6. Look at the comments below about what people like or dislike about their rooms. Then choose a word from the list on the right which best describe each room.
a. My room gets the sun every morning. quiet
b. I can’t sleep at night because of the constant din
of traffic from the main road. poky
c. There’s only room for a bed and a wardrobe in my noisy
room – there’s no space!
d. It’s ideal room for the baby because she can sleep bright
without being disturbed.
7. Look at two pictures and compare them.
1. What types of rooms can you see in the pictures?
2. Have you got these rooms in your flat?
3. Would you like to have such rooms?
C. CITY LIFE AND COUNTRY LIFE
1. Match the pictures with the words, then think of other words to go with each picture.
tractor/metro farmer/ business executive skyscraper/farmhouse country/city
2. Fill in the table using words from the list below.
block of flats, farmhouse, field, skyscraper, traffic jam, farmer, offices, trolleybus, stockbroker, lorry, multi-storey car park, car, tractor, executive, tram, barn, labourer, pollution, city center, clerk, valley, fresh air, hill, train, smog, underground, secretary, taxi, shepherd, bus, business executive, cottage, motorway
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City life |
Country life |
Buildings |
block of flats, |
farmhouse, |
Transport |
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Jobs |
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Features |
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3. Using the table above compare city life with country life as in the example. You may add ideas of your own.
eg. If you live in the country, you can live in a farmhouse or a cottage, but if you live in the city you are more likely to live in a block of flats or a house.
4. Fill in the gaps with one of the words from the list below.
bypass-hamlet – underground – executives – labourers – barn - shopping center – smog – metropolis – trams – motorway - country lane – stockbrocker - multi storey car park - shepherd
Many people prefer to use the…………………..instead of taking their cars to work.
Being a(n) …………………….means spending a lot of time alone looking after sheep.
Many farms have a…………………………where the hay for the animals is kept.
…………………………..are convenient because they have many shops in one building.
………………………….. work in large office blocks and usually drive expensive cars.
It is very relaxing to walk along a…………………………far away from the city traffic.
…………………………..are powered by electricity and are a popular means of transport in the city.
If we take the………………………, we’ll avoid the town center.
………………………..sell stocks and shares and deal with large amounts of money.
The city was polluted and a thick layer of ………………………….could be seen above it.
…………………………often work on building sites and their work is very tiring.
The……………………..lay between two hills and had only fifty inhabitants.
The main or most important city of an area or country can be called a…………………. .
When travelling long distances it’s best to use the…………………..as you can go much faster than on ordinary roads.
We parked in a ………………………which had room for two thousand cars.