In the following exercise, we must write a letter to Aguayo giving him the news that his fish Bambi died. We will write some ideas for the letter to Aguayo.

Some ideas for the letter are:

– **Estimado Señor Aguayo, espero se encuentre bien. Le escribimos de parte de Facetas.** *(Dear Mr. Aguayo, I hope you are well. We write to you on behalf of Facetas.)*

– **Le queremos dar una mala y terrible noticia.** *(We want to give you bad and terrible news.)*

– **Esta mañana al llegar a la tienda, vimos que su pez Bambi había muerto.** *(This morning when we got to the store, we saw that his Bambi fish had died.)*

– **No sabemos la razón de la muerte de su pez.** *(We don’t know the reason for the death of his fish.)*

– **Hablamos con todos los empleados de la tienda para conocer si habían visto un comportamiento inusual en Bambi.** *(We spoke to all the store employees to find out if they had seen unusual behavior from Bambi.)*

– **Uno de los empleados dijo que el día anterior, el pez no comió** *(One of the employees said that the day before the fist did not eat.)*

– **Lo sentimos mucho, señor Aguayo.** *(We are very sorry, Mr. Aguayo.)*

In the following exercise, we have three different texts. Based on the texts, we must answer the questions.

The texts are the following:

|Texts |
|–|
|**The Pets.** Aguayo will leave his pet Bambi in the care of Diana. Another type of pet with aquatic habits is the capybara (capybara). We see this animal on the banks of rivers in South America. This cute, easy-to-tame “animal” is the largest rodent on the planet, weighing up to 100 pounds! A little big for the Facetas office, right? |
|**Camping.** According to Aguayo, the idea of camping is to be in contact with nature. An exciting place to camp is the Bolivian community of Rurrenabaque, the gateway to the Madidi National Park. This park, one of the enormous reserves on the planet, comprises five ecological floors, from Amazonian plains to snow-capped mountain ranges. |
|**Scorpion.** Fabiola and Mariela are afraid of spiders, and it is not for less! Some arachnids are very dangerous. In the Dominican Republic, scorpions possess a deadly poison. They can be found under furniture and on shoes. Would scorpions survive Diana’s fly swatter? |

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The questions are the following:

– *What exotic pets do you know? Name at least three or four. What are your habits? Are they easy or difficult to tame? Are they dangerous?*

The answer will be:

– **Las mascotas exóticas que conozco son los alacranes, guacamayas y capibara. El alacrán es un arácnido nocturno y peligroso que se alimenta de insectos. Es muy difícil de domesticar.** *(The exotic pets that I know are scorpions, macaws, and capybaras. The scorpion is a nocturnal and dangerous arachnid that feeds on insects. They are hard to tame.)*

– **La guacamaya es un ave silvestre de gran tamaño. Estas aves viven en la selvas y en regiones cálidas. Son fáciles de domesticar.** *(The macaw is a large wild bird. These birds live in the jungles and warm regions. They are easy to tame.)*

– **El capibara es un roedor de gran tamaño. Vive en ríos de Suramérica. Es fácil de domesticar.** *(The capybara is a large rodent. It lives in rivers of South America. It is easy to tame.)*

The second question is:

– *Have you ever camped? Where? For how many days? What did you do?*

The answer will be:

– **Sí he acampado. Acampé por dos días en el Peninsula State Park. Pesqué, encendí una fogata y conté histories de terror.** *(Yes I have camped. I camped for two days at Peninsula State Park. I fished, lit a fire, and told horror stories.)*

The third question is:

– *What does the expression “ecological floor” mean? Have you ever been to a region with different “ecological floors”? What is the geography of the region where you live?*

The answer will be:

– **El piso ecológico es cuando el clima y la altura de una región es variada. En algunos países caribeños es común ver la costa y detrás una montaña.** *(The ecological floor is when the climate and the height of a region are varied. In some Caribbean countries, it is common to see the coast and behind a mountain.)*

– **Sí he estado en una región con diferentes pisos ecológico. En Costa Rica, puedes estar en una playa, y tener detrás una montaña con hasta 2.500 metros por encima del nivel del mar.** *(Yes, I have been in a region with different ecological floors. In Costa Rica, you can be at the beach and have a mountain behind you up to 2,500 meters above sea level.)*

– **La zona geográfica donde vivo tiene pisos ecológicos. La ciudad donde vivo está rodeada de montañas.** *(The geographical area where I live has ecological floors. The city where I live has mountains surrounded.)*

The fourth question is:

– *Have you ever seen a scorpion? What other dangerous insects do you know? Have you been bitten? Are you afraid of them?*

The answer will be:

– **He visto escorpiones en el zoológico. Uno de los insectos más peligrosos es la mosca tse-tsé. Este insecto es poco diferenciable de las moscas tradicionales. Le tengo miedo ya que puede causar la muerte. He sido picado por abejas.** *(One of the most dangerous insects is the tsetse fly. This insect is not distinguishable from traditional flies. I am afraid of it as it can cause death. I’ve been stung by bees.)*