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2019-2020年高中英语Module2DevelopingandDevelopedCountries-WritingGoals To lean to pare two places in writingProceduresStep 1: Reading questions to get startedImagine for a minute that you are a newspaper reporter. An important discovery of a lost land has been made, and you have the chance to be the first person to interview the returning explorers. Make a list of the questions that you might ask. Remember, the five themes and ask the most important questions from each.Here are some questions to get you started:1. Where is it? 2. Where exactly is that?3. What does it look like? 4. How many people live there and where? 5. What settlements (cities, villages) does it have? 6. What sort of climate does it have? 7. Does it have any extremes of weather? 8. Is it prone to any type of natural disaster? 9. What are the natural resources and how are they used? 10. What type of agriculture is there? 11. What are the main types of transportation and munication? 12. What makes the people there different to people in other places? 13. What sort of government does it have? 14. Is it associated with any other place? That is just the short list. It will give some basic facts about the place. Each of the topics can be expanded on to give a much more detailed description.Step 2: Writing a description paring two placesHong Kong is one of the greatest maritime cities there has ever beennoisy, boisterous, cluttered, and vibrant. I left Hong Kong in the royal yacht Britannia in the early hours of the morning on July 1, 1997. It was quite a way to go! But then, the British Empire can only end once. Christopher Patten, former governor of Hong KongParis is not only a place but a state of mind. Whoever goes there takes away the greatest meal he has ever had in his life, a romance that will linger forever, and a dream that will never be repeated. All you have to say is “Paris” and the movie will begin.Art Buchwald, authorLondon is the jewel of Englands crown. It is a timeless and regal city that bines a wealth of heritage and pageantry mixed with the very best of vibrant, cutting-edge modernity.Hugh Thompson, chief yeoman, Tower of LondonThe first time I saw Venice I was dumb struck at t0his glorious civilization emerging from the water, kind of crumbling, kind of leaning, and supporting itself still. We stayed at the Gritti Palace and listened to the church bells ring all the time. I had the best nap of my life there.Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, actress
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