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Evidence: Vacations around the world / Evidencia: Vacaciones alrededor

del mundo

In this evidence you are going to read an article about the way people around
the world spend their vacations. Then you have to do a description about the
way people spend their vacations in your country and answer the questions. /
En esta evidencia usted va a leer un texto acerca de cómo pasan las personas
sus vacaciones alrededor del mundo. Luego debe hacer una descripción sobre
cómo son las vacaciones en su país y responder las preguntas.

A. Read this article about vacations around the world. /

world. / Lea este artículo sobre
vacaciones alrededor del mundo.

Vacations around the world

Vacation time is a very important part in the life of all people in the world.
People
People from
from differ
different
ent cultur
cultures
es spend
spend their
their vacat
vacation
ions
s in differ
different
ent ways.
ways. The
number of vacation days ranges from 1 to !" being the #uropeans such as
$ermans" %rench and &wede the luc'iest for having ! days of vacations( the
)atin *merican countries
countries with a big number of vacation days are +ra,il" Panama
and Peru with - days. The unluc'iest country is hina having 0ust 1 days and
being vacations not mandatory. Ta'ing into account this aspect" people can
decide what to do and how to en0oy their vacations. )ets see what people from
$ermany"
$ermany" +ra,il and hina say about their future vacations.

What are you going to do in your next vacations?

Lauren Freudberger (Gerany!

I want to visit some friends all along

#urope. %irst" Im going to %rance to
visit my friend 2an Pierre in )ion" Im
staying for a couple of wee's there.
Then I would li'e to go to Italy to visit
my cousin
cousin %loren
%lorentin
tina"
a" Im going
going to
Venice with her. %inally" I want to go
to #ngland to spend one wee' with Fuente: &#3*
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my family that live there.
 "ablo #olina ($ra%il!

4ell Im planning to go to Rio and

spend a wee' there" I have my
girlfriend there and we are meeting
the first wee'. Then I want to 'now
olombia. I havent been there and
my friend told me is a great
dest
destin
inat
atio
ion.
n. %ina
%inall
lly
y I am stay
stayin
ing
g
home and res rest for
for the
the last
last wee'
before starting my wor' again. Fuente: &#3*
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Wangshenbing (&hina!

In general" I dont have much time to

travel" I want to sleep late" Im going
to eat
eat out
out with
with my fami
family
ly"" and
and Im
going to buy some things that I need
for my house.

Fuente: &#3*
Fuente: &#3*

B. +ased on the previous article" answer the following questions5 / Basado en

el artículo anterior, responda las siguientes preguntas:

1. 4hich aspec
aspects
ts do you
you thin' play
play an importa
importantnt role in
in deciding
deciding what
what to do
on vacations6
The needs of my family and mine the budget that I have to ma'e my trip
and the activities that I will do while I am in
i n the destinations where this.

-. 4hat dodo people

people li'e to do the
the most
most on their
their vacation
vacations6
s6
Rela7 en0oy the destination where they go have fun visit your family and
carefree8 
!. 4hich plan do you
you li'e
li'e the
the most
most and
and why6
why6
I li'e )auren %reudeberger9s plan more because it is a super complete
and attractive plan since I would travel to many parts of the world. I would
connect many things with your family"
family" friends and others.
C. 4rite a short paragraph about how is the vacation time in your country.
Include information such as the typical number of days a person gets for 
vacations" the most common activities people do" and the famous places
people visit. / Escriba un párrao corto acerca de cómo son las vacaciones
en su país.
país. !ncluy
!ncluya
a inorm
inormac
ación
ión como el n"mero
n"mero típico
típico de días #ue una
 persona tiene para vacaciones, las actividades más comunes #ue las
 personas hacen,
hacen, y los sitios amosos #ue la gente
gente visita.

Ther
There e are
are seve
severa
rall acti
activi
viti
ties
es that
that can
can be done
done in olo
olomb
mbia
ia durin
during
g the
the
holidays as there are many tourist places to go during this time since each
part in olombia has a tourist site and each tourist site has its charm and
beauty 0ust to name a few" the coffee a7is" the *tlantic coast" among many
others" it is clear that each of these activities depend on a special budget
but it is a good choice to visit if you have the means

4hen you finish your wor'" send the file to your instructor through the platform
as follows5

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'ote: This
'ote: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to chec' the learning
guide in order to 'now if you have done all the assigned activities" 'now how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.
correctly.

Nota: 
Nota:  Esta evidencia es de carácter individual. ecuerde revisar la guía de
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cómo desarrollarlas y entregarlas correctamente.
correctamente.

Criterios de evaluación
 $sa t&rminos y expresiones relacionados con las vacaciones, teniendo en
cuenta la estructura gramatical, vocabulario y contexto re#uerido.

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