Podcasts – Themes – City vs. country Introduction Download the LearnEnglish Themes podcast. You’ll find more information on this page: http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-themes.htm This support pack contains the following materials: • the article that you can listen to in the podcast • an optional language activity based on the article • links to other activities on the LearnEnglish website on this theme (city vs. country). Read the article Town or country mouse? by John Russell
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Rapid City is a safe place to live under the topic of air quality. In the perimeters of the Main Street Square‚ many precautions are taken to ensure good air quality. Many signs are posted near the Main Street Square fountain area stating “no smoking.” In addition‚ smoke stacks are located near the parking ramp‚ where there is not a heavy flow of pedestrian traffic. Rapid City is situated at the bottom of the Black Hills in a valley; this location does allow smoke to accumulate if there is a wild
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The City of Ember is about a small group of people who live in complete darkness‚ save for a few electric lights which fill their houses and corner the ends of the city streets. The city is small‚ and its history goes back several hundred years‚ but the only real history any member of the city has relates to a group of people called “The Builders.” As far as the inhabitants of Ember know‚ “The Builders” created Ember from nothing. It just exists. And life in this city is difficult‚ the children
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Any Topic (writer’s Choice) YourFirstName YourLastName University title Globa City Even though there is no universally agreed definition of a city‚ it has been generally accepted to be a comparatively great and permanent settlement for many people (Kenoyer‚ 1998). In the initial days it was a land largely dominated by natural features. The face of humanity was full of ample supply of resources. The population grew. Man started to scrabble for resources. Huge and beautiful
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Does the city define people or do the people define the city? The answer is both‚ both people and city has similar weights and effects which together‚ defines both of them. How street vendors‚ large shopping malls‚ skywalks that specifically serve for them‚ pop-up markets‚ temporary sport areas constructed below infrastructures reflect how Bangkok’s government concerns and Bangkokians’ behaviors which both define Bangkok city. The more significant of the usage and how large the certain Thai modern
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City life has got to be one of the most exciting places to live. Many people seem to think city life is too fast paced or too fake for them to enjoy a city life. Living in the city for me seems to be one of the most exciting places to be. Hearing all of the hustle and bustle going on out side of my house seems to give me a sign‚ that I am not alone in this world. Some may like city life and some may not due to their difference in their character. Some may like bright lights‚ busy life which is
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------------------------------------------------- Garden city movement From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Ebenezer Howard ’s 3 magnets diagram which addressed the question ’Where will the people go? ’‚ the choices being ’Town ’‚ ’Country ’ or ’Town-Country ’ The garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom. Garden cities were intended to be planned‚ self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts"‚ containing
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I live in the city of Kolkata- the city of joy. My city is one of the four metropolitan cities of my country-India. It is a big city with a huge population. Kolkata is the city of my birth and no doubt it is my favorite city. Kolkata‚ like many other metropolitan cities‚ have a number of features‚ some of which will really attract newcomers while others will keep them away. Kolkata is a city- full of life. Here‚ unlike any other city‚ people are cooperative and one can enjoy one’s joy and happiness
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town and others like to live in a big city. In my opinion‚ I would prefer to live in a big city because living in a big city has more advantages than living in a small town. Living in a big city is more convenient because in a big city there are many facilities for living‚ recreation‚ and health care. For instance‚ a big city usually has an integrated transportation infrastructure connecting all areas of the city. As a result‚ people living in a big city can commute conveniently using public
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Country Life vs City Life Nowday‚ because of the development of the economy and the urbanization‚ the gap between the rich and the poor‚ the urban and the rural are considerably narrowed.However‚ there are have a lot of differences‚ so we saw them such as work‚ the enviroment and the entertaiment. Let me tell about these below. The first difference is work. Both of them people usually work‚ but how they work different. To begin with‚ living in the city has its own advantages about
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