Question

1. Answer this question with your teacher, classmates or family.

What are some interesting attractions for tourists in Ecuador? Make a list of some wonders of Ecuador related to history, science, and technology. Can these wonders attract tourists to our country as well?



2. Vocabulary. Match words with the corresponding meaning.



a. Straw _____ develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.

b. Dormant _____ dried stalks of grain, used especially as fodder or as material for

thatching, packing, or weaving.

c. Evolve _____ having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.



3. Listen to a foreigner telling their family about some wonderful features of our country.

4. Complete the following chart. What does the visitor say she learned about the

following Ecuadorian attractions? Use your own words. Write in your notebook.



5. Discuss one of the three above items with your family



Step 5. Write a paragraph in your notebook by joining all of the sentences you wrote above. Try to use at least two relative clauses. You can do this by combining some of the sentences into one. Share your paragraph with a classmate and exchange ideas.
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Answer 1

1. Answer this question with your teacher, classmates or family.

What are some interesting attractions for tourists in Ecuador? Make a list of some wonders of Ecuador related to history, science, and technology. Can these wonders attract tourists to our country as well?

1. Quito's Historic center
2. Galapagos
3. Ingapirca
4. Cuenca City
5. Guayaquil City
6. Otavalo City
7. Cotopaxi Volcano
8. The Quilotoa lagoon
9. Baños

2. Vocabulary. Match words with the corresponding meaning.

Answer:

a. Straw .

b. Dormant.

c. Evolve.

• (Opción C.) develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
• (Opción A.) dried stalks of grain, used especially as fodder or as material for  thatching, packing, or weaving.
• (Opción B.) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.

3. Listen to a foreigner telling their family about some wonderful features of our country.

• Esta parte deberás escuchar el audio que mando el profesor (a).

4. Complete the following chart.

What does the visitor say she learned about the  following Ecuadorian attractions? Use your own words. Write in your notebook.

• Panama: she said: toquilla straw hats are  known and valued worldwide, they  are made on the Ecuadorian coast!  she thought that the toquilla straw  hat was Panamanian, when in fact it  is Ecuadorian .
• Chimborazo Volcano: she's understood that the dormant  volcano called Chimborazo is the  closest point to the sun ! and it’s the  farthest point from the center of the  planet.
• Galapagos Island: She said that she will be visiting  Galapagos in two weeks as she is  trying to learn more about the place such as the history of evolution etc.

5. Discuss one of the three above items with your family

My family and me we have chosen the topic about the Galapagos island,  and we've discussed how species have evolved in some parts of the world