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3.4 D. Vocabulary in Focus

1. Complete the text with the words from the box.

Inherent, integral, denunciation, exhilaration, facilitate, scenario, exacerbate, synchronize, tantamount, decorum, orthodox, exorbitant, espouse, rejuvenate, assimilate

Eco-friendly holiday is eco-logical

Tourism has become an ……………part of modern life. Every year families ………………their working schedules to …………….with the crowds of travelers undertaking pilgrimages to the most distant destinations.

However these days …………..demands that ecologically concerned – which is now ………………to thinking – person should help to ……………….the planet rather than ………………its wearing out and gradual degradation. That’s why the ……………idea of spending a holiday at some well-known resort quite often gives way to a more extravagant ………………of staying with remote Indonesian tribes.

The term “ecotourism” first surfaced in the early 80-s reflects a surge in environmental awareness. Today tourists are ready to pay an ………………price just to know that their presence doesn’t disrupt fragile natural balance. The idea that they……………. developing economies bringing finance to dilapidated parts of the world gives them a feeling of……………………...

Helping to create ……………..economic value in wilderness environments and endangered cultures has undoubtedly been one of the ecotourism movement’s most notable achievements. The Ecotourism Society (TES) organizes an annual initiative to …………….aid development of ecotourism industry aimed at advocacy of the positive and …………….of the possible negative impacts of our travel decisions.

2. Answer the following questions.

● Does the idea of eco-friendly holiday appeal to you?

● Are you ready to pay more if your money goes into regional and local development?

● Do you think that some unscrupulous travel agents are not above marketing unpopular holiday destinations disguised as eco-friendly?

● Is it possible to support the information provided by the agents and how?

3. Guess the meaning of the following words and match them with their definitions.

1. synchronize

2. assimilate

3. orthodox

4. scenario

5. limit

6. stress

7. abstraction

8. herbalism

9.pseudo-scientific

a. a sequence of events that is imagined, assumed or suggested

b. to cause to occur at the same time

c. to become more similar to a larger whole

d. accepted as correct or usual an idea or practice

e. only pretending to be scientific

f. the outer edge of an area

g. an idea that is not related to reality

h. a worried or nervous feeling caused by. pressure

i. practice of using plants as medicine

4. Choose the three best answers to fill the gap in each sentence.

1. If he still feels ill after taking this treatment, he should see ……...

a consultant GP midwife quack specialist

2. He will have to go on a diet because he is getting………….

buxom dense flabby plump robust stout

3. She needs to put on some weight after her illness because she is too ………...

fragile lean light skinny slender slim thin

4. Many illnesses today are related to…………..

grief sadness stress suffering tension worry

5. What treatment should be given to someone who has ………. ?

fainted lost consciousness passed away passed out passed through

6. I'm a bit worried about the ……… I've been having in my back.

ache agony pain suffering twinges wound

7. Illness can be stopped before it happens by means of ………….

after care healthy living preventive medicine therapy vaccines

8. The nurse made her take ……………. to help her sleep better.

a lotion an ointment a pain-killer a sedative a tranquillizer

9. Take two of these …………. three times a day after meals. capsules drugs pills placebos sweets tablets

10. Everyone hoped that he would …………. after the operation.

get better get up get well pull out pull over pull through

11. You really must see a doctor about that…………….. .

blister inflammation pimple rash scratch swelling

12. Keep away from other people if you have a disease that is………….

antiseptic catching catchy contagious infectious

13. Once a year it's a good idea to go to the doctor for…………...

a check-up an examination a medical an operation a post-mortem

14. She had to go to hospital when she………...

broke up fractured her wrist had a break pulled a muscle sprained her ankle

15. Medical experts take the claims of …………. medicine more

seriously nowadays.

alternative complementary conventional fringe mainstream orthodox

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