In this exercise, read the interview on page 410. Make sure to ask your teacher if you don’t understand something or some phrase needs clarification.

The text is about a student from Costa Rica, Nelly Anderson. She talks about her fights to preserve nature of her country. She talks about why she is interested in ecology, how the governments should control the desolation of forests, how the Costa Rican government helps the tourist institutions fight for the environment and about what can be done to make people more respectful of nature.

Read the interview and answer the questions.

1.) ¿Por qué se cortan muchos árboles? – Why are a lot of trees cut?

2.) ¿Qué hace el gobierno de Costa Rica para apoyar la causa de Nelly? – What does the government of Costa Rica do to support Nelly’s cause?

3.) ¿Qué recomienda Nelly para que la gente tome conciencia del problema? – What does Nelly recommend to help people become more concious about the problem?

1.) Muchos árboles se cortan para hacer cosas de madera y tener más tierras libres para las vacas.

2.) El gobierno de Costa Rica trata de ayudar a Nelly y el Instituto Costarricense de Turismo fomentando más interés por la ecología.

3.) Para aumentar la conciencia de la gente sobre el problema ecológico, Nelly recomienda educar a la gente para que dejen de usar los productos como aerosoles y pesticidas.

Here we are talking about making nature safer and how to preserve flora and fauna of the world.

In this exercise, you have to work together with a classmate and make a slogan or a commercial that will make people more conscientious about the environment, the importance of the rainforests, and why it is important not to destroy them.

You can use also some pictures you found online to make the commercial more colorful and easily noticeable. The more noticeable the ad is, the more people will see it and become interested and maybe get involved. If you are making a slogan, make it something short but catchy, maybe even funny, because those are the ones people remember.