Vocabulary Drill:

Task 1. a) Translate the following words and collocations into Russian:

encouragement, loads of trash, to get room and board, to encourage visitors to protect environment, responsible tourism, "soft" tourism, to pick up litter, ecotourists, go easy on the environment, preservation, to strive to conserve energy, to avoid endangered species, purchase local products, to sustain the fragile landscape, an approach ,to schedule a trip, to reduce the traffic, to top the list of environmental concerns, to boom, to be filled to 100 per cent of capacity, a way to mitigate the environmental assault, low pollution, blissful quiet, trash, overloaded waste systems, to take environmental ethic onto the ski slopes and hiking trails, to avoid straying from marked paths or ski runs, to slash the blanket, ecosystem, enjoy the beauty and grandeur, to do damage, irreversible damage, payoff, rewarding vacation in lush environment.

b) Find in the text translation of the following words and collocations. Restore the situations in which they are used in the text:

Составлять график, удушливый, подъемник, награда, обочина тропинки, способствовать выживанию, выключать свет, снизить урон, наносимый окружающей среде, хрупкий, мусор (2), блаженная тишина, возглавлять список экологических проблемных зон, маркированная тропа, переносить природоохранную этику на что-то, охранять растения, виды, находящиеся под угрозой исчезновения.

Task 2. Find in the text synonyms to the bellow mentioned words and collocations:

rubbish(2), take litter away, species at risk, ecotourism, to keep landscape in safety, ski trail, to conserve, harm

Text 2.

Michael Leech is Managing Director of a company called Overland Encounter, which organizes adventure holidays to remote destinations. He is very concerned to protect the sites he visits and talks about the way he thinks the environment can be protected. (I|- the Interviewer; M. L. - Michael Leech)

I. I know you're very concerned about environmental issues at Overland Encounter, but, in practical terms, what can a tour operator do to make sure that tourists don't destroy the beauty of the thing they came to see?

M. L. Well, I think you have to get involved in what we call "Low impact tourism." You can't deprive people of their interest in wanting to travel. But what you can do is to set up patterns of behavior which will introduce them to a country in a responsible way.

That means, for example, making sure that, on an adventure holiday, no detergents are used in springs or streams and that no rubbish is left behind after camps. It means, if you're visiting a protected area like the Antarctic, that people must respect the rules and not damage fragile plants or go too near the penguins. It means providing travellers with a pack with instructions on how to behave and what to do to best preserve the cultures and places visited.

I. Do you think that many people will in fact not listen and will just ignore whatever guidelines you give them?

M. L. Perhaps, but the key factor in minimizing damage through tourism is to keep groups to a manageable size and then you can control how they behave. Thirty on a safari is an absolute maximum.

I. Are operators now putting things back into the environment instead of just taking from it?

M. L. Very much so. There are schemes to protect wildlife habitats in Kenya and Tanzania, to save the rhino and so on. People now go on holiday to restore ancient monuments or clean up beaches.

Things have changed and the model of Mediterranean tourism of high-rise concrete, sun, sea, sand and sex is not the one most people now want.

And another thing, in some places tourism support the environment in national parks. Without tourism, the animals would have gone.

I think the environment is strengthened by sensitive tourism - look at the preservation of the gorillas, for example.

And you never know, tourism might save the tropical rainforest in a place like Madagascar. I think most countries go through several phases in their tourism development and hopefully, in the best scenario, the local people not only share the income and foreign exchange generated by tourism but also use the amenities.

Check pronunciation of the following words:

the Antarctic

Kenya

Tanzania

Rhino

Mediterranean

Gorilla

Madagascar

Task 1. Find in the text synonyms to the collocation “ecotourism”.

Task 2. Read the interview and answer the comprehension questions:

1. Which measures are supposed to be done by Michael Leech for conserving nature?

2. What is an optimal number of tourists in a tourist group?

3. What is a new tendency in tourism?

Task 3. Do you know any facts of positive or negative influence of ecological tourism? Tell about them.

Task 4. Translate into Russian the following words and collocations. Restore the situations in which they are used in the text:

adventure holidays, remote destinations, low impact tourism, deprive people of their interest in wanting to travel, to set up patterns of behaviour, detergents, springs, streams, to damage fragile plants, to be left behind after camps, to best preserve the cultures, to ignore guidelines, to minimize damage through tourism, to keep groups to a manageable size, wildlife habitats, sensitive tourism, the preservation of the gorillas, to use the amenities

Task 5. Dramatize the dialogue.

Task 6. Look at these pieces of advice given to tourists. Which of the tips are “Dos” and which are “Don’ts”? Fill the blanks with Do or Don’t or — .

Work in pairs: Which of the tips do you disagree with? Why?