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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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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preferences for staying in either a city‚ or the countryside. The typical differences between the city life and the country life will be soundly presented in this piece of paper. A city life differs from a country life in term of food and intellectual stimulation. To begin with‚ living in the city offers you various kinds of food. Cities are supposed to be the biggest food markets‚ therefore chefs do not have to travel far to get the oversea ingredients. Moreover‚ the city is certain to provide more facilities
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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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Was Immigrating to American cities better than staying in farms? During the mid 1800s‚ Reconstruction had already occurred and many people moved west in hopes of becoming rich with all the elements they had found. During this time of period‚ many new things were being discovered as well as the railroads were being constructed. After the Civil War‚ prices in cities on food‚ clothes‚ etc were being decreased because so much of that was being made and produced. Many immigrants were starting to think
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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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A city means a large and important town. Some people say that city is the best place to live. Nowadays‚ more and more people are choosing to live in the city. They are willing to leave their homes and migrate to the city because there are plenty of job opportunities and entertainment in the city. One has an easy access to all the amenities of life. Additionally‚ city centers are the places where all the business‚ educational‚ official and trade activity centers are located. The commuting time is
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the population of Mexico City has been increasing rapidly. The population has almost double in size every ten years in the last few decades. There are about ten thousand people per square kilometre and there are over three million registered vehicles in Mexico City. During the war years‚ there was an economic boom in Mexico City‚ and the population went up‚ following those years‚ the population still rocketed upwards. Around two thousand people immigrant into Mexico City everyday and many of them
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A report about my city Here you have the report written by one of you classmates. You can use it as a model if you haven’t given it in yet or I case you wanna improve the one you wrote. Note how this student - writes an introduction of the city. - organizes his ideas into paragraphs‚ without mixing topics - writes about both positive and negative aspects (nobody is perfect!) - uses lots of advanced structures and vocab we have seen in class - uses objective language - sticks to the word
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Ideal City What makes a good city ? There are far to many to enumerate but here are a few: A secure water supply and sanitation system. A solid economy. A transportation network on every level. A strong tax base. Good to great schools. Better then Good police protection. Affordable housing‚ A built in arts and culture environment‚ Affordable medical‚ social services‚ sanitation and fire protection. A community spirit‚ a Love Thy Neighbor attitude. The ideal city build housing‚ construct
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