The maps below show the centre of a small town called Islip as it is now, and plans for its development. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The maps below show the centre of a small town called Islip as it is now, and plans for its development. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The map illustrates the current Islip
town
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centre
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and the future developmental plan.
Overall
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, the new developmental plan has been improvised from the countryside into a modern urban
town
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.
Firstly
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, the current map shows a village small
town
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with an unfinished main
road
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and shops on either
side
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of the main
road
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. A school is located on the southwest
side
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of the
town
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and the main
road
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leads to a park on the
south east
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southeast
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side
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. In between the school and the park lays the residential area where houses are been built.
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, the developmental plan
centre
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with the main
road
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converted to a dual carriageway where the school and certain housing property
remains
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unchanged. At the heart of the
town
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, newer ideas like a bus station,shopping
centre
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with parking facilities and
also
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new housing development
has
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have
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been allocated
on
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to
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the northern part of the
town
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centre
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. A
pedestrian only
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pedestrian-only
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walkway has been designed just in the middle where the shops on the southern
side
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are untouched. A
small scale
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small-scale
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park and a new residential space are situated on the southeast
side
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of the
town
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.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words town, centre, road, side with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Only 5 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: The word "map" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • town center
  • commercial buildings
  • residential buildings
  • main road
  • pedestrian-only zone
  • ring road
  • divert traffic
  • housing areas
  • expansion
  • development plans
  • green spaces
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