4 Rewrite
Jo's
conclusion. Replace
the
adjectives in
bold
with
descriptive adjectives
from
exercise 2
or
adjectives
of
your
own
choice.
5
6
Berlin
is
a nice 1
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city
to
visit. The people
are
nice 2 • It's a
good
3 idea
to
visit Berlin
during one
of
the many nice 4
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festivals, for example
the Carnival. The Carnival
is
nice 5 people wear
good
6 costumes and the music
is
good
7 • You'll have a
good
8 time.
Read
Jo's
notes
about
Berlin. Choose
four
or
five
things
to
include in paragraphs 2 and
3.
Decide which
order
you
would
write
them.
Famous
buildings
and
monuments/other
things
to
see
or
do
•
50
theatres and
153
galleries D
• Museum Island - district
with
lots
of
museums
• Charlottenburg Castle - a beautiful building
Brandenburg Gate - a famous monument, lots
of
D
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wide roads around
it
D
•
two
cathedrals D
• Hackescher Market - good for shopping +
area
around
it
has
lots
of
clothes shops,
cafes
and galleries D
• Tiergarten - famous park D
• very good public transport D
• Tower in Alexanderplatz - 368m high views
of
city D
Complete
the
strategies box
with
the
words below.
[ descriPtion grammar
include.l
irrelevant ]
A
description
of
a
place
•
Read
the
task
carefully. Think about what informati
on
you
can
1 {"y,cl0de
in
each
paragraph.
Make
notes
and
decide which
is
the most interesting information. Eliminate 2
____
or
unnecessary information.
• Organise your notes into paragraphs.
•
Use
a variety
of
adjectives to
make
your 3 more
interesting. Avoid
meaningless adjectives
such
as
good
or nice.
• Summarise what
makes
the
place
special
and
make
recommendations.
•
Check
the number
of
words
and
then check your 4
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_
punctuation and spelling.
7
Read
the
task and
then
write
your
description. Write
about
a
city
you have visited
or
about
Berlin, using
the
information
in exercises
3-5.
Use
the
strategies in exercise 6
to
help
you.
Write
200-250
words.
• A tourist website
is
preparing descriptions
of
cities
for
visitors. Write a description
of
a city
for
the
website.
Speaking
Directions
8 Match
the
questions 1-5 -
answers
a-e.
9
1 Do you know where the
bus
station
is?
2
Excuse
me,
I'm lost.
Ca
n you
help
me?
3
Excuse
me,
is
the bus station
near
here?
4 How do I get
to
the bus station
from
here?
5
Excuse
me,
how
do I
get
to
Tate
Modern?
a
Go
past the bus station and turn
right. It's down that street, near
the river.
b The bus station?
No,
I'm sorry I
don't. I'm a visitor here too.
c
Sure,
where
do
you want
to
go?
d
Yes,
it
is.
It's
just
round the corner .
e
Go
straight on and then turn left
after the bank.
Complete
the
dialogues
with
the
phrases below. There are
two
extra phrases.
do you know How do I
get
just five minutes turn right
Thanks anyway
Excuse
me.l
You're welcome
Go
past
A:
1
EXCWie
Me
,I'm
looking for
the
National Museum.
B:
I'm sorry, I don't know the
museum.
A: 2
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_
A:
Excuse
me,
3
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__
the
National Museum?
C:
Ah,
yes.
It's in Dunbar
St
reet,
near the train station.
A:
Is
it
near
here?
C:
Yes
, it's 4 from here.
A: How
do
I get the
re?
C:
It
's really
easy.
Go
do
wn
this ro
ad
and turn left. Then 5
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_
at the traffic lights and it's on
your left.
A: Thanks very much.
C:
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