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
New York (USA) – The Statue of Liberty
located on Liberty Island in
the Hudson River.

Rome (Italy) – Saint Peter’s Square
Sydney (Australia) – The Sydney Opera
House
Rome is a city and Italian capital,
the capital of the metropolitan City
of Rome, of the region of the
Straight one and of Italy. It is the
municipality more town of Italy and
it is the fourth more populated city
of European Union. he territory of
Rome, therefore, presents natural
and characteristic environmental
diverse landscapes: some
mountains, reliefs and hills (among
them the historical seven hills), the
forest areas, the river Tiber and
their tributaries, the pigs or typical
small creeks of the urban
landscape, the lakes like the lake of
Bracciano and the lake of
Martignano as well as those
artificial ones, a fluvial (the island
Tiberina) island, and the sandy
coast of the spa of Ostia, in front of
the sea Tirreno.
it is the biggest and populated city
in Australia and Oceania. The city
was built around Jackson's port that
he/she understands the port of
Sídney. In the city it highlights the
Opera of Sídney, the bridge of the
port of Sídney and their beaches.
The metropolitan area is
surrounded of national parks that
contain bays and rivers, The urban
area of Sídney it is in a coastal
basin that is taken a bath and
skirted by the Ocean Pacific to the
east, Blue Mountains to the west,
the river Hawkesbury to the north
and the national Real Park to the
south. The night most popular
atmospheres in Sídney are in Kings
Cross, Oxford Street, Darling
Harbour, to Circulate Quay and The
Rocks, where different bars, night
clubs and restaurants are located
 Edinburgh Castle is a
historic fortress which dominates
the skyline of the city
of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its
position on the Castle Rock
Few of the present buildings pre-
date the Lang Siege of the 16th
century, when the medieval
defences were largely destroyed
by artillery bombardment.

Edinburgh (Scotland) – Edinburgh Castle

is the most populous city in
the United Arab Emirates. Dubai
has emerged as a global
city and business hub of
the Middle Eas The sandy desert
surrounding the city supports
wild grasses and occasional
date palms. Desert hyacinths
grow in the sabkha plains east of
the city, while acacia
and ghaf trees grow in the flat
plains within the proximity of the
Western Al Hajar mountains.
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) – The Burj Several indigenous trees such
Khalifa as the date palm and neem as
well as imported trees such as
the eucalypts grow in Dubai's
natural parks. The houbara
bustard, striped
hyena, caracal, desert fox,
falcon and Arabian oryx are
common in Dubai's desert.

Fuente de imágenes: Fotolia (s.f.)

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as follows:

1. Click on the title of this evidence.

2. Click on Examinar mi equipo and look for the file in your computer. Make
sure the file is attached.
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4. Click Enviar.

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plataforma, así:

1. Dé clic en el título de esta evidencia.

2. Dé clic en el enlace Examinar mi equipo y busque el archivo en su
computador. Asegúrese de adjuntar el archivo.
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4. Dé clic en Enviar.

Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning

guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.

Nota: esta evidencia es de carácter individual. Recuerde revisar la guía de

aprendizaje con el fin de verificar que ha realizado todas las actividades
propuestas, saber cómo desarrollarlas y entregarlas correctamente.

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