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Unit 2
Unit 2 Iconic Attractions
Introduce an iconic attraction in your city or town
To introduce an iconic attraction in your city or town
What would people expect to experience when they travel to a new place
What typical or local features should be mentioned in an introduction of the place
In groups, brainstorm the kinds of things that people would most like to experience when they travel to a new place. Examples include:
culture
foods
buildings
celebrities
festivals
scenic views
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Apart from these, what other kinds of things can you think of
legend
fairy story
iconic animals
special plants
special songs or dances
Do some research and come up with three iconic attractions that may best represent your city or town. Think about what people can experience there.
Where it is
How it is
What people do there on that day
How significant it is
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In groups, compare your lists. Discuss which attractions are the most impressive and representative, and come up with a final list of the top three.
Check your sentence structures.
Make your sentences more impressive by using clauses or advanced vocabulary.
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Read the example “DUJIANYAN” and talk about following questions.
What is this passage covered
How is this passage developed
Introduction
Why: troubled by annual flood
Who: Qin governor; irrigation engineer
How:
1) led a team to construct
a levee to change part
of river’s flow
2) Cut a channel to discharge
the excess water
Results:
1) no more floods
2) Sichuan became one of
the most productive
agricultural regions
Recommendation
1) people can visit and
see the unusual
construction
2) Yuzui
Feishayan
Baopingkou
3) recognised as a
UNESCO heritage site
4) irrigate farms and
prevent floods
Ancient enginee-ring skill
Today’s use
designed to control water flow
Each of you should write about one attraction from the list and explain why it is worth visiting.
What to present
food/buildings/
festivals/history…
Possible description
It’s famous/well-known for / home to/…
It features / allows people…
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Perspectives of shooting a video/photo
My own routine / Travelers’ perspective/…
Only scenery and music/Interview/Story…
Originally constructed around the 1850s, for many decades the Bund (Wai Tan) in Shanghai was the financial heart of Asia. It was here that ships from all over the world docked along the Huangpu River to load up goods from China. Though Shanghai had an old walled city just south of the Bund, in many ways the Bund seemed more Western than Chinese. The street running along the Bund is a world expo of architecture. Some of these buildings were designed by the premier architects of their era.
Even today, several of these buildings – the Custom’s House and the Peace Hotel – dominate the waterfront and serve as symbols of old Shanghai. Across the Huangpu River from the old Bund is the new Bund in Pudong, with its modernistic skyline that includes the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Jinmao Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Centre, and Shanghai Tower, all of which declare that Shanghai is once again one of the world’s leading financial centres.
Give a presentation in class to introduce the city or town. You could even include a video of the attraction.
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