CITYSCAPERS

PLACES IN THE CITY: Quiet

art gallery Run-down
bridge
castle NORMAL/EXTREME ADJECTIVES
city centre Bad - dreadful/horrible
factory Big - enormous/huge
fountain Clean - spotless
housing estate Cold - freezing
industrial estate Crowded - packed
market Dirty - filthy
museum Frightening - terrifying
outskirt/suburbs Funny - hilarious
palace Hot - boiling
park Old - ancient
port Quiet - silent
skyscraper Small - tiny
square Beautiful - stunning
statue Ugly – hideous
theatre
town hall Antique
Awful
ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING CITIES: Bitter
Busy Breathtaking
Charming Gigantic
Clean heaving
Crowded icy
Dirty miniscule
Historic minute
Impressive prehistoric
Lively roasting
Modern scorching
Noisy spectacular
Peaceful terrible
Popular
INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
farming (poultry) good, close / bad
egg production viniculture trade / cultural / diplomatic / economic/
fish farming / sea fishing political
textile / car / timber / food / papermaking industry relations with neighbouring countries to break off
relations / to resume relations with another country

THE CAPITAL AND THE CHARACTERISTICS

WEATHER
the name of the capital and its location
what is the weather like in different seasons?
important buildings and sights
the best season for tourists the temperatures and
activities, entertainment rainfall
construction, architecture
history SIZE
population it covers the area of X square kilometres
small, large, average-sized, relatively large
CHARACTER/STEROTYPE
friendly / unfriendly PROBLEMS
open / reserved unemployment
hard-working / lazy poverty / famine / starvation
fair / unfair natural disasters
open to foreigners overpopulation
polite / impolite pollution
nationalists cultural / social / economic /
racists political problems
good eaters
good at doing something NATURAL RESOURCES
renewable / non-renewable
NATIONALITY water / oil / gas, petrol / ore-coal / uranium / gold /
of mixed nationality silver / granite / marble

refugees LANGUAGE

fugitives the official language

immigrants bilingual area

first / second language

POSITION cantons (Switzerland)

it is situated / it is located / it lies / in the west / east /

north / south of / in the western / eastern / northern / POPULATION
southern part of
it has a population of it has X inhabitants
borders on / it is situated on the border with
HISTORY on the border with / it borders on / it is near the border
with
when was it discovered?
by the sea / near the sea
by whom was it discovered? where does the name of
the country originate from? X km from
in the west / east / north / south o
WHAT IS IT FAMOUS FOR? not far from
famous people / celebrities (artists, scientists, actors, in the valley
sportsmen, etc.)
sights
THE WEATHER
food
in different seasons
history
the best season for tourists
the countryside
the temperatures and rainfall
construction and architecture

SIZE
SHOPS
small (relatively) large, average-sized
butcher's
it covers the area of X square kilometres
florist's
a monster city
bookshop
chemist's
TRAFFIC
supermarket
busy / dense, traffic jams, rush hours
department store
public transport: bus, underground, train, tram => less
DIY shop pollution and traffic jams
toy shop accidents
clothes shop bicycles
newsagent's streets (no-car areas; main / longest streets)
confectioner's parking places
time-tables
sales, special offers HISTORY
when was it founded? its historical importance who was
the founder?
WORK
why was it built?
working places
vacancies
FEATURES
unemployment; problems with finding a job
a beach
a dock or a harbour
POSITION
nice walks and views
it is situated / located / it lies
beautiful scenery nearby
on the river / on the coast / inland
shopping malls or street markets
an underground or trams
an industrial area
a carnival, festival or other important events

TYPES
cosmopolitan
new / old
interesting, exciting / boring
historical / historically interesting
industrious
ancient / modern
touristy = full of tourists
well-developed / underdeveloped
crowded
peaceful / noisy
old-fashioned

PROBLEMS IN (MONSTER) CITY

the homeless (beggars begging on the street)
population (overpopulation; cities are overcrowded but
many people still flock to live there)
unemployment
traffic (rush hours and traffic jams)
pollution caused by cars and industries jammed in the
city centre
crime:
thefts
pickpocketing
burglaries
rapes
robberies
kidnapping