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TALK OF THE TOWN

Vocabulary City dwelling

1 Skim the two articles. Which one is closer to your perspective of cities? Why do you
think that?
2 Choose the correct words to complete the collocations in each text.

affluent affordable commuter derelict tight-knit tree-lined

What’s not to love about the city? It’s so exciting. It’s here that
you can find something happening 24/7 as well as meet people
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from all walks of life. Diversity is on every street corner – in one
direction there may be some abandoned or (1)
buildings but then just a stone’s throw away there’s some highly
(2) neighbourhood with shady, (3)
streets. Some people claim that the city is a soulless place
where you’re just another number, but there are plenty of really
(4) communities where I live – a city is just a lot
of little neighbourhoods, in my opinion. Some people prefer
to live in the (5) belt and just travel in for work,
but for me, nothing beats being right in the thick of; it is just so
exciting. And now that more (6) housing is being
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property ladder right here in the swing of things.

antisocial concrete congestion low-emissions rustic welfare

RAT RACE FOR RATS ONLY!
Who would choose to live in a city? Not me, that’s
for sure. I much prefer the (7) charm of
an old cottage in a quiet village to that of living in a
hot, polluted, overpopulated, (8)
jungle.
I know they have introduced (9) charging
for vehicles in many cities to try to reduce carbon
emissions, as well as (10) zones, but I am
not convinced these have made such a big difference
or reduced the health risks for city dwellers. And it’s
not just health related issues, either! I feel really safe
in my lovely rural community, where we don’t have to
worry about tackling (11) behaviour or
any other crimes. I think that the reason there is such
a strain on the (12) system is thanks to
many of the issues derived from city living. I’ll take a
field and a bit of peace and quiet any day of the week
over life in the ‘Big Smoke’.

3 Write four sentences about the place where you live using any of the vocabulary in
Exercise 2.
4 S P E A K Compare your sentences with a partner.
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