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Unit 4 - Let’s Go Somewhere!

UNIT 4

Let’s Go Somewhere!

In this unit, you will learn how to

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respond to spoken monologue texts of descriptive;

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create spoken monologue texts of descriptive;

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identify the meanings, the linguistic features, and the text structure of written essays

of descriptive;

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write essays of descriptive using the appropriate linguistic features and text

structure.

(Descriptive)

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Section One:

Spoken Descriptive

Presentation

Activity 1

Answer your teacher’s questions about holidays.

Have you ever been to a national park?

When is the best time to visit the place? Why?

When is the worst time to visit the place? Why?

Activity 2

The following words will help you understand the texts you will find in this unit.

Check the meaning and the pronunciation of the following words.

beautiful

fun-loving

population

excellent

(to) sunbathe

race

famous

official (language)

ethnic group

outgoing

distinct

vast

friendly

accent

majority

descent

immigrant

scenery

Compass rose

West

South

East

North

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Activity 3

The following expressions will help you understand the texts you will find in this

unit. Those are several ways of describing a place. Check the meaning and the

pronunciation of the following expressions.

It’s a beautiful place.

The beaches are excellent.

It’s famous for ....

They’re famous for ....

It sounds awful/terrible/nice.

I’ve never been there.

Listen to your teacher reading the above expressions, then repeat after him/her.

Activity 4

Your teacher is going to talk about Brazil. He/she will do it two or three times.

Listen to him/her and pay attention to the way he/she talks.

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It’s a beautiful place.

The beaches are excellent.

It’s famous for ....

They’re famous for ....

It sounds awful/terrible/nice.

I’ve never been there.

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BRAZIL

Does anybody know anything about

Brazil?

Yes

, the football team is one of the

best in the world. It has great players like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Adriano.

Now let me

tell you

more about

Brazil.

You know

Brazil is the largest country in South America.

And..

it’s also the fifth largest country in world.

Does anybody know

where Brazil is?

Yes

, it’s located in the eastern part of South America.

Here...

look at the world map.

Remember

the compass rose? north..south..east..west.

Now what about

the people? They are friendly, outgoing, and they also like to

have fun. They’re fun-loving people.

Well...

if you’ve heard about samba, then you

must know that the samba dance is from Brazil. The people love to sing and dance the

samba.

Oh...yes...

they also love to sunbathe... lying on the beach

..er..

to have their

skin tanned

...I mean

, to make their skin darker.

Use these questions to help you understand the text.

Comprehension questions:

1. Where is Brazil located?

2. How large is Brazil?

3. How do you describe the people of Brazil?

4. What do Brazilians like to do?

5. Why do they like to sunbathe?

Activity 5

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE.

Look at the examples below.

A. It’s a nice place.

B. Does Hawaii have good beaches?

C. The beaches are excellent.

D. The weather is nice there. It’s not very hot

E. They are very interesting.

The above sentences show us how to talk about places. Notice that we use the Simple

Present Tense. The simple present expresses general statements of fact, as shown in the

above examples.

It’s a nice place.

Does Hawaii have good beaches?

The beaches are excellent.

The weather is nice there. It’s not very hot

They are very interesting.

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Read the following topics. Which ones can you discuss or write about with a simple

present? Check (√) your answers and discuss them with your friends.

___ 1. Traditions in your country.

___ 2. Your childhood.

___ 3. The geography of a country.

___ 4. A vacation you took.

___ 5. The description of a tourist place.

Practice

Activity 1

Close your book. Listen to your teacher reading the following text about a

museum.

Then, answer the questions that follow.

The Must-see Ambarawa Railway Museum

You can easily be accused of committing a

tourism sin if you’re in Semarang and failed to

visit the Ambarawa Railway Museum.

This

museum is situated less than an hour’s

drive from the capital of Central Java. During the

Dutch colonial days, Ambarawa was a military

zone and the railway station was used to transport

troops to Semarang through Kedungjati. It is at

474m above sea level, giving you unpolluted fresh

air to breathe.

The

Ambarawa Railway Museum is well-

maintained. It is a medium-sized building. The

railway route is offered to visitors. You can enjoy

the beautiful panorama during the route. All in

all, this is a truly exciting treasure to visit.

(Source:Dit. PSMP, 2006)

Questions:

1. What is the text mainly about?

2. Where is it located?

3. How did the Dutch use the Ambarawa railway station?

4. Why can we breathe fresh air there?

5. Why is it a must for us to visit this place?

___ 1. Traditions in your country.

___ 2. Your childhood.

___ 3. The geography of a country.

___ 4. A vacation you took.

___ 5. The description of a tourist place.

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Activity 2

It’s time for group work.

Now it’s your turn to give an oral description. Work with your partner to describe

The Hawaiian Islands orally. Use the information in the following text.

THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

The Hawaiian Islands are located in the middle of the

Pacific Ocean, far away from any other land. There are

eight islands of different sizes, and while they differ from

each other in some ways, they share many features.

They all have a tropical climate, with temperatures

of about 78

C (25.6

C) in the winter and 85

C (29.4

C) in

the summer.

Rain falls often, but not for long. The islands also

share a natural beauty, with mountains and waterfalls,

rainforests, and long beaches. Their waters are filled

with colourful fish, dolphins, and giant sea turtles

(Source:Dit. PSMP, 2006)

Activity 3

Now you can work individually to describe your hometown or your favourite

place. Use the following questions as guidelines to prepare your description.

Where do you come from/Where do you live?

Where do you usually go on holidays?

Where is your hometown/your favourite place located?

How big is your hometown/the place?

What is the weather like there?

What’s interesting about your hometown?

What is it famous for?

Production

Activity 1

Now that you’re ready to talk about your hometown or your favourite place, you’re

invited to come forward and tell the class about it. Read an example below.

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Where do you come from/Where do you live?

Where do you usually go on holidays?

Where is your

hometown/your favourite place located?

How big is your

hometown/the place?

What is the weather like there?

What’s interesting about your

hometown?

What is it famous for?

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A description of our school

Our school is in the north of the city near the airport and factories. It is very big.

There are 40 rooms and 700 students in the school. We have got a football field, three

laboratories and a computer room. Our classroom is near the computer room.

Activity 2

Before you go travelling, do you take some time for the preparation? What do you

have to prepare? What things do you have to take with you? How many clothes

do you need?

Fill in the word map with the suitable words. Then, tell in front of the class what you

have to prepare before traveling.

Section Two:

Written Descriptive

Presentation

Activity 1

Read these amazing facts about Iceland. Then guess the answers to the questions.

Check the answers.

MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

Iceland is a very unique island—in fact, it’s like nowhere else on earth. The interior

of this island contains incredible contrasts. It has tundras, huge glaciers, volcanoes,

and waterfalls.

Travel documents:

ticket, ________,

________, etc.

Clothing:

jacket, _______,

________, etc.

Health:

medication, ____,

_______, etc.

Things to bring:

food, _____, ____,

etc.

VACATION

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Fact 1:

Swimsuit maker Speedo sells a very large number

of bathing suits in Iceland. Is it warm here all

year?

Fact 2:

The island’s climate is cool, but most people don’t

pay money for heat. Energy is very cheap and it

doesn’t cause pollution.

What kind of energy do Icelanders use?

Fact 3:

Icelanders eat fresh fruit and vegetables all year,

but they rarely buy them from other countries.

Where do they get them?

Fact 4:

Icelanders like to play golf all night during the summer. How do they see the

ball?

ANSWERS

No. Winters are cold in Iceland, but the people of Iceland swim all year

in heated swimming pools.

They use geothermal heat from under the ground. Icelanders use water

from volcanoes, hot springs, and geysers. Pipes carry the heated water

throughout the country. The water heats buildings.

They get them from greenhouses. Icelanders use geothermal energy

to grow fruit and vegetables in greenhouses, even in the winter. This

means they don’t need to import products.

Iceland is very close to the Arctic Circle. In the summer the sun doesn’t

go down, so people can play sports all night.

Notes on vocabulary:

geyser

: a hot spring that shoots water into the air.

glacier

: a large body of ice that moves slowly over land.

greenhouse : a glass building used for growing plants.

produce

: foods such as fruit and vegetables.

tundra : a large, flat area of frozen land without trees.

Cultural Notes

Subtropical countries have four seasons a year: spring, summer, fall (autumn),

and winter. In the North Hemisphere, spring is between March-May, summer

between June-August, fall between September-Novembe

vtr, and winter

between December-February. In the South Hemisphere, spring is between

September-November, summer between December-February, fall between

March-May, and winter between June-August.

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For each season, find in the Internet some information about:

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what people usually do.

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what kinds of clothes people usually wear.

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how the weather is.

Activity 2

Read the following text about Singapore.

Singapore is an island city of about 4

million people. It’s a beautiful city with

lots of parks and open spaces. It’s also a

clean city.

Most of the people live in high-rise

flats in different parts of the island. The

business district is very modern, with lots

of tall new office buildings.

Singapore

also has some nice older sections. In

Chinatown there are rows of old shop

houses. The government buildings in

Singapore are very beautiful and date

from the colonial days.

Singapore is famous for its

shops and restaurants. There are many good shopping centers. Most of the goods are

duty free.

Singapore’s restaurants sell Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and

the prices are quite reasonable.

(Source:Dit. PSMP, 2006)

Comprehension questions:

1. What is Singapore like? Is it beautiful?

2. How big is the population of Singapore?

3. Where do most people live?

4. Is the business district an old place?

5. What can we find in Chinatown?

6. What is Singapore most famous for?

Activity 3

How is the text about Singapore organized?

When you describe a place, a person, or a thing, you begin with

identification.

- Singapore is an island city of about 4 million people.

- Megawati Sukarnoputri is the first female president of Indonesia.

- Brazil is the largest country in South America.

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The rest of the passage gives you more details of the

physical description

. In the text

about Singapore, the details are the kinds of building.

- People live in high-rise flats.

- The business district is modern, with tall new office buildings.

The passage also gives us the

specific characteristics

of Singapore. Guess what? The

shopping centres and the restaurants!

- Most of the goods are duty free.

- The prices in the restaurants are reasonable.

Practice

Activity 1

Now read the following text. Answer the questions that follow.

SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco is my favourite city in the United States. It is beautiful, clean, not

too big, and it has something for everybody. I love the streets and buildings in San

Francisco. The streets wind up and down the

hills, with beautiful old brick and wooden

houses on either side.

One of my favourite things to do in

San

Francisco is to ride the cable car. It takes

you to most parts of the city. It’s not a very

comfortable ride, but it’s exciting and the

views you get from the car are wonderful.

And I like the weather in San Francisco.

It never gets too cold or too hot. The summers

are pleasant. The fresh breezes blow off the

ocean and the sky is always blue. It rains quite

a lot in the winter, but it never gets very cold.

Another thing I enjoy about the city is the

restaurants. The seafood restaurants, with crabs

and lobster, are my favourites. You can also get

great Chinese, Japanese, American and European food in San Francisco.

Comprehension questions:

1. What is interesting about streets in San Francisco?

2. Does the cable car only go to certain areas of the city?

3. Can you see the view of San Francisco from the cable car?

4. What’s the weather like there?

5. Does it rain a lot in the summers?

6. How are the restaurants in San Francisco?

7. How does the writer begin the text?

8. What does the writer include in the rest of the text?

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Activity 2

Read the text about San Francisco again. Try to identify the organization of the

text as we have seen in the text about Singapore.

Identification:

____________________________________________________________________________

Description:

____________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Activity 3

Are you ready to write about the place where you live? Let’s follow these steps

to help you write your paragraph.

Part 1

Write one question in the web on your paper, like the following example. Then pass it

to the student on your right. He/she will write another question in another circle. When

you get a paper from your left, read it and add one new question. Pass the paper until

all the circles are filled with questions.

What’s the

weather like?

Where you live

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Part 2

Find your original paper. Read the questions. Choose four questions you want to

answer and cross out three that you don’t want to answer. Now you have 5 questions,

including the one you wrote.

Part 3

Number the questions in the order you want to answer them.

1. ______________________________

2. ______________________________

3. ______________________________

4. ______________________________

5. ______________________________

Part 4

Write your paragraph based on your answers to the questions.

_______________________________________________________________________

Production

Activity 1

The following text about the capital of Egypt is not written properly. Edit the text

so that it makes sense. Then, answer the questions that follow.

Egypts Capital

Cairo is the largest city in egypt Here you can always roll back the centuries

Modern cairo has tall buildings and broad streets equal to any in the capitals of europe

or australia From the top floors of impresive blocks of flats you can gaze at magnificent

views across the river nile.

However behind the modern buildings are narrow alleys where there is no sound

of traffic The only sounds that come to your ears are the calls of the stall-holders Water

sellers and herdsmen wander through the streets as their forefathers did thousands of

1. ______________________________

2. ______________________________

3. ______________________________

4. ______________________________

5. ______________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

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years ago Many of the poorer people still dress in the

same way as their ancesters

Comprehension questions:

1. In which country is Cairo situated?

2. From where is the best place to absorb the

views of the Nile?

3. How is the modern section of Cairo

different from the ancient section?

Activity 2

Observe your own classroom. Write a text about it. Use these questions to help

you.

1. What is the size of the classroom?

2. How are desks arranged?

3. What can you see in the front part?

4. What can you see on both sides?

5. What can you see on the walls?

6. How do you like your classroom?

Homework

Read the following text about

Pisa Tower carefully. Then, find the meanings of the

words printed in bold. Finally, answer the questions that follow. Use a dictionary when

necessary.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

Thousands of people visit Pisa’s famous tower

each year and wonder just how much longer it can

exist without falling.

Millions of dollars have been spent to stop the

tower crashing to the ground. Soft, shifting soil has

always been the tower’s problem. Recently, it was

discovered that the tower had moved two millimeters.

This was a great setback because engineers had

previously corrected about twenty millimeters of the

lean by using an inventive underground cables idea

to straighten the tower. Pisa would hate to lose its

precious Campo dei Miracoli and the tourist dollars

it generates.

Comprehension questions:

1. How much has been spent to save the tower?

2. What recently caused concern?

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3. What causes the tower to move?

4. How are they trying to correct the fault?

5. What is the real name of the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

6. Why would Pisa hate to lose the tower?

7. Would you be sad if the tower fell? Why?

Summary

In this unit, you have learned

• how to respond to spoken descriptive;

• how to make spoken descriptive of your own;

• how to respond to written descriptive; and

• how to make written descriptive of your own.

You have also learned these.

• When you describe a place, a person, or a thing, you begin with

identification.

• The rest of the text gives you more details of the physical description.

• The text also gives us the specific characteristics of the place, the person, or the

thing you are describing.

Evaluation

I. Choose the correct words for the bicycle cloze test.

bicycles amusement cycles along action used easy bumpy

Bicycle is a word meaning ‘two circles’. ____________ were first __________ 150

years ago. However, they were only used for sport or __________. The first _________

were made mostly of wood and they were very heavy. They had no pedals. A rider

drove them _________ by using his or her feet in a kind of running __________ on

the roadway. This was not _________ because the roads were very ___________, not

smooth as they are today. Early names for the bicycle, ‘hobby-horse’, ‘penny-farthing’,

and ‘bone-shaker’, speak for themselves.

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II. Read the text carefully. Answer these questions.

What does the word ‘bicycle’ mean?

In the past, what did people use bicycles for?

What were cycles made of previously?

What is the opposite of the word ‘smooth’ used in this text?

What were the early names of the bicycle? Explain each of them.

Reflection

I think I know how to describe a place, a person, or a thing. When

describing a place, a person, or a thing, I need to include __________________

___________________________.

The advantages of knowing how to describe a place, a person, or a thing

for my study are _______________________________ _____________________

__________________________________

Vocabulary List

Words

Parts of

Speech

Phonetic

Transcription

Indonesian

Equivalent

alley



gang

amazing

adj.



menakjubkan

brick



batu bata

climate



iklim

commit



melakukan

duty free

adj.



bebas pajak

reasonable

adj.



pantas

sin



dosa, kesalahan

speak for



menjelaskan

sunbathe



berjemur

troop



tentara

vast

adj.



luas

wander



berkeliling

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Guess what place the following poem is describing!

It looks like any building

When you pass it on the street,

Made of stone and glass and marble,

Made of iron and concrete.

But inside you can ride

A camel or a train,

Visit Rome, Siam, or Nome,

Feel a hurricane,

Meet a king, learn to sing,

How to bake a pie,

Go to sea, plant a tree,

Find how airplanes fly,

Train a horse, and of course,

Have all the dogs you’d like,

See the moon, a sandy dune,

Or catch a whooping pike.

Everything that books can bring

You’ll find inside those walls.

A world is there for you to share

When adventure calls.

You cannot tell its magic

By the way the building looks

But there’s wonderment within it

The wonderment of books.

Barbara A. Huff

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