Unit 10. Ecotourism. Lesson 3. Reading

Welcome to our class!
Warm up
(Work in groups of four in two minutes)
Give your answer about Costa Rica
Where is Costa Rica?
A. In Southeast Asia B. In Central America C. In South Africa
2. Tourists can see a lot of ______ in Costa Rica.
A. Monkeys B. pandas C. tigers
3. Costa Rica is famous for ____________.
A. Beautiful seas, marine national parks and volcanoes
B. deserts, high mountains and pollution
C. Waste land and dirty beaches.
UNIT 10 – ECOTOURISM

LESSON 3: READING
Go green (page 51)
ECOTOURISM IN COSTA RICA
I. Before you read
Activity 1: (Pair-work in 2 mins)
+ What can tourists do and see in Costa Rica?


Vocabulary:
+ Pros and cons: (n) ưu điểm và nhược điểm
+ travel brochure (n): a book for travel
+ destination (n): điểm đến
ex: Costa Rica is one of the destinations for tourists.
+ suit (v): phù hợp với
ex: We have a lot of food to suit the guests’ taste.
+ entertain (v): make someone happy, pleased
I. Before you read
Vocabulary:
+ Pros and cons: ưu điểm và nhược điểm
+ travel brochure (n): a book for travel
+ destination (n): điểm đến
+ suit (v): phù hợp với
+ entertain (v): make someone happy, pleased
I. Before you read
Activity 2: Skim the passage and choose the best title( 4 mins)
Sustainable Ecotourism and jobs
Pros and cons of Ecotourism
Ecotourism – A solution to environmental problems
II. While you read
Activity 3: Matching (pair- work in 4 mins)
II. While you read

Activity 4: (Group – work in 5 mins)
Make a list of the positive and negative effects of ecotourism according to the two speakers.
Positive effects
More money for local government to preserve nature
Educate tourists about the protection of the environment
Help tourists know about the culture and lifestyle of local people
More jobs and higher income for local people


Negative effects
Change local people’s way of life
II. While you read

Activity 5: Put a tick to the appropriate boxes (6 mins)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
II. While you read
III. After you read
Do you agree with Marco that ecotourism can truly solve the problem of pollution? Think about what happens to the environment when there are more visitors to a destination.
Activity 6: (in groups)
III. After you read
To some extent, the answer is yes. The money from ecotourists may be used to preserve nature. However, the local people have to use up their resources (such as energy sources, food and water) to provide good service for tourists. More tourists mean more vehicles, more water and food consumption, and more waste. Even though the discharge of waste and consumption of natural resources by tourists are minimised, air, water and noise pollution is unavoidable.

Activity 6: (in groups)
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Extra activity: Complete 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
Extra activity: Complete this paragraph with the words given.
way nature benefits money flora parks
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.