Learning activity 4 / Actividad de aprendizaje 4

Evidence: describing cities and places / Evidencia: Describiendo

ciudades y lugares

You are going to see images of five cities and their landmarks. Write a
paragraph describing each city and country it belongs and the landmark shown.
Use the vocabulary from the box for the descriptions. The first one is done for
you as an example. / A continuacin ver imgenes de cinco ciudades y sus
lugares representativos. Escriba un prrafo describiendo cada ciudad, el pas al
que pertenece y el lugar mostrado. Use el vocabulario dentro del recuadro para
las descripciones. La primera ha sido hecha como ejemplo.

Note: We recommend to do some research on the places to be described

before writing the paragraphs. / Nota: recomendamos hacer una pequea
investigacin sobre los lugares antes de escribir los prrafos.

a statue / a cathedral / a bridge / a river / modern buildings / boats / a

harbour / mountains / a fountain / a canal / desert / a hill / a castle /
traditional buildings / an obelisk / a square / a shopping mall / a monument /
a tower.

Medellin The most recent

survey on the global status of
the Smart Cities by indra
systems catalogs Medelln as
one of the best cities to live in
South America, sharing first
place with Santiago de Chile,
and
alongside Barcelona and Lisb
on in Europe. Medelln won
the Lee Kuan Yew World City
Prize 2016. The award seeks
to recognize and celebrate
efforts in furthering innovation
Medellin
in urban solutions and
sustainable urban
development
 The slow project almost two centuries
in being built, after numerous storms
and pirates attacks it was concluded in
1796, 25 years before the
independence of Colombia.

One of the best and very preserved

walls in the walled cities of the world.

Most of the tourist attractions of the city

Murallas de cartagena are in this area of the center, protected
by the walls.

The facility features a

modern expressionist design, with a
series of large precast concrete
"shells, each composed of sections of
a sphere of 75.2 metres (246 ft 8.6 in)
radius, forming the roofs of the
structure, set on a monumental
podium. The building covers 1.8
hectares (4.4 acres) of land and is
183 m (600 ft) long and 120 m (394 ft)
wide at its widest point. It is supported
on 588 concrete piers sunk as much as
25 m (82 ft) below sea level.
Sydney (Australia) The Sydney Opera
House
The Castillo San Felipe de
Barajas is a fortress in the city
of Cartagena, Colombia. The castle
is located on the Hill of San Lzaro
in a strategic location, dominating
approaches to the city by land or
sea. It was built by the Spanish
during the colonial era.
Construction began in the year
1536, and it was originally known
as the Castillo de San Lzaro, It
was expanded in 1657.
Castle cartagena
 urj Khalifa or "Khalifa Tower" (is a
very tall skyscraper in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates and is the world's
tallest building ever built, at 828m
(2,717ft). Before the building opened,
it was called Burj Dubai. The
building is 160 stories
high. Construction of the tower was
started in 2004. The building was
officially opened on 4 January 2010.[1]
[2]
It is the tallest structure made
by humans in the world. The building
is more than 300 metres (980 ft) taller
than Taipei 101. Taipei 101 was the
tallest building until 2010 before Burj
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) The Burj
Khalifa was built. But the Burj Khalifa
Khalifa may not hold this record for very long
because an even taller building called
the Jeddah Tower is being built
in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and it will
be taller than 1 kilometer.

Fuente de imgenes: Fotolia (s.f.)

Fuente text :wikipedia

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as follows:

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Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning

guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.
Nota: esta evidencia es de carcter individual. Recuerde revisar la gua de
aprendizaje con el fin de verificar que ha realizado todas las actividades
propuestas, saber cmo desarrollarlas y entregarlas correctamente.

Criterio de evaluacin
Describe lugares, ciudades y pases teniendo en cuenta el vocabulario y
contexto requerido.