Listening: Why Thailand Closed Maya Bay

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B2 | Listening from video | 11 min

Why Thailand Closed Maya Bay

Watch the whole video. You can watch more than once. Then answer the questions below. (5:14)

Choose the best answer.

1. What is the main point of the video?

____ Closing Maya Bay gave nature time to recover from mass tourism.____ Maya Bay was closed because the film crews had damaged the beach.____ Thailand closed Maya Bay mainly to earn more money from tickets.

2. Why was a four-month closure not enough?

____ The sharks needed more time to return and have young.____ The government needed more time to build the new boardwalk.____ Coral grows too slowly to recover in only four months.

3. How must visitors reach the beach under the new rules?

____ By small boat, which takes visitors right up to the beach.____ By walking on a boardwalk from the island's far side.____ By walking along the shore from the nearest fishing village.

4. Why do environmental economists say the strict closure actually helped the local economy?

____ Tickets could be sold at higher prices once the bay reopened.____ A dead reef would mean murky water and fewer tourists.____ Tour operators were hired to help look after the coral.

True, False or Not Given? Choose Not Given if the video does not say.

5. Visitors to the reopened bay must book a time slot in advance.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

6. Visitors to the reopened bay may swim, but only for one hour.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

7. Every year the bay is also closed for two months to give nature a rest.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

Complete each sentence with the words you hear.

A NUMBER from the video.

8. By 2018, fewer than ____ percent of the coral in the bay was still alive.

A NUMBER from the video.

9. During the closure, experts and volunteers put back over ____ pieces of coral onto the damaged seabed.

A NUMBER from the video.

10. Researchers recently saw more than ____ sharks together in one group in the bay.

Why Thailand Closed Maya Bay

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