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more lines in the future. There are lots of bike lanes too, that’s But we don’t have very many bike lanes and we don’t have
why a lot of people cycle to work. It is a modern city with lots electric buses yet.
of buildings and skyscrapers. But there are still shops and In the future, I hope my hometown will be greener, because it
public services downtown, so residents don’t need to drive as is important to make towns more liveable. There will be more
much as in other big cities. The city is trying to develop green bike lanes, so we don’t need to drive as much as now. There
neighbourhoods and use greener energy. will be more green areas, where we can practise sports,
relax and enjoy nature more. It is also very good to reduce
pollution.
Listening
My hometown will never be as big as big cities, and will never
1. … the roofs of their buildings. have as many public services. But it will still have schools
and a police station. They won’t build a hospital because it
2. … in green enterprise zones. is too small. But if they build a shopping centre, it will attract
3. … plants. lots of people. Except that it will create more pollution with
all the traffic too. I hope it will be more connected, because it
4. … produce pollution. always makes everything easy.
5. … plant trees and take care of them. If my hometown does all this, it will be more welcoming and
cleaner. So it’ll be more attractive.
6. … fruit with the neighbourhood.
Interacting
CD: 83
Script audio MP3: 67 “I think our school is already a green school.”
“It is, but it still needs to take more actions. There are things
For breakfast you will have fresh fruit from the lady who grows our school doesn’t do yet.”
strawberries on the roof of her building. You and your parents
will leave the house together since your school will be on the “Our school already recycles paper.”
way to their jobs in a place that sounds like a spaceship. What “That’s true, but we still need to recycle plastic.”
do they call it? A green enterprise zone. Once you are on the “Our school collects batteries.”
bike path, you will see lots of interesting things. There will “Excellent. And we still need to collect printing cartridges
be a building with plants growing on the walls. The people from the printers.”
working there will help connect that building with other ones
in the neighbourhood, so they can share energy that won’t “In our school, we try to switch off the lights when we leave
produce pollution. At school you will help plant trees, and a room.”
take care of them. And people will collect the fruit growing “That’s good. But we still need to do it more, not all students
from them to take them to the social centre and share them think of it.”
with the neighbourhood. “In our school cafeteria, they have posters against wasting
food.”
“That’s essential. But we don’t recycle the food from the
Writing cafeteria yet. If we do, we will have lots of compost.”
Today, my hometown is still small and not very green.
We already have public transportation: we have buses.

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