Welcome to our class!
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The map tells us about the ecotourism in Costa Rica
What does the map tell us about?
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Guessing
Give your answer about Costa Rica
Where is Costa Rica?
A. In Southeast Asia B. In Central America
C. In South Africa
2. What can tourists see a lot in Costa Rica?
A. monkeys B. pandas C. tigers
3. What is Costa Rica famous for ?
A. beautiful seas, marine national parks and volcanos.
B. deserts, high mountains and jungles.
C. waste lands and dirty beaches.
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Tourists can:
- swim in the sea,
- visit marine national parks and beautiful beaches,
- see the volcanos,
watch the monkeys in national parks.
Activity 1:What tourists can do or see in Costa Rica?
Costa Rica is famous for ecotourism
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Is ecotourism good or bad?
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UNIT 10 – ECOTOURISM

LESSON 3: READING
Go green (page 51)
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Activity 2: Skim the passage
and choose the best title( 2 minutes)
Sustainable Ecotourism and jobs
Pros and cons of Ecotourism
Ecotourism – A solution to environmental problems
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Activity 3: Matching (pair- work in 5 minutes)
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Activity 5: Who may say these things? Tick appropriate boxes.
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1. Do you agree with Marco that ecotourism can truly solve the problem of pollution?

2. Think about what happens to the environment when there are more visitors to a destination.
Activity 6:
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Is there any ecotourism place in your hometown?
TAN QUI ISLET
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Activity 4: home work
Make a list of the positive and negative effects of ecotourism according to the two speakers.
- More jobs and higher income for local people
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Thank you for your attendance!
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Pablo, a farmer from Costa Rica: Costa Rica is one of the best ecotourism _(1)_____in the world. We have beautiful beaches, dense rainforests, interesting volcanoes, and (2)__ wildlife. The local government and a tour guide told us that eco-tourism is good for us, but the truth is that I really don`t know what it is. But I know when_(3)___ come here, there is more jobs for us and I can earn more__(4)__. However, there are bad things as well. We have to change our way of life. To entertain tourists, we have to change our usual _(5)__to suit their taste and adapt the dances and traditions to suit their needs.
Close your book: Complete the passage with the given words
destinations
exotic
tourists
money
foods
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Activity 4: (Group – work in 5 mins)
Make a list of the positive and negative effects of ecotourism according to the two speakers.
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Extra activity: omplete this paragraph with the words given.
Ecotourism is a new form of tourism. It has many (1)_________. The (2)______ from ecotourism can go back to the (3)________, such as to preserve national _(4)_______and species of fauna and __(5)_____. However, ecotourism has a bad side. It can change local people’s (6)______ of life.
parks
nature
benefits
flora
money
way
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