Dr. Janet Sio 邵婉瑜IELTS Preparatory Course:

Listening and Spoken English

Fujian Normal University

Talking about PlacesTourism

Pronunciation Review

1. Think both thankful and truthful thoughts on the third month.

2. Mothers and brothers breathe through their mouth and seethe through their teeth.

“e” and “i” PronunciationLong vowels

fēēt “bi-zi” 鼻子bīke “bai-se” 白色

Short vowels

pĕn no pinyin equal

sĭt no pinyin equal

whēēl whīle wĭll wĕllbēēt bīte bĭt bĕt

rid red wrist restlid led knit netpin pen fill felllift left bliss bless

Tongue Twister

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers, Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Then where are the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?

Adjectives to Describe PlacesFood Downtown/

CountrysideWeather Transportation

DeliciousYummySweetHot/spicySaltySourBitter

BeautifulHistoricalPeaceful/noisyCrowded/calmFamousAttractive/uglyDirty/polluted/clean

Rainy/sunnyWindyHot/warmcool/coldWet/humid/dryMild/SnowyCloudy/foggy

(in)convenientFast/slowCrowdedExpensive/cheapDirty/clean(un)comfortable

Houses/Buildings

Roads Restaurants/Hotels

People

Tall/shortChinese styleWestern styleHistoricalModernFabulous-looking

Wide, narrowDirty/cleanPaved/smoothStraight/windingBumpy/busyIn good condition

Good serviceComfortableDirty/cleanfancy/everydayExpensive/cheap

Polite/rude/kindWarm heartedGenerous/helpful(un)FriendlyFormal/casualStraightforward

Adjectives to Describe PlacesFood Downtown/

CountrysideWeather Transportation

tastyhotdeliciousspicyblandinteresting

noisyquiet(un)attractivecleanpollutedcrowded

hot/coldwarmhumid/drycloudysunnyrainysnowy

cheapexpensive(in)convenient(un)comfortablecleandirty

Houses/Buildings

Roads Restaurants/hotels

People

prettyuglysmalltall

widenarrowin good conditionin poor conditionbusy

(in)expensivecleandirty

(un)friendly(un)helpfulwelcoming

Sentence Patterns

QUESTIONS

 

What did you think of (city)?

How is/was the (noncount noun)?

What is/was the (noncount noun) like?

How are/were the (countable noun)?

What are/were the (countable noun) like?

ANSWERS

It’s/It was _____.

They are/were _____.

C: Roads, Houses, buildings, restaurants, peopleNC: Food, downtown, weather, transportation

Review Practice

In pairs, ask and answer questions about the eight topics regarding your hometowns.

Ask each other and describe the last city you visited on holiday.

World Tour

On a sheet of paper, number 1-12

Name that place! (In English)

You may discuss with classmates.

1

2

Taj Mahal

The Great Wall

3

4

Stonehenge

The Colosseum

5 6

7

The Eiffel Tower

Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Kremlin

8 9 Terra Cotta Warriors

Statue of Liberty

Sydney Opera House

10

11

12

Niagara Falls

The Pyramids

Match that Nationality• USA -American

• Canada- Canadian

• Germany- German

• Switzerland-Swiss

• Thailand-Thai

• Vietnam-Vietnamese

• France-French

• Brazil- Brazilian

• Mexico- Mexican

• England- English, British

• Russia- Russian

• Indonesia-Indonesian

• Israel- Israeli

• Poland-Polish

• Malaysia- Malaysian

• Egypt-Egyptian

• Italy-Italian

• Portugal- Portuguese

• Australia-Australian

• Austria-Austrian

• South Africa- South African

• Mongolia-Mongolian

• Korea- Korean

• Japan-Japanese

• Philippines- Philippino

• Spain- Spanish

• Pakistan-Pakistani

Win, Lose or Draw

• Class will be divided into 2 Teams

• One person from each team will be chosen to see what word they must draw

• Team to guess the place first, wins a point

Tourist Trail

Where in the world would you like to visit?

Why?

Share in pairs.

Kinds of Places to Visit• Historical district

• Mountains

• Beach

• Business district

• Parks

• Universities

• Pedestrian street

• Restaurants

• Lakes (conservation areas)

• museums

• Libraries

• Playgrounds

• Amusement parks

• Churches

• Pubs, coffee bars, bars

• Forests

• Botanical gardens

• Art gallery/art district

• Science centers

• Sports stadiums

Kinds of Places to Visit• historical sites

• parks

• art galleries

• restaurants

• museums

• stores

• temples

• gardens

• zoos

• beaches

• conservation areas

• sports stadium

QUESTIONS 

What can you see (there)?What’s there to see?

ANSWERS

There are lots of/many _____.There are some/a number of _______.There are a few _____ There’s a/an _____.

Homework:

1. Practice “e” and “i” tongue twisters.

2. Choose 1 photograph by Ed Burtynsky and describe to your classmates

Next Major Project: TravelDate: April 29Part 1 :Topic: Travel- Describe your latest interesting trip.In our dialogue, you will be asked the following questions:

• When did you go?• Where did you go?• Describe what you saw.• Whom did you go with?• What things did you do?

Part 2: I will ask you 3 questions about your hometown. Use the sentence patterns provided to answer the questions.

Part 3:I will give you a Toronto map and you will try to give directions.