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Progression P3 — Travel, Holidays and Transport

P3-L05

Sustainable Tourism — The Ethics and Impact of Travelالسِّيَاحَةُ المُسْتَدَامَةُ — أَخْلَاقِيَّاتُ السَّفَرِ وَتَأْثِيرُهُ

Argue about the ethics of travel, weighing benefits against harm with a real (إِذَا) concern and a counterfactual (لَوْ) reflection.

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01

Retrieve · orient · prepare

Objectives and visible success

Today you will

  • Use sustainable-tourism vocabulary integrated with environmental language.
  • State a real concern with a Type 1 conditional.
  • State what should have been done with a Type 2 conditional.
  • Write a balanced sustainability argument.

You can show success when…

Tick achievements as you secure them.

Retrieval bridge

Wake up previous learning

Answer four questions before opening the new language.

1Complete: تُسْهِمُ السِّيَاحَةُ ___ الاِقْتِصَادِ.

2Complete: تُلْحِقُ السِّيَاحَةُ الضَّرَرَ ___ التُّرَاثِ.

3Which is the counterfactual regret (Type 2)?

4Which argument is the most balanced?

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02

Recognise · organise · retrieve

Vocabulary studio

The complete lesson-relevant language bank is organised by meaning and recycled in the activities below.

25 lesson words and phrases

Sustainable tourism

السِّيَاحَةُ المُسْتَدَامَةُ
sustainable tourism
سِيَاحَةٌ مَسْؤُولَةٌ
responsible tourism
سِيَاحَةٌ بِيئِيَّةٌ
eco-tourism
سِيَاحَةٌ مُجْتَمَعِيَّةٌ
community-based tourism
الاِكْتِظَاظُ السِّيَاحِيُّ
over-tourism
بَصْمَةٌ كَرْبُونِيَّةٌ
a carbon footprint
حِصَصُ دُخُولٍ
entry quotas
ضَرِيبَةُ السِّيَاحَةِ
a tourism tax
أَعْدَادٌ قِيَاسِيَّةٌ
record numbers

Impact and argument verbs

يُسْهِمُ فِي
contributes to

Form IV, fixed with فِي.

يُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ بِـ
causes harm to

Fixed with بِـ.

يَحْمِي التُّرَاثَ
protects heritage
يُوَازِنُ بَيْنَ
balances between
يَتَدَهْوَرُ
deteriorates
التَّأْثِيرُ عَلَى التُّرَاثِ
the impact on heritage
مَسْؤُولِيَّةُ السَّائِحِ
tourist responsibility
فَوَائِدُ اقْتِصَادِيَّةٌ
economic benefits

Data and connectors

تُشِيرُ التَّقَارِيرُ إِلَى أَنَّ
reports indicate that
النَّاتِجُ المَحَلِّيُّ الإِجْمَالِيُّ
gross domestic product
غَيْرَ أَنَّ
however
عَلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ
moreover
مُنْتَجَاتٌ مَحَلِّيَّةٌ
local products
تَنْظِيمُ السِّيَاحَةِ
tourism regulation
تَوْعِيَةٌ ثَقَافِيَّةٌ
cultural awareness
بِنِسْبَةِ
by a proportion of

Statistical.

Vocabulary mission

Retrieve in both directions

Move between Arabic and meaning without relying on the order of the cards.

8 questions
1Choose the meaning of السِّيَاحَةُ المُسْتَدَامَةُ

2Choose the Arabic for “responsible tourism”.

3Choose the meaning of سِيَاحَةٌ بِيئِيَّةٌ

4Choose the Arabic for “community-based tourism”.

5Choose the meaning of الاِكْتِظَاظُ السِّيَاحِيُّ

6Choose the Arabic for “a carbon footprint”.

7Choose the meaning of حِصَصُ دُخُولٍ

8Choose the Arabic for “a tourism tax”.

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03

Explain · notice · apply

Both conditional types in ethical argument

نَوْعَا الشَّرْطِ فِي الحُجَّةِ الأَخْلَاقِيَّةِ

The impact verbs with their complements, and both conditional types used to state a real concern and a counterfactual regret.

1Meaning

What does the structure communicate?

2Form

Which word or ending changes?

3Agreement

What must match the noun or person?

4Transfer

Can you use it with new vocabulary?

تُلْحِقُ السِّيَاحَةُ الجَوِّيَّةُ ضَرَرًا بَالِغًا بِالبِيئَةِ
What to notice

يُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ بِـ.

إِذَا وَاصَلَ السُّيَّاحُ بِهٰذِهِ الأَعْدَادِ، سَيَتَدَهْوَرُ التُّرَاثُ
What to notice

Type 1 real concern.

لَوْ كَانَتْ رُسُومُ الدُّخُولِ أَعْلَى، لَكَانَ الضَّرَرُ أَقَلَّ
What to notice

Type 2 counterfactual.

1

Impact verbs

يُسْهِمُ فِي · يُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ بِـ

Each keeps its fixed complement.

تُسْهِمُ السِّيَاحَةُ فِي الاِقْتِصَادِتُلْحِقُ السِّيَاحَةُ المُفْرِطَةُ الضَّرَرَ بِالتُّرَاثِ
2

Real concern (Type 1)

إِذَا + past → سَـ

A likely consequence of a real trend.

إِذَا وَاصَلَ السُّيَّاحُ بِهٰذِهِ الأَعْدَادِ، سَيَتَدَهْوَرُ التُّرَاثُ
3

Counterfactual regret (Type 2)

لَوْ + past → لَـ

What would have been better had things differed.

لَوْ كَانَتِ الرُّسُومُ أَعْلَى، لَكَانَتِ الأَعْدَادُ أَكْثَرَ تَنْظِيمًا
4

Cite and balance

تُشِيرُ التَّقَارِيرُ … غَيْرَ أَنَّ

Report a benefit, then turn to a harm.

تُشِيرُ التَّقَارِيرُ إِلَى أَنَّ السِّيَاحَةَ تُوَفِّرُ فُرَصَ عَمَلٍ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهَا قَدْ تُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ بِالبِيئَةِ
RoleStructureExample
benefitpresent + reportتُسْهِمُ فِي الاِقْتِصَادِ
harmيُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ بِـتُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ بِالتُّرَاثِ
real concernإِذَا … سَـإِذَا وَاصَلُوا، سَيَتَدَهْوَرُ
counterfactualلَوْ … لَـلَوْ نَظَّمْنَا، لَكَانَ أَفْضَلَ
1
Two conditionals do two jobs in an argument

A real concern uses إِذَا: إِذَا وَاصَلَ السُّيَّاحُ زِيَارَةَ المَوَاقِعِ الهَشَّةِ بِهٰذِهِ الأَعْدَادِ، سَيَتَدَهْوَرُ حَالُهَا. A counterfactual uses لَوْ: لَوْ كَانَتْ سِيَاسَاتُ السِّيَاحَةِ أَكْثَرَ صَرَامَةً، لَكَانَتِ البَتْرَاءُ أَفْضَلَ حَالًا اليَوْمَ.

2
Integrate environment vocabulary into the ethics

Retrieve environmental language to sharpen the argument: تُلْحِقُ السِّيَاحَةُ الجَوِّيَّةُ ضَرَرًا بِالبِيئَةِ بِسَبَبِ الانْبِعَاثَاتِ الكَرْبُونِيَّةِ. Then balance it: يُسْهِمُ الاِقْتِصَادُ المَحَلِّيُّ فِي حِمَايَةِ التُّرَاثِ.

Grammar laboratory

Choose the form for a reason

Every answer checks a stated rule, change or agreement decision.

8 questions
1Complete: تُسْهِمُ السِّيَاحَةُ ___ الاِقْتِصَادِ المَحَلِّيِّ.

2Complete: تُلْحِقُ السِّيَاحَةُ المُفْرِطَةُ الضَّرَرَ ___ التُّرَاثِ.

3Which is a real concern (Type 1)?

4Which is a counterfactual regret (Type 2)?

5Complete: لَوِ اعْتَمَدَ الأُرْدُنُّ نِظَامَ الحِصَصِ مُبَكِّرًا، ___ حَالُ البَتْرَاءِ أَفْضَلَ.

6Which balances a benefit with a harm?

7Which word means “over-tourism”?

8Which cites a report as evidence?

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04

Build · transform · justify

Sentence-building and transformation studio

The guided builder develops flexible sentence construction. The three independent tasks then test different skills: grammatical transformation, meaning and coherence, and original sentence production.

Combinatorial builder studio

Build a balanced argument from a reported benefit, a real concern and a counterfactual.

This guided builder accepts 27 accurate combinations. Build 3 different sentences, changing one meaningful chunk each time. Compare the grammar and meaning before moving to the independent tasks.

My generated sentence

اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ.

0/3 different sentences built.

Each reported benefit, real concern and counterfactual is accurate on its own, so any three different combinations work.

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Transformation challenge

Fix يُسْهِمُ's complement

Repair the preposition after يُسْهِمُ.
Original sentence

تُسْهِمُ السِّيَاحَةُ بِالاِقْتِصَادِ المَحَلِّيِّ.

يُسْهِمُ + ؟
Choose the best Arabic response
2
Transformation challenge

Fix the harm preposition

Repair the complement after يُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ.
Original sentence

تُلْحِقُ السِّيَاحَةُ الضَّرَرَ التُّرَاثَ.

يُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ + ؟
Choose the best Arabic response
3
Transformation challenge

Fix the Type 2 result

Repair the counterfactual so it uses لَـ.
Original sentence

لَوْ نَظَّمْنَا الزِّيَارَاتِ، سَيَكُونُ التُّرَاثُ أَفْضَلَ.

لَوْ … لَـ + مَاضٍ
Choose the best Arabic response

0/3 purposeful tasks secured.

05

Read · understand · respond

Ethics Mission — Benefit, Harm and Two Conditionals

Keep the impact verbs' complements, and tell a real concern (إِذَا) from a counterfactual regret (لَوْ).

Arabic application challenge

Keep the impact verbs' complements, and tell a real concern (إِذَا) from a counterfactual regret (لَوْ).

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

06

Spot · explain · repair

Accuracy repair workshop

Strong learners do not only recognise an error: they identify the system and repair it.

تُسْهِمُ السِّيَاحَةُ بِالاِقْتِصَادِ المَحَلِّيِّ.

تُسْهِمُ السِّيَاحَةُ فِي الاِقْتِصَادِ المَحَلِّيِّ.

يُسْهِمُ is fixed with فِي.

تُلْحِقُ السِّيَاحَةُ الضَّرَرَ التُّرَاثَ.

تُلْحِقُ السِّيَاحَةُ الضَّرَرَ بِالتُّرَاثِ.

يُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ takes بِـ.

لَوْ نَظَّمْنَا الزِّيَارَاتِ، سَيَكُونُ التُّرَاثُ أَفْضَلَ.

لَوْ نَظَّمْنَا الزِّيَارَاتِ، لَكَانَ التُّرَاثُ أَفْضَلَ.

A Type 2 result takes لَـ, not سَـ.

Repair check

Preserve the intended meaning

6 questions
1Choose the accurate sentence.

2Choose the accurate sentence.

3Choose the accurate sentence.

4Complete: تُسْهِمُ السِّيَاحَةُ ___ الاِقْتِصَادِ المَحَلِّيِّ.

5Complete: تُلْحِقُ السِّيَاحَةُ المُفْرِطَةُ الضَّرَرَ ___ التُّرَاثِ.

6Which is a real concern (Type 1)?

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07

Predict · listen twice · verify

Listening: is tourism always good?

Read the questions first. Listen once for the main message and again for the exact detail.

1Predict

Which person, time, frequency, sequence, contrast or changed detail might you hear?

2First listening

Catch the speaker, setting and overall message.

3Second listening

Confirm the exact detail and reject close distractors.

Audio is coming soon.
1What do reports indicate about tourism?

2What does excessive tourism do?

3What is the real concern about Petra (Type 1)?

4What is the counterfactual (Type 2)?

5What does the speaker say about tourist responsibility?

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Listening script

تُشِيرُ التَّقَارِيرُ إِلَى أَنَّ السِّيَاحَةَ تُسْهِمُ بِنِسْبَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ فِي النَّاتِجِ المَحَلِّيِّ الإِجْمَالِيِّ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الدُّوَلِ العَرَبِيَّةِ، وَأَكَّدَ البَاحِثُونَ أَنَّهَا تُوَفِّرُ مَلَايِينَ فُرَصِ العَمَلِ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ السِّيَاحَةَ المُفْرِطَةَ تُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ بِالمَوَاقِعِ الهَشَّةِ. إِذَا وَاصَلَ السُّيَّاحُ زِيَارَةَ البَتْرَاءِ بِأَعْدَادٍ قِيَاسِيَّةٍ، سَيَتَدَهْوَرُ حَالُ الأَبْنِيَةِ النَّبَطِيَّةِ. وَلَوِ اعْتَمَدَ الأُرْدُنُّ نِظَامَ الحِصَصِ مُنْذُ البِدَايَةِ، لَكَانَتْ حَالَةُ المَوْقِعِ أَفْضَلَ اليَوْمَ. عَلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ، إِذَا اعْتَمَدَتِ الدُّوَلُ ضَرِيبَةَ السِّيَاحَةِ، سَتُحْمَى المَوَاقِعُ لِلْأَجْيَالِ القَادِمَةِ. فَمَسْؤُولِيَّةُ السَّائِحِ لَا تَقِلُّ أَهَمِّيَّةً عَنْ سِيَاسَاتِ الدَّوْلَةِ.

08

Preview · scan · prove

Reading: a balanced view of tourism

Read once for meaning, then return to the exact Arabic evidence before choosing an answer.

1Preview

Identify the text type and likely purpose.

2Scan

Locate names, numbers, repeated words and question cues.

3Prove

Choose only an answer supported by the text.

لَا شَكَّ أَنَّ السِّيَاحَةَ سِلَاحٌ ذُو حَدَّيْنِ. فَمِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ، تُسْهِمُ فِي الاِقْتِصَادِ المَحَلِّيِّ وَتَدْعَمُ المُنْتَجَاتِ المَحَلِّيَّةَ وَتُعَزِّزُ التَّوْعِيَةَ الثَّقَافِيَّةَ. غَيْرَ أَنَّهَا، مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ أُخْرَى، قَدْ تُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ بِالبِيئَةِ وَالتُّرَاثِ إِذَا لَمْ تُنَظَّمْ. إِذَا تَجَاوَزَ عَدَدُ الزُّوَّارِ طَاقَةَ المَوْقِعِ، سَيَتَدَهْوَرُ حَالُهُ بِسُرْعَةٍ. وَلَوْ وَازَنَتِ الحُكُومَاتُ بَيْنَ الرِّبْحِ وَالحِمَايَةِ مُنْذُ البِدَايَةِ، لَمَا وَصَلَتْ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ المَوَاقِعِ إِلَى هٰذَا التَّدَهْوُرِ. لِذٰلِكَ تَدْعُو التَّقَارِيرُ إِلَى السِّيَاحَةِ المُسْتَدَامَةِ الَّتِي تَحْمِي التُّرَاثَ وَتُحَقِّقُ الفَائِدَةَ مَعًا.
1How is tourism described?

2What are the benefits, per the text?

3What is the real concern (Type 1)?

4What is the counterfactual (Type 2)?

5What do the reports call for?

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09

Model · rehearse · respond

Speaking: argue about sustainable tourism

Use the model to notice the structure, then answer a randomly selected prompt without reading a full script.

Prompt bank

  1. مَا فَوَائِدُ السِّيَاحَةِ؟ اِسْتَشْهِدْ بِتَقْرِيرٍ.
  2. مَا الضَّرَرُ المُحْتَمَلُ؟ عَبِّرْ عَنْهُ بِشَرْطٍ مِنَ النَّوْعِ الأَوَّلِ.
  3. مَاذَا كَانَ يَنْبَغِي فِعْلُهُ سَابِقًا؟ اِسْتَعْمِلْ لَوْ.

اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.

Model exchange

A

مَا فَوَائِدُ السِّيَاحَةِ؟

Benefit
B

تُشِيرُ التَّقَارِيرُ إِلَى أَنَّهَا تُسْهِمُ فِي الاِقْتِصَادِ وَتُوَفِّرُ فُرَصَ عَمَلٍ.

Reported benefit
A

وَمَا الضَّرَرُ المُحْتَمَلُ؟

Harm
B

إِذَا لَمْ نُنَظِّمِ الزِّيَارَاتِ، سَيَتَدَهْوَرُ التُّرَاثُ، وَلَوْ فَرَضْنَا حِصَصًا مُبَكِّرًا، لَكَانَ حَالُهُ أَفْضَلَ.

Type 1 plus Type 2
Not yet marked complete.
10

Plan · draft · improve

Guided writing workshop

Write one hundred to one hundred and ten words arguing for sustainable tourism. Cite a report, use environmental vocabulary, and include a Type 1 real concern, a Type 2 counterfactual and a formal connector.

Success checklist

  • A reported benefit (تُشِيرُ التَّقَارِيرُ إِلَى أَنَّ …).
  • Environmental vocabulary (بَصْمَة كَرْبُونِيَّة / انْبِعَاثَات / يُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ بِـ).
  • A Type 1 real concern and a Type 2 counterfactual.
  • A formal connector (غَيْرَ أَنَّ / عَلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ).
1 · content2 · target grammar3 · check and improve
Reveal an achievable model

تُشِيرُ التَّقَارِيرُ إِلَى أَنَّ السِّيَاحَةَ تُسْهِمُ بِنِسْبَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ فِي النَّاتِجِ المَحَلِّيِّ الإِجْمَالِيِّ، وَأَكَّدَ البَاحِثُونَ أَنَّهَا تُوَفِّرُ مَلَايِينَ فُرَصِ العَمَلِ المَحَلِّيَّةِ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ السِّيَاحَةَ المُفْرِطَةَ تُلْحِقُ الضَّرَرَ بِالبِيئَةِ وَالتُّرَاثِ، وَتَزِيدُ البَصْمَةَ الكَرْبُونِيَّةَ. إِذَا وَاصَلَ السُّيَّاحُ زِيَارَةَ المَوَاقِعِ الهَشَّةِ بِأَعْدَادٍ قِيَاسِيَّةٍ، سَيَتَدَهْوَرُ حَالُهَا بِسُرْعَةٍ. وَلَوْ كَانَتْ سِيَاسَاتُ السِّيَاحَةِ المُسْتَدَامَةِ أَكْثَرَ صَرَامَةً مُنْذُ البِدَايَةِ، لَكَانَتْ مَوَاقِعُ مِثْلُ البَتْرَاءِ أَفْضَلَ حَالًا اليَوْمَ. عَلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ، إِذَا اعْتَمَدَتِ الدُّوَلُ العَرَبِيَّةُ نِظَامَ حِصَصِ الدُّخُولِ، سَتُحْمَى مَوَاقِعُ التُّرَاثِ لِلْأَجْيَالِ القَادِمَةِ. فَمَسْؤُولِيَّةُ السَّائِحِ وَالدَّوْلَةِ مُشْتَرَكَةٌ.

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Write three benefit and three harm sentences with correct complements.

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Write a balanced argument citing a report and closing with a solution.

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1Complete: تُسْهِمُ السِّيَاحَةُ ___ الاِقْتِصَادِ.

2Complete: تُلْحِقُ السِّيَاحَةُ الضَّرَرَ ___ التُّرَاثِ.

3Which is the counterfactual regret (Type 2)?

4Which argument is the most balanced?

5Complete: تُسْهِمُ السِّيَاحَةُ ___ الاِقْتِصَادِ المَحَلِّيِّ.

6Complete: تُلْحِقُ السِّيَاحَةُ المُفْرِطَةُ الضَّرَرَ ___ التُّرَاثِ.

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