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
St peter square, is a large
square located directly in front of
st. peter Basilica in the vatican
city, the papal envacle inside
Rome, directly west of the
neigbourhood or rione of borgo.
At the centre of the square is an
Egyptian obelisk, erected at the
square is almost 100 year laters,
including the massive tuscan
colonnades, four columns Deep,
which embrace visitors in the
maternal arms of “ the mother
church ” A granite fountain
constructed by bernini in the
1675 matches another fountain
designed by carlo Maderno in
1613.
The sydney opera house: is a
multi –venue performing arts
centre in sydney, Australia,
identified as one of the 20th
century`s most distinctive
buildings.
Designed by Danish architect
jorm Utzon, the building was
formally opened on 20 october
1973 after a gestatión beginning
with Utzon`s 1957 selection as
winner of an international design
competition.
The government of new south
wales, Led by the premier,
Josep Cahill, authorised work to
begin in 1958 with Utzon
directing construction.
The govermment`s decisión to
buid Utzon`s design is often
overshadowed by circumstances
that followed, including cost and
scheduling overruns as well as
the architect`s ultimate
resignation.

Edinburgh (Scotland) – Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is a historic
fortress which dominates the
skyline of the city of Edinburg,
scotland, from its position on
the Castle Rock.
Archaelogists have
established human
occupation of the rock since
at least the Iron Age (2nd
century AD), although the
nature of the early settlement
is undear.
There has been a royal castle
on the rock since at least the
reign of David I in the 12th
century, and the site
continued to be a royal
residence until 1633.
From the 15th century the
castle`s residential role
declined, and by the 17th
century it was principally used
as military barracks with a
large garrison.
Its importance as a partof
Scotland`s national heritage
was recognised increasingly
from the arly 19th century
onwards, and various
restoration programmes have
been carried out over the past
century and a half.
As one of the most important
strongholds in the kingdom of
scotland, Edinburgh Castle
was involved in many
historical conflicts from the
wars of scottish Independence
in the 14th century to the
Jacobite Rising of 1745.
 Burkj kalifa: known as burkj
dubai before its inaguration, is
a megatall skyscraper in
Dubai United Arab Emirates is
the talles structure in the
world, standing at 829,8 m.
construction of the Burkj
kalifa began in 2014 with the
exterior completed in 2009.
The primary structure is
reinforced concrete.
The building was openened in
2010 as part of a new
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) – The Burj development called Down
Khalifa town Dubai. It is designed to
be the centerpiece of large
scale, mixed-use
development.
The decisión to build the
building is reportedly based
on the goverment`s decisión
to diversify from an oil-based
economy, and for Dubai to
gain international recognition.
The building was named in
honor othr ruler of Abu Dhabi
and president of the United
Arab Emirates.
Khalifa bin zayed Al Nahyan;
Abu Dhabi and the UAE
goverment lent Dubai money
to `pay its debts.
The buiding broke numerous
height records.

Fuente de imágenes: Fotolia (s.f.)

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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.