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?

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Useful vocabulary

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• causing pollution, destroying trees, hunting too much, causing forest fire, throwing waste • equalling life, saving money, saving energy, protecting ecosystems • issuing laws, notifying, educating, fining

•... measures must be applied to develop ecotour- ism •  The first and most important measure is ... •... issue laws to regulate ecotourism-related matters. •  It is important to notify and educate local people and tourists ... •... fine tourists who violate the rules. •... deal with wrongdoings. •... make people aware of the law. •... advertise a beautiful Vietnam to the world •  As a result, ...protect and preserve original and clean beauty of the nature.

Complete the notes:

Structures of the talk	Your notes
What are the measures?	__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________
What can these measures help?	__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________

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)?

 Let’s compare!

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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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.

Laws/ rules/ issued/ control/ 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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She would spend a year in the USA if it (be) _________easier to get a green card.

wrongdoings/ must/ eliminate/ this kind/ tourism.

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Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

E.g.: If you work hard, you (win)__will win__the prize.

1. You (be) _________so tired if you went to bed earlier.

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

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

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Read the passage and decide whether the statements are True or False.

It is easy to criticize ecotourism as little more than an opportunity to encourage a kind of voyeurism among the rich. There are also valid concerns that it can still do a level of harm that should be avoided. However, more studies indicate that the benefits are far outweighing potential, or real, drawbacks. Where ecotourism has a stronghold, development is kept at bay, and development is what can kill an ecosystem and drive local or indigenous people into poverty. In fact, studies are showing that ecotourism is reducing poverty and doing more to protect local environments and even improve their conditions. Because people who travel to such far-reaching places want to see something as pristine as possible, the drive is on to reclaim any land that had started to degrade. The more there is to see, the more ecotourists will come. But with a tight hand kept on the management of the tourists, the impact on the system is still negligible.

One concrete example of the improvement possible was seen in Fiji, where ecotourism encouraged the protection of a fishery. The fish population had collapsed, but when ecotourism created jobs, such as diving guides, and the protected area gave the populations a chance to recover, local incomes doubled over five years. When the local community can be active in determining its best course and is given proper assistance from the government - in this case, policing of the fishing zones to prevent sea poaching by outsiders - everyone can benefit.

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

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