TÀI LIỆU THAM KHẢO
TIPS FOR WRITING AN INTRODUCTION TO A CITY
- Discuss one aspect of the city in each paragraph. For example, one paragraph about general facts and population, one paragraph about industries, one paragraph about culture, etc.
- Use resources such as Wikipedia to help you find facts about the city.
- Use 'its' as a possessive when writing about a city (not her, or his). For example, Its main exports are ...
- When using numbers, write out the numbers up to twenty. For larger numbers, use numerals. For example: There are two professional sports organizations ... BUT There are over 130,000 inhabitants in XYZ.
- Use 'million' when expressing very large numbers. For example, 2.4 million people live in the greater metro area.
- Make sure to capitalize specific names of companies and monuments.
- Use both the comparative and superlative forms to make statements relating to other cities and regions. For example: It is the largest producer of apples in the state.
HELPFUL LANGUAGE
Location
X is located in the Y region of (country)
X lies between the A and the B (mountains, valleys, rivers, etc.)
Located at the foot of the B mountains
Located in the R valley
Population
X has a population of Z
More than (number) people live in X
Approximately (number) people live in X
With a population of (number), X ....
inhabitants
Features
X is famous for ...
X is known as ...
X features ...
(product, food, etc.) is important for X, ...
Work
The main industries in X are ...
X has a number of Y plants (factories, etc.)
The main employers of X are ...
The largest employer is ...