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CITIES
LIST OF ENGLISH - SPEAKING CITIES IN THE WORLD
PLACES IN THE CITY
ADJECTIVES USED TO DESCRIBE A CITY
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS
CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, COUNTRY, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
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Places:
School; hospital; supermarket; department store; restaurant; hotel; bank; post office; museum; library; theater; factory; town hall; prison; historic landmarks; art gallery; art museum; cinema; tourist information center; botanical garden; cafeteria; cafe; tearoom; canteen;grocery store; high school; college; university.
CITY
TOWN
A LARGE AND POPULATED URBAN AREA WITH A COMPLEX SOCIAL STRUCTURE. CITIES ARE CENTERS OF COMMERCE, FINANCE, AND CULTURE
SETTLEMENT LARGER THAN A VILLAGE BUT SMALLER THAN A CITY.
COUNTRY/NATION
VILLAGE
A NATION WITH ITS OWN GOVERNMENT. COUNTRIES CAN BE LARGE OR SMALL, AND THEY CAN BE MADE UP OF CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES.
A SMALL, RURAL COMMUNITY TYPICALLY CENTERED AROUND AGRICULTURE.
LET'S PRACTICE TOGETHER:
WATCH THE VIDEO AND DESCRIBE THE CITIES YOU SEE, USING THE NEW VOCABULARY
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COUNTRY - RELATED IDIOMS
1. TO GO DUTCH: We go Dutch when we go to a restaurant and share the bill. "We always prefer to go Dutch”. 2. IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME!: We cannot understand something we read or hear. "I try to watch a TV show about physics but it's all Greek to me" 3. TO TALK FOR ENGLAND: When someone can talk for hours and hours "They can talk for England!" 4. TO TAKE FRENCH LEAVE: To leave work without permission. "The driver took a French leave"
A FEW CITIES:
ATLANTA, USA AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND BOSTON, USA BRIGHTON, UK DUBLIN, IRELAND LONDON, UK LOS ANGELES, USA MANCHESTER, UK MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA MIAMI, USA
ADJECTIVES:
1. BUSY/CROWDED 2. LIVELY/VIBRANT 3. PEACEFUL/QUIET 4. MODERN 5. HISTORICAL 6. MULTICULTURAL/COSMOPOLITAN 7. SAFE 8. DANGEROUS 9. TOURISTY 10. PICTURESQUE 11. INNDUSTRIAL 12. RESIDENTIAL