【推荐1】Chugach State Park

Chugach State Park is the largest urban park in theworld, spanning more than 200,000 hectares. In fact, it is almost ten times as large as Table Mountain National Park, the world’s second-largest. Chugach State Park is located in Anchorage, Alaska. The park itself contains various different geographical features, including tall mountains, foothills, lakes, and rivers. It also includes hiking trails that are very popular with tourists.

Pedra Branca State Park

It is an urban park spanning 12,394 hectares in one of Brazil’s largest cities, Rio de Janeiro. It can more accurately be described as an urban forest. The park protects half of what is known as the Atlantic Forest remnant of Rio de Janeiro. It contains more than 900 species of plants and almost 500 different species of birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish.

Margalla Hills National Park

The third-biggest urban park in the world, consisting of 17,386 hectares, is located in the city of Islamabad, which is the capital of the South Asian nation of Pakistan. The park was established in 1980. The park boasts several species of birds, reptiles, and mammals, and it is an extension of the Islamabad wildlife sanctuary. It also includes several hiking trails that are popular with tourists and locals.

Bukhansan National Park

It is located in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The park itself, which has an area of 7,992 hectares, has been designated by the Guinness Book of World Records as the “Most Visited National Park per Unit Area,” and is visited by an estimated 5 million people a year. It is very popular with hikers and contains Buddhist temples. The park is also home to around 3, 100 animal species.

【推荐3】We particularly recommend the books below. Some of them are the sort of books that are used in class by the teachers, but all of them are widely available. And all of them contain references, examples and models that may help you to write better English.

Bailey, S.2015.Academic Writing: A handbook for international students.

This is the book that we recommend for the Warwick pre-sessional course in English. It has a lot of useful practice exercises covering all aspects of academic English, and it has answers so that the book can be used as a self-study tool.

Craswell, G. 2004.Writing for Academic Success.

This book provides some very useful suggestions on the process of writing, such as time management techniques, and also provides hints on writing theses (毕业论文) and examination answers.

Creme, P.and M. Lea.2008.Writing at University: A guide for students.

This book is particularly helpful for familiarising students with what tutors are looking for In writing at university, and what is meant by “critical” writing.

Jordan, R.R.1999.Academic Writing Course.

This book has been well used over the years but it is still very useful because it contains helpful appendices (PH) which students can be directed to out-of-class study (for example, spelling, punctuation, irregular verbs, etc).There is a particularly useful section on linking words and connectors.

Oshima, A& Hogue, A 2005.Writing Academic English.

This book is a very popular classroom textbook for teachers, but it also has useful exercises that can be undertaken at home. It is particularly useful for looking at the structure of paragraphs, essays and longer texts.