Describing-cities-and-places.docx

Learning activity 4 / Actividad de aprendizaje 4 Evidence: describing cities and places / Evidencia: Describiendo ciudades y lugares You are going to see images of five cities and their landmarks. Write a paragraph describing each city and country it belongs and the landmark shown. Use the vocabulary from the box for the descriptions. The first one is done for you as an example. / A continuación verá imágenes de cinco ciudades y sus lugares representativos. Escriba un párrafo describiendo cada ciudad, el país al que pertenece y el lugar mostrado. Use el vocabulario dentro del recuadro para las descripciones. La primera ha sido hecha como ejemplo. Note: We recommend to do some research on the places to be described before writing the paragraphs. / Nota: recomendamos hacer una pequeña investigación sobre los lugares antes de escribir los párrafos.

a statue / a cathedral / a bridge / a river / modern buildings / boats / a harbour / mountains / a fountain / a canal / desert / a hill / a castle / traditional buildings / an obelisk / a square / a shopping mall / a monument / a tower.

New York is a big city in the United States (North America). It takes thousand of visitors every year. The city has a population of around 8 million people. There is a lot to see and do in New York. You can visit the Central Park, the Metropolian museum and Time’s Square. In the picture you can see the Statue of Liberty, a monumet built between 1875 and 1986. It is 93 meters tall. The statue is located on Liberty Island in the Hudson River. New York (USA) – The Statue of Liberty

Rome (Italy) – Saint Peter’s Square

Sydney (Australia) – The Sydney Opera House

Rome is the capital of Italy. The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of Tiber river. The vatican city is an independent country geographically located within the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within the city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states In the picture you can see the St. Peter´s Basilica, which was built between 1506 and 1626 and borders the aquare to the west. The cathedral is the largest in the World. its interior is decorated with magnificent monuments, many of which were created by the great Bernini. The Sydney Opera House in Sydney, New South" wales, Australia is one of the most distinctive and famous 20th-century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world. Situated on Bennelong point in Sydney Harbour, with parkland to its south and close to the enormous Sydney Harbour Bridge, the building and its surroundings form an iconic Australian image. To some the spherical-sectioned shells remind them of the flotilla of sailboats commonly cruising there. Tourists - mostly with little or no interest in opera - throng to the building in their thousands every week purely to see it. As well as many touring theatre, ballet, and musical productions the Opera house is the Home of Opera Australia, the Sydney theatre. company and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the picture you can see the building of the bridge coincided with the construction of a system of underground railways in Sydney's CBD, known today as the City.

Edinburgh (Scotland) – Edinburgh Castle

Dubai (United Arab Emirates) – The Burj Khalifa

Edinburgh (Scotland) Scotland's most famous castle dominating the city skyline, there is plenty to see and do with the perfect balance between all things traditional and contemporary. There are World-class museums and galleries to visit, excellent shopping to distract you and some of Scotland’s finest restaurants to tempt your tastebuds. In the picture you can see the Edinburgh Castle is situated on Castle Rock in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Castle Rock formed after a volcano erupted over 340 million years ago. The first castle that existed on the rock was known as “The Castle of the Maidens”. According to legend, the castle had been a shrine to the “Nine Maidens”, one of whom was Morgan le Fay. Dubai (United Arab Emirates) is the main trading center of the entire Gulf, has the principal port facilities of the UAE as well as its busiest airport, and has several large commercial enterprises. The UAE has four other international airports. Several features of the UAE's demography are unusual. The population in 1995 was 15 times larger than it was in 1965, largely due to the immigration of male expatriate workers. Fourfifths of the UAE's inhabitants are foreign workers and their dependents. In the picture you can see the ‘Vertical City’ and ‘A Living Wonder,’ Burj Khalifa, developed by Dubai-based Emaar Properties PJSC, is the world’s tallest building.Rising gracefully from the desert, Burj Khalifa honors the city with its extraordinary union of art, engineering and meticulous craftsmanship. At 828 meters (2,716.5 ft), the 200-storey Burj Khalifa has over 160 habitable stories, the most of any building in the world. The tower was inaugurated on January 4, 2010.

Fuente de imágenes: Fotolia (s.f.)

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Criterio de evaluación Describe lugares, ciudades y países teniendo en cuenta el vocabulario y contexto requerido.