Nama : Muhammad Farhan

Kelas : R3G
NPM : 201912500805
Phone : 0812-9423-7256
Subject : UPM. Vocabulary
Date : selasa,12 januari 2021

1. Find out at least five (5) numbers from the online article
about how to
say the numbers in English. Write them on your paper. (40
points)

Eiffel Tower sees dizzying drop in visitor

numbers
https://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2020/10/26/eiffel-tower-sees-dizzying-drop-in-visitor-
numbers.html

The Eiffel Tower is experiencing a collapse in visitor numbers as foreign tourists stay away and tight
coronavirus measures, including a curfew, take their toll, the Paris landmark's operator said Friday.
Ticket sales have fallen by 80 percent compared to 2019, according to the operator, SETE, and
revenue by 70 percent.

"We have 2,500 visitors per day for a monument than can accommodate up to 25,000," SETE
president Jean-Francois Martins told RTL radio. "Since the end of the summer, we're down to
between 10 and 20 percent of our usual attendance," he said.

Social distancing rules allow lifts going up the tower to carry only half the usual number of people.
The Eiffel Tower has also cancelled its night opening hours as curfew rules in Paris are banning
people from being out after 9:00 pm.

But the almost complete absence of foreign tourists, who usually account for up to 85 percent of
visitors, hurts the most, SETE spokeswoman Isabelle Esnous told AFP. Paris, as well as several other
French cities, has been placed on the highest coronavirus alert. On Thursday, France reported a daily
record of 41,622 new cases.

The Eiffel Tower's operator is now concentrating its marketing efforts on "people from Paris, the
Paris region and from France", Esnous said. "We're concentrating on people who live close by... and
who are interested in family outings," she said. A special area for children with historical information
about the tower has been added, and a vast games area is to follow, she said.

The operator will use the wait for better days to undertake paint work and service the lifts, Esnous
said. One upside is that the usual snaking queues at the foot of the tower have all but disappeared.
"It's now a more convenient visit," said Esnous.
2. Find out at least fifteen (15) words related to the topic.
Highlight the particular words with Font Color. Write the
words on your paper then define them using an online
dictionary. (60 points)

The Tech That Was Fixed in 2020 and the

Tech That Still Needs Fixing
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/technology/personaltech/good-
bad-tech-2020.html
To put it lightly, 2020 was rough. More than ever, we turned to our personal tech this year to help
find respite, stay healthy and remain connected with the people we care about. Video chat apps, like
Webex and Google Meet, became crucial work tools. After gyms shut down, virtual workout apps
like Peloton transformed into must-have products. Electric bikes and scooters, once a source of
frustration, found their moment when people sought alternatives to public transportation and ride
hailing. Still, there was plenty of tech that let us down.

Some of Amazon’s gadgets, like its Ring surveillance cameras, proved more creepy than useful.
Delivery apps with hidden markups continued to drive up the prices of takeout orders. A new type of
smartphone with a foldable screen was a gimmick. And, at least for now, so was 5G, the next-
generation cellular technology that doesn’t live up to its hype of delivering incredibly fast speeds.

For the last few years, I’ve reviewed the tech that vastly improved and the tech that still needed
fixing. Here were the highs and lows in 2020.

Video Chat-

“Can you hear me now?”

Before the pandemic, plenty of us loathed taking meetings over video calls. Video and audio quality
was often grainy and delayed, and plenty of people did not know to mute their microphones when
they weren’t speaking.

Then in the early stages of the pandemic, Zoom made headlines, for reasons good and bad.
Hundreds of millions of us, desperate to stay in touch with friends and colleagues, signed up for the
videoconferencing service to virtualize our office meetings, classrooms, happy hours and yoga
sessions. But as Zoom surged in popularity, we noticed many cracks in security, which allowed trolls
to “Zoombomb,” or gain unauthorized access, to people’s video sessions, among other flaws.

There was a silver lining to Zoom’s failures: It created the need for stronger alternatives.

Over the last year, many videoconferencing apps have significantly improved. Google made major
upgrades to Meet, enabling video chats with hundreds of participants; Microsoft and Cisco are also
overhauling their video chat products, Teams and Webex. Zoom, which is still under scrutiny, has
fixed some of its security issues. At this rate, many of us will probably continue using
videoconferencing for many of our tasks even after life returns somewhat to normal.