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II. Lectura El ecoturismo. Lee con atención la siguiente lectura.
No existe una definición final sobre lo que significa el ecoturismo. Muchos expertos en el tema están de acuerdo en que esta forma de turismo busca proteger las áreas naturales y concientizar al turista de su responsabilidad con la preservación del medio ambiente. Al mismo tiempo busca obtener un desarrollo sostenible que proporcione un beneficio económico para las regiones, sus habitantes y sus comunidades. Los ecoturistas tienen la responsabilidad de apreciar y respetar la vida silvestre (wild) y los recursos naturales del área, y a la vez, aportar al desarrollo económico del lugar visitado, mediante la financiación de su conservación y la generación de empleo. Costa Rica fue el primer país de implementar el ecoturismo. Sus parques nacionales, refugios de vida silvestre, reservas biológicas, reservas forestales y áreas protegidas les1 ofrecen verdaderas opciones de turismo ecológico a los casi dos millones de turistas que lo2 visitan todos los años. Este pequeño país ofrece lugares con gran belleza, como volcanes activos con fuentes termales, selvas, playas, etc. Se3 dice que en Costa Rica se4 encuentran 13 mil especies de plantas, 6 mil especies de mariposas, más de 375 especies de anfibios y reptiles, 1.600 de peces de agua dulce y salada y casi 870 especies de aves. Además de Costa Rica, en Latinoamérica hay otros países que también practican el ecoturismo. Por ejemplo, Perú ofrece muchas opciones para el turista ecológico. Además de su rica historia incaica, en este país se encuentra un gran número de parques nacionales y áreas protegidas. En el suroeste, cerca de Cuzco, se encuentra el Parque Nacional del Manú. Éste es uno de los lugares del mundo con la vida silvestre más grande y variada del planeta. Este parque está dividido en tres partes: La zona Parque Nacional del Manú, en la que sólo se permiten actividades de investigación biológica, la zona Reservada del Manú, en la parte del río Manú, donde se permiten actividades de turismo ecológico, y la zona de transición o zona cultural, en la que habitan pequeñas comunidades de colonos que realizan actividades agrícolas, pecuarias (livestock) y forestales básicas. Otro país que ofrece lugares para practicar el ecoturismo es Ecuador con sus Islas Galápagos, ubicadas en el Océano Pacífico a 972 km. de la costa de este país. Este archipiélago es conocido mundialmente por sus especies endémicas y porque su flora y su fauna son únicas; las especies que allí se observan no se pueden encontrar en ningún otro país del mundo. UNESCO declaró a las Islas Galápagos y su reserva marina Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Latinoamérica ofrece no sólo la amabilidad de su gente, su riqueza cultural e histórica, sino también su diversidad de paisajes, flora y fauna. Esta región es tan variada, que tiene opciones para todo tipo de turistas. Paso 1. ¿Cierto o Falso? Determina si las siguientes oraciones son ciertas o falsas. Corrige lasfalsas. Mediante el ecoturismo los países pueden lograr un desarrollo económico sin afectar ni dañar el medio ambiente. What will be an ideal response?
They immediately knew that they had cultural differences
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When you visualize, you pay extra attention to the visuals (such as graphs, charts, and photos) in
a text. a. true b. false
1 It is hard to imagine, but in the early 1900s, most people were shocked by
skirts that showed women's ankles. By the early 1970s, however, most people completely accepted the mini-skirt, which showed almost all of a woman's leg. What caused this change? Trends in fashion, which often arise out of socialprotest movements, can deeply affect what people consider to be appropriate. 2 One well-known example is the rise in popularity of the denim jean, which, until the mid 20th century, was connected with the "working man" and was not accepted in either business or social situations. In the 1950s, many young people began wearing jeans because they wanted to identify with every day workers rather than office workers who typically wore dark suits with white shirts. During the 1960s, Vietnam War protesters and others who were working to change American society wore jeans as a sign of being "antiestablishment." They did not agree with the policies of the government, and did not want to look like government workers who usually wore conservative suits. Throughout the 1970s, this trend of wearing jeans continued, and, by the 1980s, denim had become accepted by many people. Office workers began to wear jeans with blazers and button-down shirts at work on Fridays. This trend became known as "business casual" and jeans, which were once a symbol of protest, became part of our everyday fashion. 3 Another trend in fashion that came from the punk rock movement in the 1970s was the wearing of second-hand clothing. This type of clothing was often older, from another era, and may have had holes or ripped seams. This trend began in part as a reaction to rock super groups who had complicated stage shows and wore expensive costumes. In contrast, punk bands played on simple stages, did not really know how to play their instruments and wore clothes that often needed to be held together with safety pins because they were so badly damaged and used. Soon, the general public began to realize that second-hand stores, often called thrift stores, had many interesting pieces of clothing from the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s which often were sold at very low prices, sometimes for even less that one dollar. From this, the "vintage clothing" industry was born, and today, fashion-conscious people often wear clothes that are older and are second-hand. Indeed, some current clothing manufacturers have begun to make new copies of clothing that were originally found in thrift stores. The prices, of course, are much higher than one dollar, but this "vintage" look can claim its beginning in the clothing of the mid-70s punks. 4 What will be the fashion trends of tomorrow? Will we still wear miniskirts, jeans or vintage clothing? Or will new items emerge as other social protests arise? These trends are difficult to predict but a Use context clues, word-part clues or dictionary definitions to choose the best definition of the italicized words in the reading "Trends in Fashion." trends (par. 1) a. bend (in a road) b. current style c. old-fashioned clothes