UNIT 10: ECOTORISM
Lesson 3: Reading
What did you see?
1. City
2. Culture
3. Coffee
4. Adventure
5. Tours
6. Volcano
13. National park
14. Surfing
15. Yoga
16. Fishing
17. Nightlife
7. Rainforest
8. Eco- luxury
9. Rustic
10. Cloud forest
11. Nature
12. Beaches
Activity 1: Discuss: What tourists can do or see in Costa Rica?


Tourists can swim in the sea.
Visit marine national parks.
See the volcanoes.
Watch the monkeys in national parks... etc.
discharge (v) /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/
rapidly /ˈræpɪdli/ = quickly
fauna (n) /ˈfɔːnə/:
brochure (n) /ˈbrəʊʃə(r)/:
destination (n)
/ˌdestɪˈneɪʃn/
adapt (v) /əˈdæpt/
pros (n) /proʊs/ >< cons (n) /ˈkɒns/ = advantages >< disadvantages
discharge (v) /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/ :
thải ra
rapidly /ˈræpɪdli/ = quickly
fauna (n) /ˈfɔːnə/:
flora (n) /ˈflɔːrə/:
brochure (n) /ˈbrəʊʃə(r)/:
destination (n) /ˌdestɪˈneɪʃn/:
exotic (adj) /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/:
adapt (v) /əˈdæpt/ :
pros (n) /proʊs/ >< cons (n) /ˈkɒns/ = advantages >< disadvantages
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Vocabulary
Activity 2:
A. Sustainable Ecotourism and Jobs
B. Pros and Cons of Ecotourism
C. Ecotourism - A Solution to Environmental Problems
1. Discharge
b. Exciting and unusual
2. Fauna (n)
3. Flora (n)
4. Exotic (a)
5. Adapt (v)
a. All the plants of a particular area
c. All the animals living in an area
d. Change in order to be suitable for new situations
e. release
Activity 3: Match these words with their meaning
- more money for the local government to preserve nature
- tourists’ awareness of how to protect the environment
- more jobs and higher income for local people
- changing local people’s way of life
Activity 4:
Activity 5:
Activity 6:
Discuss in table groups.
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.


The money from eco- tourists may be used to preserve nature. However, the local people have to use up their resource (such as energy sources, food and water) to provide good service for tourist. More tourists mean more vehicles, more water and food consumption, and more waste. Even though the discharge of waste and consumption of nature resources by tourists are minimised, air, water and noise pollution is unavoidable.
To some extent, the answer is yes.
- more money for the local government to preserve nature
- tourists’ awareness of how to protect the environment
- more jobs and higher income for local people
- changing local people’s way of life
Ecotourism