Ⅱ Answer the Questions Accordinto the Picture

1.What downtown places can you see in this picture?

(1) I can see a park,a post office, two bus stations,a coffee bar,a library,an a quarium, a museum, an art gallery, a hospital,a high school and a police station．

(2) I can see a museum,an aquarium,a park,an art gallery,a high school,a police station, a coffee bar, a library,a post office,a hospital, and two bus stations．

(3)I can see a police station, a hospital, an art gallery, a coffee bar, a library, a post office, an aquarium, a museum, a park, a high school,and two bus stations．

2.Describe where the high school is．What is it near? What is it across from?

(1)It's on the corner of 1st Avenue and Green Street．It's next to the library and across from the police station．

(2) It is on Green Street, near the library and across from the police station．

(3) It is on Green Street．It is next to the library and opposite to the police station．

3.What downtown facilities should be improved in your neighborhood? Why?

(1) The park should be improved．Because it's too small．

(2) I think the hospital should be improved．It is very far away from our neighborhood,and more doctors are needed there．

(3) In my neighborhood, the library is too small to hold many books and magaG zines．Therefore, I think the library should be improved．

Words and Expressions

downtown [ˈda.nˈta.n] adj．市区的

aquarium [əˈkweərɪəm] n．水族馆

gallery [ˈ౺ælərɪ] n．画廊

neighborhood [ˈneɪbəˌh.d] n．附近,街坊