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Speaking material
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Language Awareness
When weare given a topic about a place, we should think about what kind of language weare going to be using.
If wedescribe things, especially places, we should make sure we are armed with agood vocabulary to really make our description interesting and expressive:
Look atthese phrases from another speaker:
“From the top of the mountain, you can see the fields stretching out inall directions”
You canuse the phrase “stretching out in all directions” to describe the image ofbeing able to see the fields going off into the distance.
You couldalso say “When on top of Mountain Tai Shan there is a view of the wholeprovince - fields and hills in the distance as far as the eye can see”
“When you stand by the sea you can feel the power of nature all aroundyou”
You coulduse the phrase “You can feel the power of nature all around you” to describeany place where you feel a strong sense of being amidst nature - by a powerfulwaterfall, beside the sea, on top of a mountain or in the grasslands - any areaoutside, away from the town or city.
“The main street in Shanghai is often bustling with people and activity”
“bustling” is a wonderful adjectiveyou can use when you want to describe that there are lots of people, a littlecrowded, busy doing things. A street can be “bustling with activity”, a shoppingmall before Christmas, or a town centre on New Years eve when lots of peoplecrowd around to welcome in the New Year.
“My home town is a small, quaint village situated in the northern partof Shanxi province.”
“quaint” is an adjective used todescribe a small, pretty village surrounded with beautiful natural scenery.
Theexercise that follows is full of adjectives that people use when they aredescribing places. Use a dictionary if you need to, and make sure you make amental note of the adjectives that you learn and in what context they are used.
Remember- you can incorporate words and phrases from these exercises into your ownEnglish, so you become much better at describing places! |
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楼主: MillerYang
发表于 6-9-2009 17:10:50
楼主
是呀，我还真没注意到图片下面呢，我光看那长长的一螺就头晕了。谢谢小米乐，不过，这些资料我要看懂还需要假以时日才行，我的英语水平还真得加油。
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