[DD Work in pairs and discuss. What is meant by
"The pastiis a foreign country. They do things
differently there’?
Read an extract from a blog about a visit toa
childhood home, Summarise the main reasons
the writer found the visit unsa
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Gy choose the correct alternative in each sentence.
A trip down memory lane? 1
cutoff from nature, as et/nor does it mean youwillbe
‘When 1 was a child we lived destroyed everything that I i ne fy
ina lovely old house in a had loved about that house. less active than you would be if you lived inthe country
Living in the inner city does not mean you are completely
vilage. It backed onto a Ithad been painted turquoise 2 Although there have been efforts to create pedestrian
perfect sandy beach where and they'd cut down the
Send each ut down, malls and make the inner city more attractive to
my sister and 1 spent many trees used to climb. businesses as yet/nar these measures have not borne
happy afternoons. I have (2) Provided they getplanning Tae a
often thought about that permission, they wil build 7
hhouse, and wished 1 could wall that will block the view 3 Asyet/As long as people continue to find living in large
90 back. A few weeks ag0 of the beach. That too has
a houses surrounded by gardens desirable, it will be
fa been turned fuo.a bed Chen, but (9) whetar of dificult to persuade them to move back othe inner
and breakfast and that it was yal depend on your personal city.
Possible to stay there. We tastes. (4) Whereas once 4 Inthe city door-to-door recyciing collections are
were both very excited and it was a deserted stretch of made weekly, whether/whereas those who live in the
ryce.2 becking, Imagining 2 white sand, itis now covered countryside often have to take their own rubbish to
blissful weekend reliving our in sun beds, beach umbrellas
childhood. But it didnt wen Sha peonlel the octher recycling centres
‘out lke that 1. P. Hartley said ‘The past 5 People don't understand the benefits of inner-city
The problem is that the 10 fretgn fount They 60 ining, Provded/Wheres they ane show the potential
Post woe probs oe oe thtgs eferenty thee? advantages, they wil begin to move back Hom the
Mrordertl 96 ne’ imagine, ony fouls va tha eouney acania
(2) Nor do things Stay’ ear four old use
same even if they were once was! But (5) as long as. 6 Despite cars being environmentally unfriendly, many
wonderful. The people who it is being run by the current people will refuse to walk or cycle, Jong as they
ran the bed and breakfast owners, 1 won't be going continue to live too far from the centre of the city,
erage a
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: sentences to the meanings in the box.
Conjunctions
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the
until now while
Match the underlined conjunctions (1-5) inthe 1 Aste begins ton
blog extract to their functions. increasingly urgent
2 Asior pe that infrastructure
1 makinga contrast Asforp pt that
Outside the city centre represents a huge financial
2. giving acondition burden, Ican onl
, the need to take action is
le who retuse to acce
y Say they need to look at the figures
3. adding information 3. The government asyet has not invest
campaigns to raise awareness of th
public transport
4 The situation asitis seems alarming but there is caus
for optimisen
sufficiently n
ng,
enefits of u
5 Asthe government has failed to so
Up to local cor
unites to
6 Aston
pedestrianised zone willbe giver a” ait
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