New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 3
Describe places in your city that tourists could go to by comparing them to places they are more likely to know like the Louvre, Oxford Street or Kyoto. Agree with your partner how similar each thing is to the thing you are comparing it to, and what the differences are.
Shopping areas
City centre
Skyscrapers
Museums and art galleries
Amusement parks
Amusement arcades
Shopping centres (= shopping malls)
Religious buildings (churches, mosques, cathedrals, temples, synagogues, abbeys, monasteries, convents and shrines)
Water features (rivers, lakes, streams, fountains, etc)
Green spaces (parks, gardens, botanical gardens etc)
Squares
Views
Zoos and safari parks
Markets (e.g. street markets)
Historical areas
Statues
Hills and mountains
Palaces, forts and castles
City walls
Ceremonial gates
Ceremonies (e.g. changing of the guards)
Stately home/ Mansion/ Manor house
Clock towers
Stations
Department stores
Casinos
Cable cars
Harbours
Piers
Parliament/ Senate
PM’s or President’s residence
Ferris wheel (= big wheel)
Town hall/ City hall
Theatres, opera houses or concert halls
Islands
Bridges (including pedestrian bridges)
Waterfront
Useful language
Similarities and differences
(exactly/ totally/ more or less/ almost/ about) the same as
(very/ slightly) similar to
(completely/ very) different from
Comparisons
slightly/ a bit/ a little/ a tiny bit/ a little bit/ a lot/ far … er/ more … than….
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