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2    Read. Where are these tree houses? Write the location.
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                    1. You can live with parrots in a tree house in                                     .
 1  Listen and read. TR: 9.8  2. You can vacation in comfort in a tree house in                             .

 Tree House Vacation  3. You might see monkeys looking for food in                                      .




 Are you ready for a great eco-adventure? Have your   4. A bamboo elevator carries you to your tree house in      .
 vacation in a tree house! You can find them all over the
 world. Tree house vacations are in places such as Peru,   3  Listen and write. Work with a partner. Compare places for a tree house
 Kenya, Belize, and India. There’s a lot to do in nature!  vacation. Your partner will listen and complete the first two rows. Then

 In India, there are tree house bedrooms from 10 to   listen to your partner, and fill in the last two rows.
 25 meters (35–80 feet) up a tree. There’s a bamboo
 elevator to carry you up. It’s powered by water! The   Watching wildlife

 electricity you use comes from the sun. And there are
 trails to hike and natural swimming pools to swim in.   Living in comfort
 You can visit your neighbor by walking on a bridge
 made of rope!         Walking on tree bridges

 You can stay in comfort at a tree house in Kenya.   Using power from nature
 It has two floors, and the rooms have big beds. The
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 windows have colored glass, and the bathrooms have   4  Rank the vacations. Places for a vacation. Rank the vacations in order
 showers. There’s a small kitchen, too. The hotel serves
 food in your room! And if you get tired of living in   of preference (1 = most favorite). Work with a partner. Compare and

 nature, the city of Nairobi is about 30 minutes away.   explain your choices.
 In Belize, you can live with parrots under a

 Guanacaste tree that is about 30 meters (100 feet) tall.   Rank  Vacations  Why you want to go there
 The parrots make good neighbors because they eat the
 insects! There are other birds, too. It’s a great place for   Ice hotel
 bird-watching. A river runs around the tree house on   Underwater hotel
 three sides. The clear water is good for swimming!
                                        Sports camp
 In Peru, you can stay in a bungalow, or a lodge,
 near the Yarapa River in the Amazon rain forest.   Martial arts camp
 The main lodge connects to the other 10 bungalows
 by passageways and steel cable bridges. One of the   Make-a-movie camp
 bungalows has a view of the Yarapa River. You can   Astronaut camp

 watch people fish in the river and you might even see
 a river dolphin. Sometimes you can see monkeys pass   Tree house
 by your room as they look for food!
                                                                  A company is planning future vacations
                                                                  on the moon! Some tourists have already
                           Iquitos, Peru                          visited the space station. But it’s expensive!
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