Summarize the main points made in the lecture that just heard, discussing how they cast doubt on points made in the reading. You can refer to the reading passage as you write
(Extracted from the Complete guid to the TOEFL test, Practice test 2, Integrated writing task)
In the lecture, the professor talks about the eco-tourism by commenting an article about the advantages of this new kind of tourism and then talking about the negative side of it.
First of all, she doesn't agree with the author's opinion that eco-tourism helps to preserve the ecosystems, because any kind of tourism requires some kind of infraestructures, like roads and buildings for the accomodations, and that damages the environment and produces pollution.
Secondly, the professor doesn't believes that the governments are very interested in protect these natural areas, and sometimes the people who are supposed to protect the ecosystems are corrupted and do not do their work properly.
The last point that the woman discusses is that the eco-tourism improves the living conditionsof the local people by getting them jobs and enriching their communities. In her opinion, the most of times, the tourism does not respect the cultural and social structures, and usually gives the local people the lowest payed jobs.
In conclusion, the professor believes that the eco-tourism is better than other kinds of turism, but, like everything, it has its bad side, and we cannot forget it.
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Sentence: Secondly, the professor doesn't believes that the governments are very interested in protect these natural areas, and sometimes the people who are supposed to protect the ecosystems are corrupted and do not do their work properly.
Description: The token in is not usually followed by a verb, base: uninflected present, imperative or infinitive
Suggestion: Refer to in and protect
Sentence: First of all, she doesn't agree with the author's opinion that eco-tourism helps to preserve the ecosystems, because any kind of tourism requires some kind of infraestructures, like roads and buildings for the accomodations, and that damages the environment and produces pollution.
Error: doesn't Suggestion: does not
Error: accomodations Suggestion: accommodations
Error: infraestructures Suggestion: infrastructure
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