1. 305 U8 Extra vocab JOANNE

2. Fun facts It has a life expectancy 平均壽命 of almost 77 years, one of the highest in the world.

3. There are more than 121 volcanic 火山 ( 性 ) 的 formations 構成 in Costa Rica, and seven of them are active 活躍的. Poas Volcano has the second widest crater 火山口 in the world (nearly one mile 英里 = 1.609 km) in diameter 直徑, and Arenal Volcano is one of the ten most active volcanoes in the world.

4. More than 25% of Costa Rica’s land is dedicated 專用的 to national parks 國家公園, reserves 保 護區 and wildlife 野生生物 refuges 庇護. There are more than 100 different protected 受保護的 areas 地區 to visit.

5. Costa Ricans refer to 把... 歸屬 ( 於 ) themselves as Ticos (males 男子 ) or Ticas (females 女人 ). The use 使用 of Ticos and Ticas are only used as males and females in Costa Rica.

6. Cost Ricans speak Spanish, and English is most of people’s second language because there are many tourists 觀光者. For people who can speak two languages they are bilingual 雙語的.

7. Costa Rica has more than 5% of the world’s biodiversity 生物多樣性 even though its landmass 大陸 only takes up.03% of the planet‘s 行星的 surface 表面.

8. Extra word on the board percent = % gene 基因