared online, people soon wanted to visit.
In fact, she said that floods have boosted her business, with her profits doubling from around $309 to around $618 per day.
A customer named Bella Windy, who is 63, said she came to the restaurant because she wanted to feel the fish nibbling on her feet!
Families have said that their children are less fussy about the food they eat when they're watching the fish swimming around the restaurant.
The restaurant is likely to stay flooded for a little while longer, but while that might be good news for Pa Jit, it has devastated many other areas of Thailand.
The government has said that more than 480,000 people in 13 provinces have been affected by floods.