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
New York (USA) – The Statue of Liberty
is located on Liberty Island in
the Hudson River.

Rome (Italy) – Saint Peter’s Square
St. Peter's Square is a large
plaza located directly in
front of St. Peter's Basilica in the
Vatican City, the
papal enclave inside Rome,
directly west of the
neighbourhood or rione of
Borgo.
At the centre of the square is an
Egyptian obelisk,
erected at the current site in
1586.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed
the square almost
100 years later, including the
massive Tuscan
colonnades, four columns deep,
which embrace
visitors in "the maternal arms of
Mother Church".
A granite fountain constructed
by Bernini in 1675
matches another fountain
designed by Carlo
Maderno in 1613.
St. Peter's Square is a large
plaza located directly infront of
St. Peter's Basilica in the
Vatican City, the papal enclave
inside Rome, directly west of the
neighbourhood or rione of
Borgo.At the centre of the
square is an Egyptian obelisk,
erected at the current site in
1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini
designed the square almost 100
years later, including the
massive Tuscan colonnades,
four columns deep, which
embrace visitors in "the
maternal arms of Mother
Church". A granite fountain
constructed by Bernini in 1675
matches another fountain
designed by Carlo Maderno in
1613.
 The Sydney
Opera
House is a
multi-
Sydney (Australia) – The Sydney Opera
House venue
performing
arts centre
in Sydney,
Australia,
identified
as one of
the 20th
century's
most
distinctive
buildings.
Designed
by Danish
architect
Jørn Utzon,
the
building
was
formally
opened on
20 October
1973
after a
gestation
beginning
with
Utzon's
1957
selection as
winner of
an
internationa
l design
competition
.
The
government
of New
South
Wales, led
by the
premier,
Joseph
Cahill,
authorised
work to
begin in
1958 with
Utzon
directing
constructio
n.
The
government
's decision
to build
Utzon's
design is
often
overshado
wed by
circumstan
ces that
followed,
including
cost and
scheduling
overruns as
well as the
architect's
ultimate
resignation.
The
building
and its
surrounds
occupy the
whole of
Bennelong
Point in
Sydney
Harbour,
between
Sydney
Cove and
Farm Cove,
adjacent to
the
Sydney
central
business
district and
the Royal
Botanic
Gardens,
and close
by the
Sydney
Harbour
Bridge
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
Jørn Utzon,
the
building
was
formally
opened on
20 October
1973
after a
gestation
beginning
with
Utzon's
1957
selection as
winner of
an
internationa
l design
competition
.
The
government
of New
South
Wales, led
by the
premier,
Joseph
Cahill,
authorised
work to
begin in
1958 with
Utzon
directing
constructio
n.
The
government
's decision
to build
Utzon's
design is
often
overshado
wed by
circumstan
ces that
followed,
including
cost and
scheduling
overruns as
well as the
architect's
ultimate
resignation.
The
building
and its
surrounds
occupy the
whole of
Bennelong
Point in
Sydney
Harbour,
between
Sydney
Cove and
Farm Cove,
adjacent to
the
Sydney
central
business
district and
the Royal
Botanic
Gardens,
and close
by the
Sydney
Harbour
Bridge
The Sydney Opera House is a
multi-venue performing arts
centre in Sydney, Australia,
identifiedas one of the 20th
century's most distinctive
buildings.Designed by Danish
architect Jørn Utzon, the
building was formally opened on
20 October 1973 after a
gestation beginning with Utzon's
1957 selection as winner of an
international design competition.
The government of New South
Wales, led by the premier,
Joseph Cahill, authorised work
to begin in 1958 with Utzon
directing construction. The
government's decision to build
Utzon's design is often
overshadowed by
circumstances that followed,
including cost and scheduling
overruns as well as
thearchitect's ultimate
resignation.The building and its
surrounds occupy the whole of
Bennelong Point in Sydney
Harbour, between Sydney Cove
and Farm Cove, adjacent to the
Sydney central business district
and the Royal Botanic Gardens,
and close by the Sydney
Harbour Bridge
Edinburgh Castle is a historic
fortress which dominates the
skyline of the city of Edinburgh,
Scotland, from its position on
the Castle Rock. Archaeologists
have established human
occupation of the rock since at
least the Iron Age (2nd century
AD), although the nature of the
early settlement is unclear.
There has been a royal castle
on the rock since at least the
reign of David I in the 12th
Edinburgh (Scotland) – Edinburgh Castle
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) – The Burj
Khalifa
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 part of
Scotland's national heritage was
recognised increasingly from the
early 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
involvedin many historical
conflicts from the Wars of
Scottish Independence in the
14th century to the Jacobite
Rising of 1745.
Burj Khalifa known as Burj
Dubai before its inauguration, is
a megatall skyscraper in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates. It is the
tallest structure in the world,
standing at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).[4]
[9]Construction of the Burj
Khalifa began in 2004, with the
exterior completed in 2009. The
primary structureis reinforced
concrete. The building was
opened in 2010 as part of a new
development called Downtown
Dubai. It is designed to be the
centerpiece of large-scale,
mixed-use development. The
decision to build the building is
reportedly based on the
government's decision to
diversify from an oil-based
economy, and for Dubai to gain
international recognition. The
building was named in honor of
the ruler of Abu Dhabi and
 president of the United Arab
Emirates, Khalifa bin Zayed Al
Nahyan; Abu Dhabi and the
UAE government lent Dubai
money to pay its debts. The
building 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.