Questões de Língua Inglesa da FUNIVERSA

Nevertheless.

As a matter of fact.

As a result.

In no time.

Sooner or later.

“whose” (line 14) can be replaced by which or that.

“safaris” (line 10) is in inverted commas to signal that there are no real safaris in Zimbabwe anymore for the local tourist authorities have banned them because they regard them as politically incorrect.

if “has become” (line 2) is replaced by became, no change whatsoever in meaning will take place in the sentence.

“for scuba-diving” (lines 6 and 7) can be replaced by in order to scuba dive.

“must” (line 19) expresses the notions of desirability or advisability.

to use in an exploitative fashion lakes, rivers and coastal areas that are surrounded by luxuriant vegetation.

to offer a tourist something that looks suspiciously cheap.

the use of washing products or detergents that do not affect or damage rivers or forests.

to hide or obscure ecologically damaging activities deliberately in order to profit from a given situation.

to use a green pigment to gun paint elephants without harming them.

“cheerfully” (line 8) is synonymous with selfishly.

“pursue” (line 10) means the same as observation.

“widely” (line 17) is an exact synonym of tentatively.

“revenues” (line 20) means precisely the same thing as taxation.

“follow” (line 22) can be replaced in this particular context by stick to.

some of the historic events that took place in late 19th century and after World War II became key factors in the development of tourism.

the industry of tourism was already fully developed in late 19th century Britain.

the history of tourism shows that governments and tourist authorities were very aware of all its economic potential well before World War II.

travel has always been synonymous with what we nowadays call tourism.

ancient Romans could only afford to visit nearby seaside resorts.