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  1. Make up a dialogue as in the example:

Tour operator: Good morning, madam (sir), how can I help you?

T ourist: Good morning, I’d like to find out more about Egypt. What can I see or visit there?

Tour operator: Egypt is a wonderful country. The most famous here are the pyramids. However, there are many more ancient monuments to be watched in Egypt.

Tourist: What ancient monuments can you offer me to visit?

Tour operator: You can visit Egyptian temples, like the temple of Abu Simbel; the Great Sphinx; the Red Sea Riviera or the Cairo Opera House.

Tourist: Thank you! You were very helpful!

2. Good afternoon / Italy / marvelous / Rome and Venice / ancient cities and monuments / see / the Coliseum; the Milan Cathedral and the Florence cathedral; The Leaning Tower of Pisa and many more.

3. Good evening / Spain / awesome / corrida or bullfighting / ancient monuments / ancient monuments / discover / Altamira Cave paintings in Cantabria; La Giralda, the bell tower of Seville Cathedral; Burgos Cathedral; El Escorial and many other.

4. Hello / Germany / fascinating / Berlin and its Reichstag government building / interesting sites / explore / Kölner Dom; DDR Museum; Nuremberg Castle; Dresden Gallery and a lot more

  1. Y ou are a tour operator. Think of the destination you’d like to promote to your potential customers (your fellow students). Make statements to describe it. Can your group mates guess the place in less than ten statements? You get a point for every statement that does not lead to a successful guess.

    R eading exercises

  1. Read the text ‘Disappearing Tourist Destinations’, choose an appropriate heading for each paragraph:

  1. Venice - the Next Atlantis?

  2. The Indian Ocean is Swallowing Maldives

  3. Some of the Most Popular Tourist Destinations are in Danger

  4. Quick, Innovative Intervention May Help

  5. Warming Temperatures are Causing the Alpine Glaciers to Disappear

  6. The Great Barrier Reef is in Danger

  7. Mexico City May Sink!

  8. Is It Our Last Chance?

  1. Some of the Most Popular Tourist Destinations are in Danger. It may be inevitable that some of the planet’s most remarkable sites will be gone forever. It may sound like something from an end of the world science fiction joke, but fact of the matter is, entire cities, forests and mountain ranges can be gone in a few years’ time.

  2. ____________________________Call it climate change or Global Warming, something is happening which is causing some of the world’s best vacation spots to disappear. If you haven’t been to these places, now could be your last chance. Without quick, innovative intervention, places like The Alps, The Great Barrier Reef and even Mexico City could be gone from the map.

  3. ____________________________The Alpine Glaciers also known as the Alps, the range of snow-capped mountains, can be all but gone by the end of the century according to scientists. This is caused by warming temperatures and irregular rains in the area.

  4. _ ___________________________It is predicted that 95% of the Great Barrier Reef would be gone in four decades along with more than 300 species of corals and 1,500 species of marine animals. Also, this reef serves as a protection for Polynesian towns. Without it, they will become more vulnerable to storms and tsunamis. It is believed that the cause of this destruction are rising sea levels and intensifying storms. Again, this can be traced to greenhouse gas emissions.

  5. _ __________________________One of the world’s busiest urban centers, Mexico City is built on a drained lake. To serve the water demands of more than 22 million people, water is sourced from reservoirs found underneath the city. Because of this, Mexico is sinking by 19 inches a year. Since it was established it has sunk by 30 feet. Although the government is looking for new sources of water, 70% of their needs is still sourced from the underground reservoirs.

  6. _ ___________________________The charm of Venice is derived from its old, beautiful buildings and extensive canals. However due to the rising Adriatic Sea, these canals are causing more than a hundred floods a year in the city. In a few years’ time, this could rise up to 250 floods a year. To prevent the city from becoming the next Atlantis, government officials have launched Operation Rialto and Project Moses which would elevate city landmarks and create mobile seawalls respectively.

  7. _ __________________________The smallest Asian country, Maldives is slowly being swallowed by the Indian Ocean. Right now, they are only 3 feet above sea level. Erosion is the main cause of their sinking. Despite efforts to reseed and speed up coral growth, it is said that Maldives’ sinking is inevitable.

  8. _ __________________________All of the approaching disappearances are predicted to happen within the next hundred years. If you want to visit these places, now could be your last opportunity. They might not be there anymore the next time you plan a trip.