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 continuacin ver imgenes de cinco ciudades y sus lugares
representativos. Escriba un prrafo describiendo cada ciudad, el pas 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 pequea investigacin
sobre los lugares antes de escribir los prrafos.

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 Times
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
located on Liberty Island in the
Hudson River..

New York (USA) The Statue of

Liberty
 Rome is the capital of Italy. The city is
located in the central-western portion of the
Italian pennsula, within Lazio (Latium),
along the shores of Tiber river. The Vatican
city is an independent country
geographically located within the city
boundaries of Rome, the only existing
example of a country within the city: for this
reason Rome has been often defined as
capital of two states In the picture you can
see the St. Peters Basilica, which was built
between 1506 and 1626 and borders the
aquare to the west. The cathedral is the
largest in the world. its interior is decorated
with magnificent monuments, many of
which were created by the
Great Bernini.
Rome (Italy) Saint Peters Square
The Sydney Opera House in Sydney, New
South" wales, Australia is one of the most
distinctive and famous 20th-century
buildings, and one of the most famous
performing arts venues in the world.
Situated on Bennelong point in Sydney
Harbour, with parkland to its south and
close to the enormous Sydney Harbour
Bridge, the building and its surroundings
form an iconic Australian image. To some
the spherical-sectioned shells remind them
of the flotilla of sailboats commonly cruising
there. Tourists - mostly with little or no
interest in opera - throng to the
Sydney (Australia) The Sydney Opera building in their thousands every week
House purely to see it. As well as many touring
theatre, ballet, and musical productions the
Opera house is the Home of Opera
Australia, the Sydney theatre. company
and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in
the picture you can see the building of the
bridge coincided with the construction of a
system of underground railways in
Sydney's CBD, known today as the City
Circle, and the bridge was designed with
this in mind. The bridge was designed to
carry six lanes of road traffic, flanked by two
railway tracks and a footpath on each side.
Both sets of rail tracks were linked into the
underground Wynyard railway station, on
the south side of the bridge, by symmetrical
ramps and tunnels. The easternside
railway tracks were used to carry trams
from the north into a terminal within that
station.
Edinburgh (Scotland) Scotland's most
famous castle dominating the city skyline,
there is plenty to see and do with the
perfect balance between all things
traditional and contemporary. There are
World-class museums and galleries to visit,
excellent shopping to distract you and
some of Scotlands finest restaurants to
tempt your tastebuds. In the picture you
can see the Edinburgh Castle is situated on
Castle Rock in the city of Edinburgh,
Scotland. Castle Rock formed after a
volcano erupted over 340 million years
ago. The first castle that existed on the rock
was known as The Castle of the Maidens.
According to legend, the castle had been a
shrine to the Nine Maidens, one of whom
Edinburgh (Scotland) Edinburgh
was Morgan le Fay.
Castle
 Dubai (United Arab Emirates) is the main
trading center of the entire Gulf, has the
principal port facilities of the UAE as well as
its busiest airport, and has several large
commercial enterprises. The UAE has four
other international airports. Several
features of the UAE's demography are
unusual. The population in 1995 was 15
times larger than it was in 1965, largely due
to the immigration of male expatriate
workers. Fourfifths of the UAE's inhabitants
are foreign workers and their dependents.
In the picture you can see the Vertical City
and A Living Wonder, Burj Khalifa,
developed by Dubai-based Emaar
Properties PJSC, is the
worlds tallest
building.Rising gracefully from the desert,
Burj Khalifa honors the city with its
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) The extraordinary union of art, engineering and
Burj Khalifa meticulous craftsmanship. At 828 meters
(2,716.5 ft), the 200-storey Burj Khalifa has
over 160 habitable stories, the most of any
building in the world. The tower was
inaugurated on January 4, 2010, to
coincide with the fourth anniversary of the
Accession Day of His Highness Sheikh
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum as the
Ruler of Dubai. Arguably the worlds most
prestigious address, Burj Khalifa is
responsible for a number of worldfirsts. The
tower became the worlds tallest man-
made structure just 1,325 days after
excavation work started in January 2004.

Fuente de imgenes: 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 carcter individual. Recuerde revisar la gua de

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

Criterio de evaluacin
Describe lugares, ciudades y pases teniendo en cuenta el vocabulario y
contexto requerido.