Module2DevelopingandDevelopedCountriesPeriod5Writing—Writeadescription■Goals●Toleantocomparetwoplacesinwriting■ProceduresStep1:ReadingquestionstogetstartedImagineforaminutethatyouareanewspaperreporter.Animportantdiscoveryofalostlandhasbeenmade,andyouhavethechancetobethefirstpersontointerviewthereturningexplorers.Makealistofthequestionsthatyoumightask.Remember,thefivethemesandaskthemostimportantquestionsfromeach.Herearesomequestionstogetyoustarted:1.Whereisit?2.Whereexactlyisthat?3.Whatdoesitlooklike?4.Howmanypeoplelivethereandwhere?5.Whatsettlements(cities,villages)doesithave?6.Whatsortofclimatedoesithave?7.Doesithaveanyextremesofweather?8.Isitpronetoanytypeofnaturaldisaster?9.Whatarethenaturalresourcesandhowaretheyused?10.Whattypeofagricultureisthere?11.Whatarethemaintypesoftransportationandcommunication?12.Whatmakesthepeopletheredifferenttopeopleinotherplaces?13.Whatsortofgovernmentdoesithave?14.Isitassociatedwithanyotherplace?Thatisjusttheshortlist.Itwillgivesomebasicfactsabouttheplace.Eachofthetopicscanbeexpandedontogiveamuchmoredetaileddescription.Step2:WritingadescriptioncomparingtwoplacesHongKongisoneofthegreatestmaritimecitiestherehaseverbeen—noisy,boisterous,cluttered,andvibrant.IleftHongKongintheroyalyachtBritanniaintheearlyhoursofthemorningonJuly1,1997.Itwasquiteawaytogo!Butthen,theBritishEmpirecanonlyendonce.—ChristopherPatten,formergovernorofHongKongParisisnotonlyaplacebutastateofmind.Whoevergoestheretakesawaythegreatestmealhehaseverhadinhislife,aromancethatwilllingerforever,andadreamthatwillneverberepeated.Allyouhavetosayis“Paris”andthemoviewillbegin.—ArtBuchwald,authorLondonisthejewelofEngland’scrown.Itisatimelessandregalcitythatcombinesawealthofheritageandpageantrymixedwiththeverybestofvibrant,cutting-edgemodernity.—HughThompson,chiefyeoman,TowerofLondonThefirsttimeIsawVeniceIwasdumbstruckatt0hisgloriouscivilizationemergingfromthewater,kindofcrumbling,kindofleaning,andsupportingitselfstill.WestayedattheGrittiPalaceandlistenedtothechurchbells用心爱心专心ringallthetime.Ihadthebestnapofmylifethere.—MaryElizabethMastrantonio,actress用心爱心专心
