APIEVocabulary and Pronunciation: Tourism and Local Communities
Tourism and local communities
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Tourism and local communities
Discover how travelers and local neighborhoods interact. Learn 10 powerful, practical words to discuss both the economic benefits and cultural challenges of modern travel.
For Teachers
• Allocate 20 minutes: guide students to scan the 10 words, patterns, and sticky tips before assigning exercises.
• Use the built-in grading keys for rapid checks, then monitor voice recordings to ensure natural sentence rhythm.
For Learners
• Step 1: Read the 10 vocabulary cards, listen to pronunciations, and picture each memory tip in your mind.
• Step 2: Solve the 16 practice challenges, then record your voice in the shadowing lab to speak with confidence.
Word bank: 10 Key terms in 3 themes
Review definitions, common word partnerships, exact forms, and quick memory tricks.
Theme 1: Places and people
| Word | Meaning | Collocations | Word forms | Example sentence | Memory tip |
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| visitor | A person who visits a place for pleasure or interest. | foreign visitor, welcome visitors | visit (v, n) | The coastal museum welcomed its millionth visitor this year. |
💡 visit + -or: a person doing the visiting.
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| resort | A town or place where people go on holiday to relax. | seaside resort, holiday resort | – | The quiet fishing village grew into a busy seaside resort. |
💡 Picture yourself re-sorting your stress on a sunny beach.
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| attraction | An interesting place that people want to see. | tourist attraction, major attraction | attract (v) | The medieval castle is the island's main tourist attraction. |
💡 Magnets attract iron; sights attract crowds.
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| hospitality | Friendly and generous behavior toward guests. | warm hospitality, generous hospitality | hospitable (adj) | Guests loved the warm hospitality offered by local families. |
💡 Like a hospital cares for you, hospitality cares for guests.
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Theme 2: Effects on a place
| Word | Meaning | Collocations | Word forms | Example sentence | Memory tip |
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| overcrowded | Containing too many people so it feels uncomfortable. | overcrowded streets, hopelessly overcrowded | overcrowding (n) | During peak summer, ancient alleys become hopelessly overcrowded. |
💡 over (too much) + crowd (people).
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| disrupt | To interrupt an activity and stop it from continuing normally. | disrupt daily life, disrupt traffic | disruption (n), disruptive (adj) | Late-night party groups can disrupt the daily lives of residents. |
💡 Sounds like interrupt; both break the peace!
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| threaten | To be likely to cause harm or damage to something. | threaten local culture, threaten wildlife | threat (n) | Uncontrolled hotel construction can threaten fragile coral reefs. |
💡 Threat is danger; threaten is danger approaching.
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Theme 3: Money and jobs
| Word | Meaning | Collocations | Word forms | Example sentence | Memory tip |
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| profit | The money earned in business after paying all costs. | make a profit, earn a profit | profitable (adj) | Local bakeries make a good profit supplying morning tour boats. |
💡 Pro (forward) + fit = business fits forward into green money!
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| livelihood | The way someone earns the money they need to live. | earn a livelihood, lose a livelihood | – | Artisans earn a livelihood selling handcrafted goods to tourists. |
💡 Live-li-hood = the craft that lets you live!
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| prosper | To grow, succeed, and become financially wealthy. | prosper economically, continue to prosper | prosperity (n), prosperous (adj) | Family-run restaurants prosper when travelers stay several nights. |
💡 Live long and prosper: grow happy and wealthy!
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16 Hands-on Practice Tasks
Test collocations, sentence fits, exact nuances, and word grammar step by step.
Part 1: Collocation Matrix (Items 1–4)
Match each key verb to the natural noun partner it pairs with in English.
Select the natural noun partner for: disrupt (everyday routines)
Select the natural noun partner for: threaten (traditions and customs)
Select the natural noun partner for: make (money after paying all costs)
Select the natural noun partner for: earn (your way of paying for food and a home)
Part 2: Island Dialogue Gap-Fill (Items 5–8)
Word BankFill in each gap in this conversation between two island residents using one word from the bank below:
Maria:
"Our quiet bay transformed into a luxury seaside ____ (...) with giant hotels."
Kenji:
"Yes, and the old stone lighthouse has turned into the main tourist ____ (...), drawing busloads of camera crews."
Maria:
"By mid-afternoon, the harbor streets become hopelessly ____ (...), making it nearly impossible to walk our dogs."
Kenji:
"That's true, but at least small family restaurants continue to ____ (...) during the peak holiday months."
Part 3: Choose the Best Word (Items 9–12)
All three choices are real English words that fit grammatically. Pick the single word that makes the best real-world sense.
The botanical garden is considered the city's finest outdoor _______ for families.
When the coastal bay was protected from overfishing, local fishers lost their main _______ .
Every traveler was touched by the heartwarming _______ shown by the mountain villagers.
Constructing tall skyscrapers along the waterfront would _______ the natural skyline and charm of the village.
Part 4: Word Formation (Items 13–16)
Change the prompt word in parentheses into the correct grammatical form required by each sentence.
Severe ____ (...) (overcrowded) on city trains led the council to restrict tourist peak-hour passes.
Hint: We need a noun describing the state of having too many people.
Road maintenance caused major ____ (...) (disrupt) to tour bus schedules across the valley.
Hint: We need a noun after the adjective 'major'.
Water pollution poses an immediate ____ (...) (threaten) to the marine sanctuary.
Hint: 'pose an immediate...' takes a singular noun.
Thanks to sustainable eco-tours, this once struggling hamlet is now a ____ (...) (prosper) mountain settlement.
Hint: We need an adjective before the noun 'settlement'.
12 Shadowing & Pronunciation Cards
Listen closely, match the rhythm and stress, then record yourself reading aloud.
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