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3C My kind of town

Goal: talk about a favourite town, city or


neighbourhood
Grammar: articles
Vocabulary: features of a town

Vocabulary
1 Read the comments. Which is closest to what you
think about cities? Why?
1
Cities are noisy, crowded and dirty, but I feel at home
there! B C
2
Everything you need is in a city – culture, shopping,
restaurants and fun!

3
I only go to the city when I need to. They are very
stressful places.

4
I like visiting big cities, but I'm happy I don't live in one!

2 Find the words and phrases in the box in photos A–I.

art gallery cycle lane landmark neighbourhood


D
outdoor café pedestrian street skyline square
suburb traffic jam

3 a Choose the correct alternatives.


1 I think we need more cycle lanes/traffic jams. People
are nervous about using their bikes in the city centre
because they feel it’s dangerous.
2 I hate sitting in traffic jams/art galleries for hours when
I’m trying to get to work in the morning.
3 I’d like to move from the pedestrian street/suburbs
to the city centre, my square/neighbourhood is really E F
boring!
4 When it’s sunny, it’s nice to sit in an outdoor Listening
café/landmark in one of the local art galleries/ 4a 3.9 Listen to a radio programme and put a–e in
squares. the order that you hear them.
5 It’s a small town, so there aren’t many famous a Is there anything you don’t like about it?
landmarks/suburbs. b What do you like about your city?
6 The city doesn’t have too many tall buildings, so the c Tell us what people usually notice about your city.
skyline/cycle path isn’t that amazing.
d What does it mean to be a New Yorker?
7 We need more interesting places to visit in town, like
e Anything else?
museums and pedestrian streets/art galleries.
b Listen again. Tick the things Tony mentions.
8 If we had more pedestrian streets/suburbs, it would be
easier to walk around the city centre. 1 the high buildings on the New York skyline
2 having family connections in the city
b Which of the sentences are true for you and your
3 what he did at school
home town?
Number 1 is definitely true, we really need more cycle 4 the number of people from different parts of the world
lanes in my town! living in the city
5 eating at Chinese restaurants
Go to page 138 or your app for more vocabulary and practice.
6 a lot of cultural activities
7 slow-moving traffic
8 the friendliness of the people living there
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