Pl Passage 1

Its stunning natural scenery makes the Great Barrier Reef a popular tourist destination. About two million people visit the reef each year. Most of those visitors are domestic tourists. This is largely due to the fact that Australia is so far away from most places. There are lots of different ways to experience the Great Barrier Reef. Visitors can go diving, fishing, swimming, and enjoy water sports. Some people choose to tour the reef by airplane or helicopter, and others may tour the reef by boat. Tourists can take in the spectacular scenery from a small dinghy or a grand superyacht. There are even glass-bottomed boats that let passengers view the underwater wildlife and scenery. Adventurous visitors may seek out one of the handful of havens where they can swim with wild dolphins. One of the major appeals of these activities is that most of them do not require special training or expensive equipment. There is no one way for people to experience the reef. Regardless of the activities people choose, they encounter some of the most stunning maritime scenery on the planet.

Passage 2

On our visit to the Great Barrier Reef this last summer, we discovered how stunning this natural wonder is. We weren't alone. Thousands of tourists joined us to take in the wonders that the reef offers. Though we were among thousands, many people, like us, were from Australia. It makes sense I guess, as Australia is quite isolated and harder to travel to. We just felt lucky to experience this amazing reef alongside other Australians and people from all over the world. There were so many activities to choose from. We decided to go snorkeling. We also took a ride in a glass-bottomed boat. We saw so many fish on that boat trip and we even saw a giant stingray! After a long day at the beach and out on the water, we heard what some other tourists had experienced during the day. There was one thing we agreed on: the Great Barrier Reef offered some of the most incredible underwater scenery any of us had ever seen.

How does the point of view impact what the reader learns about in each passage?

The first-person point of view in Passage 1 gives information about the pride of a glass-bottomed boat tour guide, while the third-person point of view in Passage 2 gives information about what positive and negative effects these excursions can have on the reef overall.

The first-person point of view in Passage 1 shares the feelings of a tour operator as he or she witnesses the biodiversity on the reef each day, while the third-person point of view in Passage 2 gives more objective information about the different species that thrive on the Great Barrier Reef.

The third-person point of view in Passage 1 gives general information about what activities tourists do to explore the Great Barrier Reef, while the first-person point of view in Passage 2 shares the feelings of the author about the people he met and their opinions about the reef.

The third-person point of view in Passage 1 gives statistics about which activities make the most money for local tour companies, while the first-person point of view in Passage 2 shares which activities the tour guides enjoy operating the most compared to other activities on the reef.