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Description of a place

Part II. Relevant Vocabulary

(I). Vocabulary about description of a place

1.be located in

2.be famous for (=be well known for)

3.be rich/poor in

4.places of interest

5.lead/live a happy/terrible life

6.under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party

7.on the right/left

8.on the left side of to the right of

9.at the center

10.in the west of (cf. to the west of on the west of)

11.15 kilometers away from

12.two-storied buildings

13.under construction

14.be attracted by its charming scenery

(II). Drills.

1. My hometown is located at the foot of Gaogao Mountain.

2. The village library was set up in 1998.

3. The West lake is famous /well-known for its beautiful scenery.

4. The village has a library with hundreds of books.

5. My hometown has a history of about 100 years.

6. The population of my hometown is about 10,000.

7. My hometown, with a long history of 100 years, has a population of 10,000, (covering an area of 4999 square kilometers.)

8. The village used to be a deserted place.

9. It is no longer what it used to be.

10. You can’t imagine what it used to be like.

11.The village takes on a look now.

12. In the middle of the farm stands a tall building. To its right is a chicken house. To its left is a pigsty. In front of it is a garden and at the back of it there is a brook.

13. It takes about 20 minutes to get there by bus.

14. Great changes have taken place in our village since the reform and open policy was adopted in China.

15. The streets are wide and clean with trees on both sides.

16. A river runs through our village in the east.

17. People’s living conditions have been greatly improved.

18. There is a main street which runs throughout the town from south to north.

19.This is my hometown, a beautiful place. I love my hometown and its hard-working people there, too.

The United States _________ the central part of North America. The _______from east coast to west coast is about 3,000 miles. It ____________ 9,192,843 square kilometers. It has a _____ population which is over 200 million people, but the history is not very _____. English is the common language. The United States is also _________ its skyscrapers.

is located in

Part III. Practice (1) Filling in the blanks.

distance

has an area oflarge

famous forlong

1.Geography north of America, second largest country in the world, east to west 5,500 kilometers

2.population 29 million

3.official languages

English and French

4.weather in the north

long and hard winters , snow for six months

5.natural resources

coal, oil, natural gas and fresh water

6.attractions forest, parks and gardens

Practice (2) Task: Write a passage about Canada

1.geography north of china, one of the largest cities in the world

2.population over 12 million

3.history More than 850 years

4.climate mild, dry…

5.attractions Peking Opera, the Great Wall

6.others modern building , lots of places of interest, 2008 Olympic Games

Practice (3) Write about a cityBeijing

Beijing is in the north of China. It is a large city in the world. It has over 12 million people. The history is long. The climate is mild. Beijing is famous for Peking Opera and the Great Wall. There are a lot of place of interest in Beijing. Beijing will hold the Olympic Games in 2008.

Sample 1 An ordinary one in simple English

(with some errors)

Beijing , the capital of China, is one of the largest cities in the world. It lies in the north of China and has a large population, which is over 12 million. It has a long history. The climate is mild especially in autumn, when it is neither too cold nor too hot. Modern buildings and overpasses can be seen everywhere. Beijing is famous for Peking Opera and the Great Wall. It is a great honor for all the Chinese that the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing.

Sample 2 An outstanding one

Standards of an outstanding

ContentLanguageOrganisationStyleEditing

Appendix:

Assignment: Writing P 40

You are going to write a passage for Teens (21st Century),

introducing your hometown. You may write in the following aspects:

,landscape around your hometown ޓ culture relics,the ޓ ,people, people’s life ޓ ,trade/specialties (special local products) ޓ culture, your emotions to it ޓ

Topic: My Hometown

(Optional reading) Writing samples 1. My motherland

My motherland, the People’s Republic of China, is in the east of hemisphere. It covers an area of 9.6 million square kilometers. Our country has a long history. In this vast land there live more than a billion brave and industrious people.

My motherland is rich in natural resources. Before the liberation, China was a poor country. Under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese people drove out the foreign invaders and won the independence. They have been making great progress in socialist construction since then. Now we are carrying out the open-door policy to build our country into a powerful socialist country with four modernizations.

Our country will surely make a greater contribution to the mankind.

 

2.   My Hometown My hometown lies in the Plain of North China. And t

he famous Grand Canal runs through our village in the east. I often played with my friends on the bank of the canal, watching the passing boats when I was young.

There are about 800 people in our village. People’s living condition has been greatly improved. A pond, which teams with fish, lies in front of the village, where I spent my happy days. I used to swim there in summer and skate in winter.

Between the canal and our village is an orchard. People plant all kinds of fruit trees there, such as plum, apple, orange, cherry and so on. When autumn comes, you can smell the sweet odor miles away.

The village began to know the importance of knowledge years ago. Every evening people go to the evening school to learn science. Last year there were forty students who graduated from high school and eighteen of them went to college. If you want to come to our village for a visit, it will be convenient because there are two roads in front of our village. Welcome to my hometown !

    3.Binhai ( 滨海市 )

Binhai is an newly-built city with a population of about 600,000 and covers an area of about 3,000 square kilometers. The city, which faces the Yellow Sea in the east, used to be a small fishing town. Great changes have taken place in the city since 1978. many new factories have been set up. Two ports have been built, which are connected with many big cities both at home and abroad. The railway line completed in 1986 leads to many big cities of the country. Education in Binhai is developing quickly. Two colleges have been founded. A lot of foreign businessmen are interested and have invested in the city. Binhai has taken on a new look.