Unit 7: City Living: Vocabulary

Unit 7: City living
Vocabulary
Instituto de Idiomas
Learning outcomes
• Lesson A: Learn to discuss living in cities.
• Lesson B: Learn to discuss changes to a home.
Lesson A: Describing life in cities.
Residential
Air areas
Public pollution
Urban transport
Parking development
Traffic space
Local congestion
Quality residents
of life
Examples
• Quality of life vary according to personal preferences, but they often include financial security, job satisfaction,
family life, health, and safety.
• Many environmental projects thrive because of the local residents’ help.
• During the pandemic, traffic congestion decreased significantly.
• How many parking spaces are there in your university?
• Due to urban development in this city, lots of green areas have been eliminated.
• Our country doesn’t offer a good public transport system.
• The increased number of cars has caused the damaging air pollution that we have nowadays.
• Residential area means land used as a permanent residence or domicile, such as a house, apartment, nursing home,
school, child care facility or prison, land zoned for such uses, or land where no zoning is in place.
Exercises: Describing life in cities.
• Read each sentence and complete the missing word. The first letter is
already written.
1. U________ d____________ doesn’t always benefit l________ r___________________.

2. Most r__________________ a________ have been affected by the ashes from the volcano.
3. T ________ c____________ makes drivers upset and desperate.
4. It’s really hard for newly drivers to find a big and wide p___________ s___________.
5. P_________ t______________ could be one of the biggest points of contagion.
6. Q______________ o__ l_______ doesn’t only depend on how much money you have.
Lesson B: Film and TV
Production Director Film crew Viewer Cinema

Company operator
Lesson B: Film and TV
Cast
Script Shot
To be captured Plot
To be broadcast Editor
To be cut
Presenter
To be released Episode
Soundtrack Series
Definitions
• A film director tells actors and actresses what to do.
• The film crew work as a technical team.
• A production company organizes everything in a movie to be made.
• A viewer is the person who watches a movie or a TV program.
• A cinema operator is the one who is paid to play movies in a cinema or theatre.
• A series is a set of television or radio broadcasts on the same subject or using the same characters but
in different situations.
• Episode one of the single parts into which a story is divided, especially when it is broadcast on the
television or radio
• Soundtrack: the sounds, especially the music, of a film, or a separate recording of this.
• Presenter: someone who introduces a television or radio show.
• Editor: a person who corrects or changes pieces of text or films before they are printed or shown, or a
person who is in charge of a newspaper or magazine.
• Plot: the story of a book, film, play, etc..
Definitions
• Shot: a short piece in a film in which there is a single action or a short series of actions.
• Cast: the actors in a film, play, or show
• Script: the words of a film, play, broadcast, or speech:
• To be captured: to emphasize, represent, or preserve (something, such as a scene, mood, or quality) in
a more or less permanent form
• To be broadcast: to send out by radio or television from a transmitting station
• To be released: If a company releases a film or musical recording, it allows the film to be shown in
cinemas, or makes the musical recording available for the public to buy.
• To be cut: to remove something from something else.
Exercises: Film and TV
• Read each sentence. Look at the chart and complete the gap with the most
appropriate word or phrase.
plot episode producer editor cast series To be
released
The new TV ____________ will __________________in 2021. The ______________ includes the best action and
drama actors and actresses in Hollywood, one of which is also the __________ and ___________ of most episodes.
Each _________________will show a fascinating and hilarious ____________________.
References
• Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press 2020.Retrived from: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles.
• Doff, et al., (2015). Cambridge English Empower B2. Upper Intermediate. Student’s book. Cambridge University Press 2015. University Printing House, Cambridge
CB2 8BS, United Kingdom.
Answer key: Describing life in cities.
• Read each sentence and complete the missing word. The first letter is
already written.
1. Urban development doesn’t always benefit local residents.

2. Most residential areas have been affected by the ashes from the volcano.
3. Traffic congestion makes drivers upset and desperate.
4. It’s really hard for newly drivers to find a big and wide parking space.
5. Public transport could be one of the biggest points of contagion.
6. Quality of life doesn’t only depend on how much money you have.
Answer key: Film and TV
• Read each sentence. Look at the chart and complete the gap with the most
appropriate word or phrase.
plot episodes producer editor cast To be released
1. The new TV series will be released in 2021. The cast includes the best action and drama actors and actresses in
Hollywood, one of which is also the editor and producer of most episodes. Each episode will show a fascinating and
hilarious plot.

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