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City Life - Going out

22/5/2017

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Let's talk about city life and going out. We all go to places for social reasons. In this lesson, we will focus on this kind of experience and how to describe it step by step. 

People on the move 
  • I live in a suburb not far from the city centre.
  • I work in the city so I need to commute by car from Monday to Friday. 
  • One of the main problems is that the roads get congested in the rush hour. 
  • It usually takes me around 40 minutes to get to work. 
  • It can be quite stressful in the morning because people are in a hurry to go to work. 
  • Parking in the city is usually difficult. There's nowhere to park near my office. 
  • I usually leave my car in a private car park, and pay a certain fee for that. 
  • In the future, I may consider going to work by bus, which I think is more convenient and reasonably priced. 
  • I will be able to cut my commuting hours and pay less for transport.
    (Also:
    to cut commuting costs) 

GOING OUT (= going to places for social reasons) 
  • I live and work in the suburbs, but I usually go into town two or three times a week. 
  • It is pretty lively in the evening, and there's plenty to do. 
  • One problem is that there's nowhere to park in the city, so I usually get / take a bus into town and take / get a taxi home if it's too late. 

TASKS: 
  1. Write down similar sentences about your experience on your way to school/ university / work and back home. 
  2. Write down similar sentences to tell a friend (who lives in a different city) or a foreigner about things to do and places to go in your city. 

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VOCABULARY 
  • suburb - an area outside the centre of a town, where a lot of people live 
  • to commute - to travel regularly by bus, car, etc. between your place of work and your home 
  • get congested - busy and full of traffic 
  • rush hour - the time when people travel to and from work 
  • commuting hours - time needed to travel between your place of work and your home 
  • go into town - the town centre 
  • pretty lively - lots of people and lots of things happening 
  • there's plenty to do - lots of possibilities, e.g. coffee shops, bars, clubs, etc. 

COMMON PHRASES 
  • there's plenty to do 
  • there's plenty to see 
  • there's nothing to do 
  • there's nowhere to go 


Click below to read some of our other lessons: 
Cities - Talk about your area
Cities - Advantages and Disadvantages of Urban Life 
Countryside - Advantages and Disadvantages of Rural Life 
Causes and Effects of Migration from Rural Areas to Cities 
​Collocations for Urban Life 
Collocations for Rural Life 

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