Dr. Janet Sio 邵婉瑜 IELTS Preparatory Course: Listening and Spoken English Fujian Normal University Talking about Places Tourism

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” Pronunciation Long vowels fēēt  “bi-zi” 鼻子 bīke  “bai-se” 白色 Short vowels pĕn  no pinyin equal sĭt  no pinyin equal whēēl whīle wĭll wĕll b ēē tb ī teb ĭ tb ĕ t ridredwristrest lidledknitnet pinpenfillfell liftleftblissbless

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 Places FoodDowntown/ Countryside WeatherTransportation Delicious Yummy Sweet Hot/spicy Salty Sour Bitter Beautiful Historical Peaceful/noisy Crowded/calm Famous Attractive/ugly Dirty/polluted/clean Rainy/sunny Windy Hot/warm cool/cold Wet/humid/dry Mild/Snowy Cloudy/foggy (in)convenient Fast/slow Crowded Expensive/cheap Dirty/clean (un)comfortable Houses/ Buildings RoadsRestaurants/ Hotels People Tall/short Chinese style Western style Historical Modern Fabulous-looking Wide, narrow Dirty/clean Paved/smooth Straight/winding Bumpy/busy In good condition Good service Comfortable Dirty/clean fancy/everyday Expensive/cheap Polite/rude/kind Warm hearted Generous/helpful (un)Friendly Formal/casual Straightforward

Adjectives to Describe Places FoodDowntown/ Countryside WeatherTransportation tasty hot delicious spicy bland interesting noisy quiet (un)attractive clean polluted crowded hot/cold warm humid/dry cloudy sunny rainy snowy cheap expensive (in)convenient (un)comfortable clean dirty Houses/ Buildings RoadsRestaurants/ hotels People pretty ugly small tall wide narrow in good condition in poor condition busy (in)expensive clean dirty (un)friendly (un)helpful welcoming

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, people NC: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

56 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: Travel Date: April 29 Part 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.