Watch the video and put the words into
the gaps in the text
The Maldives
a (1)_______ for the rich and famous.
Some (2)______ hundred thousand tourists come here every year to
(3)______ on these picture-perfect beaches. But the country’s 1.5 billion
dollar tourism has (4)_____ been reshuffled by national political
(5)______ in capital Malé and other islands. The Tourism (6)______ says
there have been at least 500 holiday since (7)____ the crisis began. Resort managers are trying
to calm nerves: “It’s one island – one (8)_____, and each resort is really
a time (9)______; so what happens here and what happens on a different island
are two completely separate worlds”.
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unrest
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playground
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Association
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industry
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nine
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bask
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cancellations
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resort
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paradise
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It’s scenes like these that are keeping tourists away.
Recent police clashes with protesters made international (10)_____ after
the former President Mohamed Nasheed resigned in what he says was a coup.
Despite the unrest (11)_____ on nearby islands say they feel (12)______:
“While we watched the news on TV we were (13)______. But yesterday we went to Malé and
everything was ok, there was no (14)_______”.
But some fear (15)________ the has
already been done. Tourism is a (16)______
industry for the Maldives
indirectly contributing 75% of the (17)____ and employing twenty thousand
(18)_______. With so much at stake the new governments says its top priority
is to restore (19)_______: “I think we are facing the challenging times and
I am sure that we will overcome it and we will remain as (20)______ and
democratic nation”. The Tourism Association has already warned that the Maldives
could lose a hundred million dollars because of (21)_______. Many here are
urging leaders to put a swift end to the crisis.
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violence
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headlines
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tourists
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worried
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safe
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confidence
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indepent
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GDP
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cancellations
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damage
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lifeline
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locals
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1 Translate
words and word combinations from English into Ukrainian and use them in your
own sentences
Picture-perfect; billion; playground; to bask; to reshuffle; resort
manager; challenging; to overcome; cancellation; lifeline; GDP; local.
2 Comprehension questions
1. What kind of resort
are the Maldives?
2. What class of
tourists does the resort attract?
3. What is the
political situation on the islands like?
4. How do tourists
react to the crisis in the country?
5. What can resort
managers tell tourists?
6. Is there any danger
for tourists?
7. What is the
country’s government doing to help tourism?
8. Why is tourism
important for the Maldives?
9. What future does
tourism have on the islands?
10. What warning has the Tourism Association given
to the government?
3 Say if the following
statements are true according to the text.
1. The Maldives are
the playground for rich and famous.
2. Every year 500000
tourists arrive on the Maldives.
3. Tourists are not
afraid of the political crisis in the country, more and more people are coming
to have holidays on the islands.
4. The Maldives are a
single island.
5. There were clashes
between police and protesters in the capital of the Maldives.
6. Tourists think that
clashes are not serious and do not cancel their holidays.
7. Mohamed Nasheed is
the new President of the island.
8. Tourism is the
national product of the Maldives.
9. Many locals work in
tourism industry.
10. Tourism is not a lifeline
industry in the Maldives.
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