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Speaking Dublin's physicat appearance is misteading because it
makes the city
1 Choose a capital city that you would like to visit. Think about
A seem poorerthan it reatly is.
why and make notes.
B seem cotderthan it reatty is.
2 Worl< in groups. Present your ideas to the other members of C seem less lively and up^to-date than it reatty is.
your group. D took grander and wealthier than it realty is.
What has been the effect of European funding on Dubtin?
Reading A The city has become very expensive.
B The city has changed faster than the rest of lretand.
3 Read the text. For questions 1-4, choose the best answer.
C The city no longer has a strong sense of history.
D The city has rebuitt many of its deretict buitdings.
The fact that Dubtin's population has grown rapidty
A is good news for people under 25.
B has had positive and negative consequences.
C has damaged the economy of other regions.
D has meant some people can't find housing.
The writer advises visitors to Dubtin to
A see both the otd and the new parts ofthe city.
B ignore whatever they previousty thought about the
c ity.
Dublino a & w iir .:,:::: C ignore the city's bad points.
Low-slung, grey and soHd, IreLand's premier city can [ook D find out about the history of the city before they arrive.
surprisingly dark and gtoomy at first glance. Its appearance -
the resu[t of its 1gth-century architecture of Irish stone and Listening
granite - is deceptive. The town itsetf is anything but gloomy,
4 6d ;.OS Edgars, Tomas and Rita are on holiday in Dublin.
and it's not the stodgy, oLd-fashjoned city of the late 20th
Listen and identify the three [ocations for the diatogue.
century. Behind atL those sturdy columns and beneath atL that
grey is the rea[, modern, Euro-Dubtjn - an affluent place fiL[ed
5 6d :.Ot Listen again. Comptete each sentence with a single
with trendy coffee shops, organic juice bars, pricey five-star
word.
restaurants and expensive designer boutiques. The European
money that has ftooded jn over the Last decade changed many 1 Edgars says that the hoteI reservation was made
2 Edgars complains that his room Iooks really
things in Ire[and, but it altered Dubtin most of aLL, catapuLting
3 One bad thing about the hotel restaurant is that they are
this historic town from the early 20th century, where it had
[ingered too Long, into the 21st, where it now revets in jts own made to
4 By the time the food arrives, Rita no Ionger feets
success. 5 Regarding his new business, Edgars feels '
Gone are the days when many visitors to Iretand chose to
jn 6 Rita would prefer to have their next meal in the .
skip Dubtin attogether. Nowadays, a weekend Dubtin is one
of the hottest city breaks in Europe, as people pite into its otd
Writing -
pubs and modern bars, shop in its thriving markets and matts,
and relax in its trendy caf6s. Because of a[[ of thjs. Dublin's
6 lmagine you are Edgars, Rita or Tomas. Make a note of three
population has swo[[en to 1.5 mi[[ion; more than a thjrd of
different things you were unhappy with at the hotetin Dubtin.
the Irish population ljves in this city, which, whjte good news
lnvent details or use information from the diatogue.
for the economy, has resjduaI side effects of overcrowding,
high property prices. and gridtocked traffic. It has atso hetped 7 Write a letter of complaint to the hotet. Say:
make DubLin one of the wortd's most youthful cities, with an
r what you are comptaining about and why.
estimated 50% of the population under 25 years o[d.
. what you woutd tike the hotel to do about it.
It is a contrary, amusing, complex small city, and my advice
to those who haven't been here in a white, or who have never
been here is this: the first thing you should do is Leave your
preconceptions behind. Then you can see this historic, modern,
flawed, charming. and entertainjng city for what it realiy is.

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