English Unlimited HAK/HUM 2, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

68 City life 05 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Read the web postings about home towns. Who writes about these things, Kelly (K), Madu (M) or both of them (B)? 38 39 a 40 a Add words and expressions from the postings to these groups. What words or expressions could you use to talk about your home town? Add more things to each group. What adjectives do Kelly and Madu use? Try to complete the list, then check in the postings. What adjectives could you use to talk about your home town? Add them to the list. Plan a posting describing a place you know well. 1 Decide what things you want to talk about. 2 Organise the things into three or four paragraphs. 3 Think of words and expressions to use in each paragraph. Look at the language in 39–40 and use your own ideas. Write your posting. Read each other’s postings. Ask questions to find out more information. 41 42 43 1 people 2 homes 3 flowers 4 popular activities 5 the weather 6 the city’s atmosphere 1 places and buildings . 2 groups of people . 3 events . 4 the weather, nature . ski slopes, football teams, street dances, snow, g , gr , ni , mo , ne , cl , be , qu , pe b b ood http://www.myhometown.com/welcome Kelly – Sheridan, Wyoming (USA) Ten years ago, Sheridan had 15,500 people. Now it has 17,500. The growth has all been outside the city. They’re building a lot of homes four or five miles out of town. Sheridan’s about 1,200 metres above sea level. We get lots of snow and there are good ski slopes near here. Drive an hour west and you’ll be in the best camping and fishing areas. Sheridan has some of the best schools in the country. Great football and soccer teams. We also have street dances and kids’ groups. There’s always something going on around here. Madu – Abuja (Nigeria) In Nigeria, people often talk about the beauty of Abuja. It was a nice surprise when I stepped into this city for the first time. The city gate has many flowers planted around it. Nearby is the very modern National Stadium and the Games Village, which was used for the All African Games. Abuja is the federal capital city of Nigeria and a lot of the country’s oil money has been spent on it. The streets and buildings look new, clean and beautiful. There are modern houses and lots of trees and flowers. A nice wind blows in from the Sahara Desert. It’s fairly quiet and peaceful. After my first visit, I decided to make Abuja my home. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv