The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), a non-profit organization committed to promoting sustainable tourism, (1) ______. With that being said, they offer six core principles of ecotourism that vacationers should follow: minimize impact, build environmental and cultural awareness and respect, provide positive experiences for both visitors and hosts, provide direct financial benefits for conservation, provide financial benefits and empowerment for local people, and raise sensitivity to host countries’ political, environmental, and social climate.
Ecotourism offers the opportunity to help protect and maintain our planet. Beginning with responsible travel, sustainable tourism promotes green practices such as recycling and using organic products. There are also many environmental programs and initiatives made available (2) ______. For example, in Kenya, tourists can get involved with the Basecamp Foundation, which has a monitoring program for big cats and elephants. (3) ______. However, the simple act of being a tourist in a fragile, natural area helps a great deal, as the money spent there assists in raising funds to protect those areas for generations.
Not only is ecotourism an environmentally fun experience, but it’s also educational. Embarking on an ecotourism vacation, (4) ______. In addition, vacationers learn to appreciate the area’s environment through conservation and also to respect the culture of the local people.
Overall, (5) ______. Not only do vacationers go home with new knowledge, but also have a worthwhile experience.

Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February, 1955 in San Francisco, USA. His biological parents were not married and gave him up for adoption. He was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs. In 1971, Jobs met Steve Wozniak, (1) ________, but they bonded over their love of electronics. After high school, Jobs attended Reed College in Oregon, but found the classes boring and dropped out after six months.
When Jobs was 21, he and Wozniak started Apple Computers in Jobs' family garage with money they got by selling Jobs' van and Wozniak's scientific calculator. By making computers smaller, cheaper, and accessible to everyday users, (2) _________. Although Jobs left Apple in 1985, (3) _________. He helped invent new products such as the iMac, the iBook for students, the iPod music player, and iTunes music software. In 2007, he introduced the touch-screen iPhone which changed the way phones were used. (4) _________. In addition, Jobs contributed significantly to the advancement of computer animation. In 1986, he acquired a small graphics division from Lucasfilm, which he transformed into Pixar Animation Studios. Under his leadership, the company revolutionized animated filmmaking, producing the first full-length computer-animated film, Toy Story, in 1995. (5)_________ such as Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Up, establishing Pixar as a dominant force in the animation industry.
In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer which he fought for several years, and then stopped working in August, 2011. Two months later, he passed away. He had four children, three with his wife of 20 years and one from a previous relationship. On an Apple web page, a statement reads, 'Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.'
(Source: Global Success)

Human populations have tended to increase over time. As more people were born, small groups of individuals found reasons to come together to form groups and, with the advent of agriculture, small sedentary communities. A small number of these settlements grew into what we now call cities. (1) ______.
The world population has grown significantly and our economies have become more industrialized over the past few hundred years; (2) ______. This process is known as urbanization. Even after cities emerged, however, a large majority of people lived and worked in rural areas. (3 ______. Nearly half of all people now live in urban areas. They are attracted by jobs in manufacturing and the professions, as well as by increased opportunities for education and entertainment.
Urbanization is often discussed in reference to countries that are currently in the process of industrializing and urbanizing, but all industrialized nations have experienced urbanization at some point in their history. Moreover, urbanization is on the rise all over the globe.
As we move forward in the 21st century, (4) ______. Urban areas will continue to grow with the population. (5) ______. How we choose to manage urbanization will have consequences for our world for many years to come.