Conversation: Cities

Reading
1. Read the text:

1. According to the description, can you find out what city the text is talking
about?
2. Would you like to visit the city?
3. What other information do you know about this place?
4. If you were to describe your city like the extract does, how would you do it?
Vocabulary

Read the extracts of some cities descriptions and match the “new word” to its
meaning.

1. You may expect such a crowded city to be a haphazard mass of humanity, but it is actually
quite orderly.

2. Here, the skyline is dominated by its awe-inspiring castle, which used to be a prison.

3. When heading back home, be sure to pick up some vase or origami as a souvenir. It

might seem tacky, but they are in fact beautiful, well made.

4. This city becomes a bustling hive of activity during the summer when it attracts

over four million visitors for its famous summer festivals: the Military Tattoo.

5. Located between the soaring Table Mountain on one side and the sea on the other, this city
enjoys a Mediterranean climate.

6. Even being used to it, we all got bored with all the ads and billboards in-your-face that sticks
out of the “peace’n love” environment of the city.
O 1.14 Listen and repeat the words in the box. Which of these things can you find in the pictures?

a beach a bridge a canal a castle a cathedral a church a fountain

high-rise buildings a hill a library a mosque a museum lhe ocean a park
a parking lot a shopping mall a square a statue