Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. Unfortunately, at the current time, 1 in 5 women and girls between the ages of 15-49 have reported experiencing physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner within a 12-month period and 49 countries currently have no laws protecting women from domestic violence. Progress is occurring regarding harmful practices such as child marriage and FGM (Female Genital Mutilation), which has declined by 30% in the past decade, but there is still much work to be done to complete eliminate such practices.

Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large. Implementing new legal frameworks regarding female equality in the workplace and the eradication of harmful practices targeted at women is crucial to ending the gender-based discrimination prevalent in many countries around the world.

Question: Gender equality is a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.

Write a short paragraph (120 -150 words) about problems of ecotourism.

You can answer the following questions as cues:

• What are the problems of ecotourism?

• Why are there these problems?

• What should be done to control it?

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wrongdoings/ must/ eliminate/ this kind/ tourism.

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Laws/ rules/ issued/ control/ problem.

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Drugs/ sometimes/ carried/ used/ tourists/ during/ stay.

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Tourists/ may not/ review/ service/ correctly/ positively.

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Book/ tour/ in advance/ appearing/ also/ popular/ problem.

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Except/ advantages/ it/ has/ own problems/ bad review/ careless tourists.

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Homestay/ interesting kind/ tourism/ many tourists/ want/ experience.

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Talk about measures to develop sustainable ecotourism in Viet Nam.

You can answer the following questions as cues:

* What are the measures?

* What can these measures help?

Useful languages:

Complete the notes:

Now you try!

Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.

1. ... so measures must be applied to develop ecotourism.

2. The first and most important measure is ...

3. .. issue laws to regulate ecotourism-related matters.

4. ... fine tourists who violate the rules.

5. As a result, ... protect and preserve original and clean beauty of the nature.     

Now you tick!

Did you ...

q answer all the questions in the task?

q give some details to each main point?

q speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?

q use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?

q use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?

q pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?

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Listen to the benefits of ecotourism and complete the following sentences with ONE or TWO words

1. With ecotourism, the communities get financial rewards without__________  on the environment.

2. The__________and those people who are dependent upon it have to pay a high price for tourism.

3. Ecotourism can be the chance to__________in a unique, hands-on capacity.

4. The actual needs of various rural__________worldwide may be different from what people see in pictures and films.

5. If the government gives__________to ecosystems, they are far more likely to survive.