Big towns

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the countryside?
By Fernanda Lanza e Jeanne de Almeida Gomes

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) well
) bakery
) statues / monuments
) tractor
) supermarket
) hospital
) barn
) plantation
) movie theater
) office
) skyscrapers / tall buildings
) factory
) animals / cattle
) shops

1. Label each picture with words from the box in the middle of the chart.
2. In groups of 3, discuss if you see these in a big town/ city or in the countryside.
3. What about the place where you live? Is it a big town?
4. In groups, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living in the
countryside and in a big town and write them on a list.
5. Whole class discussion:
Advantages and disadvantages: do you have the same opinion?