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1. Nouns for places in a
city:
shopping
/
business
district,
city
centre,
residential
area,
industrial district, suburbs,
outskirts, harbour, tourist attractions,
scenic spots, shopping centre, historic
sites, shipyards, waterfront,
warehouse
district
2. Expressions for places of
entertainment and leisure in a city:
theatre,
opera
house,
movie
house,
cinema,
court
hall,
radio
station,
TV station, art
gallery, museum, hotel, restaurant, hostel, café,
tea
house,
night-club,
karaoke
parlour,
disco,
pool
hall,
games
arcade,
bowling alley, dance hall, amusement /
entertainment park, video-arcade
3.
Expressions for places of sports activities in a
city:
gymnasium, sports field,
football field, stadium, swimming pool,
bowling alley, golf course, skating
rink, boxing ring, racing course,
basketball stadium, baseball park,
tennis court, volleyball court
4.
Expressions for city views:
skyline,
neon
lights,
colourful
lighting,
shop
front
/
facade,
waterfront,
rooftops, skyscrapers, churches, temples, parks,
streets,
roads, highways, expressways,
street markets, high rises, landmarks
5. Expressions for means of
transportation in a city:
bus,
trolley-bus
(
电车
),
taxi,
cab,
automobile,
motor
bike,
cable-car,
bicycle, pedi-cab, subway / the
Underground / tube
6. Adjectives for
describing towns or cities:
picturesque,
historic, spacious, crowded, industrial, polluted,
modern, old-fashioned, scenic,
commercial, expensive, charming,
bustling, dynamic, metropolitan
1. Expressions of natural
phenomena:
dawn, sunrise, twilight,
sunset, moonlit, mist, fog, rain, snow, storm,
hail, flowering, budding
2.
Expressions of flowers:
lily, rose,
tulip, gardenia, daisy, daffodil, chrysanthemum
(mum),
poinsettia, violet, sunflower,
cactus
3. Expressions of
trees:
pine, willow, poplar, fir,
plane tree, magnolia, redwood
4.
Expressions of animals / insects:
sheep,
pig,
buffalo,
cow,
bull,
deer,
goat,
lizard,
cicada,
butterfly,
dragonfly,
frog,
tadpole,
ant,
bee,
termite,
wasp,
mosquito,
fly,
beetle,
cricket, grasshopper
5. Verbs for talking about the
countryside / changes (of life):
(The
trees
/
flowers)
blossom
in
April,
(Morning)
awakens
at
the
crack
of
the
day,
(The
leaves) decay in
winter, (The little pond) sparkles in the sun,
(Early morning mist) disappears with
the sunrise, (The wind) wanes / dies
away, (The storm) subsides, (The flood water)
recedes, (The
garden)
thrives
after
rain,
(Changes)
bring
new
life
into
the
village;
(Old
occupations)
die
/
disappear /
are replaced by ..., (New entertainment) comes
into being, (Village life) declines / is
gone forever, (Automobiles / Machinery)
sweep(s) away ..
1. Expressions of ability / inability
to do something:
able to do /
unable to do, fail to do, can do, no problem, a
piece
of
cake,
make
it,
have
what
it
takes
to,
over
my
head,
beyond
me,
too
much
for (me)
2. Expressions for giving
reasons:
due to, because (of), in
(the) light of the fact that, thanks to, on
account
of,
by
reason
of,
as
a
result
of, in
virtue
of,
owing
to,
for
the
sake of, to that end
3. Expressions of want and
hope:
hope to, expect, desire to,
look forward to, dream of, wait up for,
long for, thirst after, aspire to
(for), watch for, have in prospect
4. Expressions of
disappointment:
much to my disappointment,
I don't know why, rude awakening, it
saddens me to, what a let-down, how
could you ...?, dashed hopes, fall
short of, not up to expectation
5. Expressions of frustration / being
caught in a difficult situation:
can't make up one's mind, be caught in
a trap, be baffled, be cornered, be checkmated,
back to
the wall, in a hole, in deep
water, at wit's end, be fed up, Enough is enough!
It's a handful! What a
pain! What a
load to carry! Will this ever end? Who can stand
it anymore?