Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

4 La naturaleza protegida de Ecuador

Tu siguiente destino es Ecuador, un país poco mayor que el Reino Unido (283.000 km2) que cuenta con una increíble riqueza biológica y geográfica. Sus más de 20 parques nacionales y reservas se distribuyen en regiones muy diversas: mar, selva, montañas e islas. En esta actividad vas a conocer algunos de los lugares protegidos de Ecuador y su especial protección legal.

Figure 7 Atuntaqui, Ecuador
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Enfoque lingüístico: Comprensión de lectura. Expresión de reglas, prohibiciones y derechos.

Actividad 13

15 minutos

  1. Lee las siguientes opiniones de viajeros en diversas zonas de Ecuador y relaciónalas con los lugares visitados. ¿Cuál de ellos te parece más interesante?

    Match the following comments to the natural reserves in Ecuador they refer to. Drag the description to the place.

Vocabulario

de ensueño  dreamy

la concha  shell

desbordante  overflowing (here used in a positive way)

causar estragos  to cause havoc

 

  1. Busca en el texto las oraciones que describen qué está prohibido o permitido hacer y escríbelas en el lugar correcto. ¿Qué tipo de palabras preceden y siguen a los verbos ‘prohibir’ y ‘permitir’?

    Re-read the text and look for what is forbidden or allowed in the natural parks. Match the answers and then note which type of words precede and follow the verbs prohibir and permitir.

 

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Answer

Prohibir and permitir occur in the following constructions:

(No) está + prohibido/permitido + infinitive (bañarse)

(No) está + prohibido/permitido + noun (el motociclismo).

Box 3 Reading a text for orientation

There are two main techniques for reading a text for orientation: skimming and scanning.

  • Skimming: reading a text ‘diagonally’ at speed in order to decide whether to read (parts of) it properly in order to judge relevance.
  • Scanning: searching for specific information; looking quickly through a text searching for something specific – usually a piece of information (= ‘scanning’). It is the way artefacts like bus or train timetables are read, but sometimes a search through a long prose text looking for something in particular is also necessary.

Adapted from: Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. Companion Volume with new descriptors (2018), Council of Europe, Strasbourg

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