Unit 16: historical places - writing

Lesson 5: Writing
Describing the chart
Unit 16: cont
Estimated population of Australia ( 2003)
Million
States and Territories
Sample: chart description
The chart shows the estimated population of Australia in 2003.
Generally, the population distribution was not the same across the country.
New south Wales states had the largest population , with appropriate 6.7 million population. Victoria and Queensland had smaller populations, with nearly 5 and 4 million people respectively. Western Australia and Southern Australia Had less than half the population of Queensland, with only around 1.9 and 1.6 residents, respectively. The smallest populations lived in Tasmania and two territories. Tasmania had 480,000 residents, Australia Capital Territory Had 332,000 residents, and Northern Territory had 198,000 residents.
Some new words and structures
Estimate (v): ước tính Appropriate (a): sấp xỉ
Respectively (adv): lần lượt show (v): chỉ ra
Territory (n): khu vực, hạt, tỉnh describe ( v): miêu tả
Generally (adv): nhìn chung present (v): giới thiệu
Introduction: the chart shows/ presents………………
Body: begins with a sentence that sums up the general trend.
- describe the chart in detail
Concluding: To summarize:
- Finally………………
- In conclusion:……………….
- In brief……………………………..
- Overall……………………………


Task 1:

Visitor arrivals in
Viet Nam in 2001
Visitor arrivals in Vietnam in 2002