Hello! Here are some more activities for you to practise. Write the answers in your binders, ok? See you!
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READING TIME!
Tourism: Reading
Coconut Island is a beautiful, tropical island with, of course, coconut
palms, golden beaches and clear blue sea. I’m sorry, I made a mistake there.
Coconut Island was a beautiful island. There are still coconut palms,
golden beaches and clear blue sea but not like before. So, what happened?
Well, the beach is full of people, sunbeds and umbrellas. The sea is
full of speedboats, noisy jets skis and surfers. There are fewer palm trees
because there are more and more buildings. Hotels, holiday resorts, guest
houses, restaurants, swimming pools… you name it, Coconut Island has it.
Paradise is no longer here, but the Paradise Hotel is.
Perhaps I’m the only one who has a problem with this? The tourists seem
happy: the weather is wonderful, the food is tasty and cheap, and the sea is
warm. The local people seem happy: there are many people selling things on the
beach, there are lots more jobs and better roads. The developers are certainly
happy, there is building work everywhere. So, why am I unhappy?
Well, I have a friend who was here five years ago. Her photo album is
full of wonderful pictures of empty beaches. Also she has pictures of small,
wooden bungalows on the beach. No need to book, she said, just turn up and you
have the place to yourself – very basic, very cheap, very quiet and very
peaceful.
Not anymore! The beach is never empty – it’s packed all day! There is
music blaring from the cafés, children are shouting and screaming, and the
hotels are very expensive. Most of the hotels are full of holidaymakers who
booked their trip months ago. I’m lucky to have a small room at the back of one
hotel, and it’s still expensive.
But perhaps this is progress? Not only are the roads better but there is
also a new medical clinic. The local kids now speak English ‘Mister, mister,
you want t-shirt?’ and there are many new businesses opening all the time.
Then I see an old woman trying to cross the road from her house to the
shops. It’s no longer a small, quiet road but a large and very busy one. She
looks nervous and waits for someone to walk with her. The children no longer
ride bicycles but race around the island on motorbikes. It’s not so safe either
– my friend stayed in a bungalow on the beach that had no lock. Now the hotel
room says it’s a good idea to put things in the safe box.
Is this progress?
Do the following
activities in your binders. We´ll correct them in class.
Tourism: Reading tasks
1 What kind of things do people do on these holidays?
• Adventure holidays
• Cultural holidays
• Relaxing holidays
2 Tell your partner which kind of holiday you like. Also consider:
• Do you like being with lots of other people or with
just a few friends or family members?
• Do you like to stay in a big resort or a small
hotel? What about camping?
• Do you go on holiday to ‘get away from it all’ or to
have lots of fun?
3 Compare Coconut Island now with the island five
years ago. Just make notes, not full sentences.
changes
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Coconut Island 5 years ago
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Coconut Island now
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accommodation
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cheap bungalows
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expensive hotels and resorts
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scenery
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employment
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transport
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noise
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security
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4 Vocabulary. Find the following words in
the text and underline them:
• developers
• turn up
• packed
• blaring
• nervous
5 Speaking
• Yes, I think
things are better because there is/are more…
• No, I think things are worse because there is/are
more…
• I’m not
sure, there are more… but there are fewer / less…
