describing place

DESCRIBING PLACE
I/ Text organization
Paragragh 1:
Name / location /population of the place, reason for choosing the place (e.g. what is
famous for, what makes it so special, etc)
Paragragh 2:
• General feature and particular details
a/ Place: surrounding, sight, facilities, free time activities
b/ Building: surrounding / details; discription of exorior / interior
descriptions of places (building may include factual information such as age, size,
colour, material, etc.
(e.g. The temple, with 10 metre tall markble columns, was built in 800 BC)
• Detail relating to the sense( sight/ hearing / smell /touch /taste) to suggest mood
and atmodphere.
(e.g. Visitor’s foot step on the worn stone floors echo through the cool, dark corrder,
distorbing the trangquile silence)
• Optional/ impression of the place of building
(e.g. tourist fasanated by its air of my stery
Final paragragh
Comment / feeling and/ or recooendation
II/ Language features
Useful language
Loacation verb and prepositions
To lacate / situate/ stand / live /lead to / wind :uon luong /wa:i// flow / run /
e.g.
1 leads up to /winds fast / stands at the top of, etc)
2. The old house is situated next to the vlage church. It’s surrounding be hedge
3. The state towers about the park / the temple stands at the top of and ever-green
hill.
4. The road leads uup to a magnificent castle.
5. Pari makes and immediate / enduring / lasting impression on all who visit it,

since it is such glamorous city.
6. What strikes / impress / delights visitor about the resort most is its unique
surrounding.
7. One cannot help but be impressed / moved / struck by the natural beaty of the
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region
8. with out doubt: không nghi ngờ gì
9. the thing which make strongest / most enduring impression is the hospitality of
the locals.