2C: Urban stories

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2C: Urban stories

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1.1 Where are the stickers?

1.2 What do you think the aim of the project was?

2. Do you think this project was a good idea?

0100

2. Are there empty buildings in your area?

YES

NO

4. Listening: radio discussion

1. More sociable and open in the past than they are today.
2. People care about their local environment and they use social media
3. Share ideas about how to improve their local environment.
4. More bicycle lanes, clean canal, free Wi-Fi ...
5. Improve quality of life + encourage a sense of community.
6. Click the 'me too' botton -> they share with local agencies (fundings).
7. As the urban century.
8. They encourage us to play a part in shaping our local environment.

5. Antonyms

1. cared for - neglected
2. inhabited - abandoned
3. thriving - declining
4. attractive - unappealing
5. efficient - wasteful
6. worthwhile - pointless
7. renovated - run down

6. Synonyms

1. abandoned
2. attractive
3. thriving
4. neglected
5. worthwhile
6. renovated
7. efficient 

7.1 "Communities are less sociale and open than they used to be."

AGREE

DISAGREE

7.2 "Public space is where life happens: it brings people together and gives the community an identity."

AGREE

DISAGREE

Vocabulary bank: p. 135

exercise 1

1. speed bump
2. parking meter
3. road sign
4. bus shelter
5. pedestrian crossing
6. industrial estate
7. high-rise building
8. cycle path

Vocabulary bank: p. 135

exercise 2

1. bus shelter
2. cycle paths
3. pedestrian crossings
4. speed bumps
5. high-rise buildings
6. road signs
7. parking meters
8. industrial estates

POSITIVE

NEGATIVE

boarded-up

crumbling

derelict

flourishing

prosperous

refurbished

robust

shabby

8. Things that you would like to be a ten-minute walk from your home

9. Listening: school meeting

a park, a cinema, a sport centre ...

10. Listening: school meeting

1. concern about this area
2. really
3. plus
4. nice
5. do with
6. convinced 

11. Listening: discussion

1. D - A
2. B - C
3. C - D 

12. Speaking:

Your project

Workbook p. 14

exercise 1

1. unappealing
2. neglected
3. abandoned
4. wasteful
5. thriving
6. inhabited
7. cared for
8. attractive

Workbook p. 14

exercise 2

1. high-rise
2. boarded-up
3. industrial estate
4. cycle paths
5. pedestrian crossing
6. speed bumps

Which one would you choose?

computer room

after-school study centre

new library

common room for students

snack shop

gym

extra classroom

music room

dance studio

Workbook p. 14

exercise 4

1. Kelly: music room
2. Simon: common room
3. Mr Lewis: computer room

Workbook p. 14

exercise 5

1. L
2. K
3. L
4. S
5. K
6. S

Workbook p. 14

exercise 6

1. K, L
2. S
3. L
4. K
5. L
6. K, L
7. K
8. K
9. K
10. S

Workbook p. 14

exercise 7

1. 1, 3, 5
2. 6, 7, 10
3. 9
4. 2, 4, 8