Unit 1 -Activity 3 Writing Assignment

INGLES III

Participants:

Dilce Yaneth Arias cód.: 1.012.378.469

Estefanía Basabe Hernández cód.: 1.010.226.012

Yuly Alejandra López cód.: 1.012.406.554

Sonia Isabel Barrera Uribe.: 1.010.208.672

Tutor

JORGE CAMILO RAMIREZ

Grupo: 90121_279

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Administración de Empresas

2 de abril de 2018
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Table of Contents

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Objectives ........................................................................................................................................ 4

Activities.......................................................................................................................................... 5

Part 1: send in the forum the picture and a brief comment about it. ............................................... 5

Part 2: answer the following questions about the city you chose .................................................... 7

Part 3: write a text about your ideal city of colombia to visit on your vacations. use at least
two pictures related to this place. each paragraph must have minimum four (4) sentences
and maximum six (6) sentences .................................................................................................... 12

Part 4: students must comment about the partners’ contributions. all the participations must
be written directly in the forum. .................................................................................................... 18

Conclusión ..................................................................................................................................... 20

Bibliographic references ................................................................................................................ 21

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Introduction

The following work was done for unit 1 - activity 3 of English 3 of the national open and

distance university UNAD. for its development we put into practice the topics we learned

in this unit, is made up of 3 points about places we have visited in past vacations, and the

places we would like to visit in our next vacation.

Through the construction of the paragraphs requested in the activity guide we apply the

knowledge acquired in the unit such as the use of modal verbs, future tense and phrasal

verbs that help us communicate adequately with other people in English.

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Objectives

Objetivo General

Identify advantages and disadvantages of the places visited, know the different verbs and

manners.

Objetivos Específicos

 Learn about the different places visited in Colombia

 identify the verbs

 know the advantages and disadvantages of the places visited

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Activities

Part 1: Send in the forum the picture and a brief comment about it.

DILCE YANETH ARIAS

Part 1:

Choose a photograph of the most beautiful Colombian city

where you have been to. Send the photo where you appeared and

describe that place.

My photograph is of the place of nimaima Cundinamarca is a wonderful municipality that

is very touristy where one can go canoeing, rappelling, horseback riding and it is very calm.

Estefanía Basabe Hernández

PART 1:

Answer: My photograph was taken in Villa de Leyva, is a touristic colonial town and

municipality, part of the Boyaca department of Colombia. the focus of the town is the plaza

mayor, is the largest square in Colombia and believed to be the largest entirely cobbled

square in south america.

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There are several festivals held throughout the years, including a gastronomical festival in

november and the festival of lights on december 7, where I was with my husband last year.

Yuly Alejandra López

Santa Marta it is a very nice place we have, a beautiful beach where we can enjoy an

incredible view.
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Sonia Barrera

One of the most gorgeous cities I have visited in Colombia is Zipaquira, It is also known as
the "City of Salt" and It was declared historical and cultural heritage of Colombia.
 Part 2: Answer the following questions about the city you chose

Dilce Arias

a. Where is the city?

Nimaima is a municipality of Cundinamarca (Colombia), located in the Province of

Gualivá. It is located 75 km from Bogotá.

b. What is the city like?

is a municipality called Nimaima, you can do tourism, get in touch with yourself, balance

your mind, heart and body, trust yourself and the guides, leave fears and risk for a moment,

leave yourself to take by the vertigo, the adrenaline, the desire to live, to dream, to

discharge all the negative energies and to enjoy nature.

c. What is the weather like?

more than five years ago I went to vicitar my family she lived and then I went on vacation.

d. How big is the city?

The municipality of Nimaima is from Gande with a Population: 6,679 (2015)

Surface: 59 km²

e. What is the best thing about it?

it is a quiet and cool place and has many activities to do every day our country has many

wonderful places and this is one

f. How is the traffic in the city?

the traffic in this municipality is very complex

Estefania Basabe

PART 2:

1.¿Where is the city?

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Answer: Villa de leyva is in the ricaurte province, part of the Boyaca deparment of

Colombia,the town is located 37 kilometres west of the departmental capital tunja.

2. ¿What is the city like?

Answer: Villa de leyva is a beautiful municipality, it has an original colonial style, its

climate is warm and temperate.Its restaurants speak typical the food cocido boyacense,

mute and agua de panela.

3.¿What is the weather like?

Answer: Me and my husband visited villa de leyva in december of 2017.

4.How big is the city

Answer: The municipal villa de leyva is located in an intermontane valley on the altiplano

cundiboyacense at 2,149 metres and the population is 16.984.

5. ¿What is the best thing about it?

Answer: The best thing about the villa de leyva is the dinosaur park "GODVANA",where

the big figures of fossils are found and the passage of angel is a wonderfull place because

of the landscape of there it is seen.

6. ¿How is the traffic in the city?

Answer: During the week the traffiic is not heavy in villa de leyva, on weekends and

festivities the traffic is complicated for this reason the police make presence helping to

improve the traffic.

Yuly Alejandra Lopez.

a. Where is the city?

Answer:The city is located on the shores of Santa Marta Bay on the Caribbean Sea, in the

foothills of the Sierra Nevada, the capital of the Colombian department of Magdalena.

b. What is the city like?

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Answer:The city is beautiful, it has beautiful beaches, incredible tourist places

c. What is the weather like?

Answer: I was in the city walking nine months ago

d. How big is the city?

Answer:The city is big it has 499. 257 inhabitants approximately it is a warm climate

e. What is the best thing about it?

Answer:its beaches its climate the culture its tourist places

f. How is the traffic in the city?

Answer:The traffic is complicated due to the time when one visits the place quite a lot of

tourists.

Sonia Barrera

PART 2:

a) Where is the city?

Zipaquirá is a Colombian city in the department of Cundinamarca, located in the center of

the country 49 km from Bogotá DC, that is, 45 minutes by car, and It is at an altitude of

2,652 meters above sea level.

b) What is the city like?

In this city approximately 120,000 people live, it is the second largest and most populated

city in the province. It is one of the most important salt exploitation centers in Colombia

c) What is the weather like?

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Zipaquira is hit by the winds that are dragged by the Bogotá River and that strongly collide

with the mountain on which the city is located, which generates in the city an average

temperature of 12 ° C which is classified as cold weather.

d) How big is the city?

Zipaquirá has an approximate area of 197 km², distributed in: 8 km² of the urban area and

189 km² of the rural area and is the third city with the highest altitude in Colombia

e) What is the best thing about it?

The best thing about Zipaquira its stunning architecture and important tourist sites. Its most

representative tourist place is the Salt Cathedral, located in the salt park, ideal place to

appreciate one of the most impressive engineering works of our country, it is also the

Guillermo Quevedo museum house, the municipal palace, the house of the Garcia Araos,

the archaeological museum, the train station, the park of the hope, among others.

e) How is the traffic in the city?

traffic is good compared to other areas of the country, because there are not a lot of cars

that slow down mobility in the city

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Part 3: Write a text about your ideal city of Colombia to visit on your vacations. Use

at least two pictures related to this place. Each paragraph must have minimum four

(4) sentences and maximum six (6) sentences

Dilce Arias

Your vacation Use at least two images related to this place,San Andres Islands: much

tourism

Paragraph 1: Location and weather of the city San Andrés is located 80 km off the coast

of Nicaragua and 775 km northwest of the coast of Colombia.The climate of the island is

warm, oscillating between 26 ° C and 29 ° C where two summer and winter seasons

predominate.

The winds help a little to relieve the heat, blowing generally from the east, and when there

are storms in the Caribbean the winds blow strongly from the northeast.

Paragraph 2: Description of the city In the islands of the archipelago, which has the

Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, declared by UNESCO, tourists are amazed by the colors of

underwater life; have fun with activities such as kitesurfing, windsurfing and jetski; They

swim in natural pools that the waves have sculpted on the rocks and savor dishes prepared

with the best of the Caribbean: lobster, snapper, crab, snail and much more.

Paragraph 3: Activities to do in the city

the activities to be developed is

Tour to the Natural Aquarium,

I would like to know the Aquarium, Manta Rays and Mangroves

I would like to have Diving Minicourse

Paragraph 4: Positive and negative aspects of the city

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Positive:I was in May on the island is amazing ... I recommend you do the tours with the

black aracellys that is in an internet place in front of the hotel decameron aquarium, the best

tours at cheap prices!

The food is the best, it has the witch restaurant inside the hotel and many options to choose

from, the breakfasts are spectacular and for every meal there are very strict schedules.

The quality of people since they receive you until you leave is the best.

Negative:Environmental Pollution: This is a very important factor since it is destroying

places and species, often due to the misuse of tourists and managers.

The bad: The reservation of the thematic restaurants, you get up early to book and it's all

full.

Estefanía Basabe

My next vacation will be in the amazon.

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Paragraph 1:It is a department of Colombia in the south of the country. it is the largest

department in the area. Its capital is Leticia. Its name comes from the Amazon river that

drains the department. The Amazon has a large variation of rain, fog or sun temperatures.

Paragraph 2:Our friends tell us that the Amazon is one of the Colombian departments

richest in flora and fauna, its natural wealth is incomparable, in addition it also has an

excellent ethnic richness. It has 4 natural parks: Amacayacu,home to about 150 mammal

species such as the pink dolphin,the jaguar,the manatee and cahuinarí park.

Paragraph 3:

 We also find indigenous groups where we can learn about their rituals,culture and

beliefs.

 We will have the opportunity to know the diversity of fauna and flora that was in

the amazon as this pink dolphins.

 With my family we will eat the typical dishes of the region such as araza juice and

cazuela.

 This region crosses majestic rivers where we will travel with my family to see

magical places in the middles of the jungle,remote cities,nature reserves and parks.

Paragraph 4:

 A negative aspect of the city of the amazon would be the heavy rains.

 My family and I would be exposed to some bite of a poisonous animal.

 The deforestation of the amazon is becoming more and more worrisome.

 A positive aspect of the city is to know new places and new customs.
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Yuly Alejandra Lopez.

Paragraph 1:Santa Marta is a place with a warm climate

The city is located on the shores of Santa Marta Bay in the Caribbean

It is the oldest city in South America, it is full of a magic hard to describe, its incomparable

architectural heritage, beautiful landscapes and thus a great cultural legacy with its colonial

treasures.

Paragraph 2: Santa Marta

as always it is very hot

We also have very beautiful beaches

It is a city visited by many foreigners as well as by many tourists from different places of

our country

we also find different types of restaurants where we can enjoy typical dishes.

Paragraph 3

we can know the different beaches that are there

we can visit the aquarium, the fifth museum of san pedro alejandrino

We will have the opportunity to take pictures in different places

We will go to the different restaurants in the area

Paragraph 4

The harassment of sellers on the beach

The dirt of some beaches

We can see destitute everywhere

The abuse of prices of the samariums to the tourists since they know that they want to take

something like memory of Santa Marta.

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Sonia Barrera

The ideal city of Colombia to visit on my next vacations is Cartagena

 Paragraph 1: Location and weather of the city

Cartagena de Indias is the capital of the department of Bolívar on the shores of the

Caribbean Sea, north of Colombia. It is located in a coastal area is made up of geological

processes related to the sea. Among the most important geographical elements of the city

are the insular formations of Barú and Tierrabomba along with other smaller islands, the

archipelago of Rosario, the bay of Cartagena de Indias, the bay of Barbacoas, and coastal

lagoons such as the swamp of Tesca. The city has a warm weather, an average annual

temperature of 29 ° C. the sun is present every day which allows us to appreciate a stay on
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the beach, sometimes the tide is high for one or two weeks, but has the advantage that it is

never touched by hurricanes that affect other Caribbean capitals.

 Paragraph 2: Description of the city

The Spanish architectural heritage and the neoclassical style is reflected in Cartagena as

one of the most beautiful cities of the new world. The Old City is surrounded by bastions

and is better known as the walled city. The fact of being considered a World Heritage Site

by Unesco strengthened it as a tourist power in the region due to its natural attractions and

rich history.

 Paragraph 3: Activities to do in the city

Cartagena is a magical place, to explore and know thoroughly. The city has within its main

destinations historical places such as the Castle of San Felipe, the Palace of the Inquisition,

the Clock Tower, the walls, the colonial streets, and also natural beauties such as the

beaches of La Boquilla, Bocagrande, Castillo Grande and the nearby islands of Rosario and

Barú. Another thing you should do in this city is to try the varied gastronomy, which offers

dishes such as empanada con huevo, carimañola, shrimp cocktail among other seafood.

 Paragraph 4: Positive and negative aspects of the city

No doubt Cartagena is a beautiful city with more things in favor than against, within its

positive aspects we must highlight its tourist sites as historic center, full of colonial houses,

its imposing walls, the Bolivar park among others, ideal to give a walk, on the other hand

the only thing that I do not like too much is the large number of street vendors that fill the

beaches with products and services in a disorderly and a little invasive way.
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Part 4: Students must comment about the partners’ contributions. All the

participations must be written directly in the forum.

Estefania Basabe Hernandez

Yuly Alejandra Lopez: The city of Santa Marta is a spectacular place with a wonderful

landscape,according to what yo tell us it looks cozy and a beautiful place,despite having

several negative things,it is an interesting place to meet in the next vacations.

Dilce Yaneth Arias: The island of San Andres seems a unique and pleasant place to go to

meet my family in the next vacations for its beaches, its tourist place and for gastronomy,

Dilce Arias I congratulate you for recommending such a great place.

Sonia Barrera: Hello Sonia,I would like to return to the city Cartagena for its places of

colonial architecture such as the castle of san felipe, the palace of the inquisition, the clock

tower, the walls,the colonial streets, and also natural beauties such as the beaches, that cute

place you recommend. Regards.

Yuly Alejandra Lopez

ESTEFANIA BASABE HERNANDEZ:it seems to me that villa de leyva is a very

interesting place besides for the peace and tranquility that it feels to be there.

DILCE YANETH ARIAS:I see that you were in San Andres and it looks very nice, also

because of your recommendations I will be a little bit prepared when I go to know.

SONIA BARRERA: Hello Sonia I think it is excellent Cartagena also for its walls in my

next vacation I would like to go to Cartagena also in the photos you show is a very

interesting city to know Cordially Alejandra López.

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Dilce Arias

Yuly Alejandra López: The city of Santa Marta is a wonderful place, I would like to

know those beautiful places for vacations.

Estefanía Basabe: the Amazons is a unique and pleasant place to go and meet with the

family in the next vacations for the animals the places and to know more about the

indigenous culture.

Sonia Barrera: cordial greeting mates and tutor Below I attached the comment of the

companion SONIA ISABEL BARRERA Cartagena is one of the cities that evokes history,

romance, elegance, fun and natural beauty. It is the second most visited destination by

foreigners in Colombia I would like to know to spend a good holiday with the family thank

you for recommending this wonderful place

Sonia Barrera

Estefania Basabe, Amazonas: This wonderful habitat is home to as many species of fauna

and flora as any other ecosystem in the world and without a doubt the cultural diversity of

its indigenous peoples makes it an amazing paradisiac destination, now I understand why

our colleague wishes to visit it in your next vacation.

Dilce Arias, San Andres: The island of San Andres is the perfect destination when you

want to relax and get out of the routine, especially if you live in a busy city like the capital

of Colombia, I would definitely also consider it in my next holidays.

Yuly Alejandra Lopez, Santa Marta: I love this place, I have traveled several times to this

destination by car and plane, and its rocky beaches always fill me with tranquility, it will

always be a good place to enjoy with friends or family.

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Conclusión

With the development of these activities they help us to understand compound

adjectives, modal verbs, future tense, prepositions and composed verbs. This is to

be applied when speaking English with other people. (Estefania Basabe).

Understand and identify the modal verbs, also know the different experiences that

people have had visiting the different places of Colombia.(Yuly Alejandra).

I believe that with the passage of time, the English language has become the most

spoken language in the world and, therefore, has become a very important second

language.(Dilce Arias)

Phrasal Verbs are verbs accompanied by an adverb (phrasal verb) modifying the

meaning of the verb they accompany. The meaning of these composite verbs can be

very different from what we could infer from the individual meaning of the verb and

preposition (or adverb) of which it is composed. We must also bear in mind that the

same phrasal verb can have several meanings.(Sonia Barrera).

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