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The document provides guidance on describing geographical location in English, including important words and phrases to use for different prepositions (e.g. in, on, to) and directions (e.g. east, west). It also gives examples of paragraphs describing the location of countries like Italy and France using elements like area, borders, latitude/longitude, relative size comparisons, and accessibility. Students are then asked to practice writing their own location paragraph, with China as the subject.

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Week 2a

The document provides guidance on describing geographical location in English, including important words and phrases to use for different prepositions (e.g. in, on, to) and directions (e.g. east, west). It also gives examples of paragraphs describing the location of countries like Italy and France using elements like area, borders, latitude/longitude, relative size comparisons, and accessibility. Students are then asked to practice writing their own location paragraph, with China as the subject.

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Communicative English

Semester 2
Contact Information:
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Lesson Rundown
01
Location words

02
Writing a paragraph
Part 1 Describing Location in
Geography
The location of Italy
• Italy is located ______ southern Europe
• Italy is a peninsula lies ____ the southeast of France
• Italy borders France ______ the west.
• Italy is located ______ the south of Germany
• Italy lies ______ the western coast of Albania.
• Italy faces the Adiatic Sea ______ the east.
• The Italy peninsula lies south ______ east in
Eropean contineant.
The location of Italy
• Italy is located _in_____ southern Europe
• Italy is a peninsula lies __on/to____ the southeast
of France
• Italy borders France _on_____ the west.
• Italy is located to______ the south of Germany
• Italy lies _off_____ the western coast of Albania.
• Italy faces the Adiatic Sea _on_____ the east.
• The Italy peninsula lies south ___by___ east in
Eropean contineant.
Location
•A 在 B 范围之内 , 要表示 A 在 B 的东部 , 用 A is/lies/is situated/is located in the
east of B
Beijing is/lies in the north of China.
•A 与 B 相接 , 要表示 A 在 B 的东侧 , 用 A is/lies/is situated/is located on/to the
east of B
Korea is/lies on the northeast of China.
Guangdong is on the south of Hunan.
Shangdong is on the north of Jiangsu.
•A 在 B 范围之外 , 且相隔有一定的距离 , 要表示 A 在 B 的东方 , 用 A is/lies/is
situated/is located to the east of B
　　 Japan is/lies to the east of China.
•off 表示“离……一些距离或离……不远的海上” . 如：
New Zealand lies off the eastern coast of Australia
They arrived at a house off the main road.
• in the east/west/north/south 表示地理位置上的绝对方向
      The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
• on the east/west/north/south  表示某事物位于另一事物所朝的
方向 , 这里的方向指相对方向      
      China faces the Pacific on the east.
• A 位于 B 东面 XXX 距离处
Suzhou lies 50 miles to the west of Shanghai.
The plane crashed 30 miles south of the city.
• 表示方位的“偏向”时用 by (navigation)
正东偏北： east by north 正南偏西： south by west
正北偏东： north by east 正南偏东： south by east
We are sailing in the direction of east by north.
The island lies south by east from here.
Describing location
Task 3:Act. 3 p. 140
Part 2 Practice

A paragraph describing the location of


Italy
Additional notes for describing France

1) ___________ in the continent of Europe, France _____________ 640,427


square kilometers of land and 3,374 square kilometers of water,
______________ it the 43rd largest nation in the world with a total area of
643,801 square kilometers.  

2) France is almost _______________( 两倍大 ) Colorado. It borders with


Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium on the north; the Atlantic Ocean on the
west; Switzerland, Italy and Monaco on the east; and Andorra and Spain on the
south, _________ it a superb location for taking up roots and as a traveling
starter location, as it makes Europe much more accessible to explore. 

3) ______________ 1,000km (600 miles) from north to south and the same from
east to west, it’s the third largest country in Europe after Russia and Ukraine,
_____________an area of 551,500km² (213,000 square miles).

4) The mainland areas of France _______________ between latitudes 42°N and


55°N and longitudes 4°W to 7°E.
• 1) Located in the continent of Europe, France covers 640,427 square
kilometers of land and 3,374 square kilometers of water, making it the 43rd
largest nation in the world with a total area of 643,801 square kilometers.

• 2) France is located in Western Europe, and is almost twice the size of


Colorado. It’s the biggest country in the region. It borders with Germany,
Luxembourg and Belgium on the north; the Atlantic Ocean on the west;
Switzerland, Italy and Monaco on the east; and Andorra and Spain on the
south, making it a superb location for taking up roots and as a traveling starter
location, as it makes Europe much more accessible to explore.

3) Spreading over 1,000km (600 miles) from north to south and the same from
east to west, it’s the third largest country in Europe after Russia and Ukraine,
occupying/covering over an area of 551,500km² (213,000 square miles).

4) The mainland areas of France lying between latitudes 42°N and 55°N and
longitudes 4°W to 7°E.
What are the ‘ingredients’ in a paragraph
describing geographical location?

Discussion and Analysis


C.L.O.C.C. your description
Geographical description of UK
欧洲大陆西北部 , 北大西洋和北海之间
陆地面积 241,930 square kilometers
水域面积 1,680 square kilometers
总面积 243,610 square kilometers
世界面积排名 80
纬度区间 49°N － 59°N,
经度区间 8°W － 2°E
与北爱尔兰相邻，有 499 公里的临界线 national
land boundary with the Republic of Ireland
Geographical description of UK
Located in the northwestern part of mainland
Europe, lying between the North Atlantic Ocean
and the North Sea, United Kingdom covers 241,930
square kilometers of land, and 1,680 square
kilometers of water, making it the 80th largest
nation in the world with a total area of 243,610
square kilometers. Lying between latitudes 49°N
and 59°N, and longitudes 8°W to 2°E, its mainland
areas share a 499 km international land boundary
with the Republic of Ireland
Homework

• Writing one paragraph about China’s


geographical location.

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