Read the passage, answer the questions. Skimming Who is the writer of this passage？ Tony Smith 2. What is each paragraph about? P1 P2 P3 P4 London England Cambridge

Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. What’s its population of Cambridge? It is about 120,000. 2. What’s Cambridge famous for? Cambridge University. 3. How old is London? It’s about 2,000 years old. 4. What’s the weather like in England? It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter.

Complete the table comparing Cambridge with London. Location Population Famous places River In the east of England In the south of England About 7.5 million 120,000 University, old buildings and churches Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge River Cam River Thames

4. Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box. countryside east home town island London mountains south university England is part of a(n) (1)_________. It is famous for its beautiful green (2)___________ with (3)___________ and lakes in the north, and hills and villages in the south. island countryside mountains

My (4)__________ is Cambridge, in the (5)______ of England My (4)__________ is Cambridge, in the (5)______ of England. It has lots of old buildings and churches, and a well-known (6)_________. It is smaller than (7)_______, which is in the (8)________ of England. home town east university London south

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old buildings and churches small east 120,000 on the River Cam old buildings and churches be famous for …… I'm a guide island north lakes low mountains south hill countryside hot cold …… capital south 7,500,000 bigger busier on the River Thames 2,000 years old be famous for

5. Answer the questions and write notes about your home town. 1. Where is it? 2. What’s its population? 3. Is it big or small? 4. What is it famous for? 5. How old is it? 6. What is the weather like?

in the east/south/west/north of… City Population History age Pinghu 550,800 2,600 watermelons, Jiaxing 3,368,100 2,870 South Lake, Zongzi Beijing 14,000,000 3,000 the Great Wall Dalian 5,900,000 2,100 on the coast Urumqi 2,082,000 2,000 melons Guangzhou 10,000,000 2,200 busy in the east/south/west/north of… in the southeast/southwest/northeast/northwest of… (if you can)

City Population History age be famous for Pinghu 550,800 2,600 watermelons, Jiaxing 3,368,100 2,870 South Lake, Zongzi Beijing 14,000,000 3,000 the Great Wall Dalian 5,900,000 2,100 on the coast Urumqi 2,082,000 2,000 melons Guangzhou 10,000,000 2,200 busy Q: 1. Where is it? 4. Is it the capital of…? 2. What’s the population? 6. What’s the weather like? 3. What is it famous for? 5. How old is it?