WEEK 12 (classes 1-4)

 Listen for specific information (Identify characteristics of

neighborhoods/cities)
 Describe places by using specific vocabulary
 Identify specific informaton in an article about Medellín
 Give suggestions to improve the living conditions in certain
neighborhoods
 Write a paragraph with suggestions to renovate old buildings
Vocabulary practice: Read the sentences and choose the best option.

1) I love living in a small town. The people are nice and there are so many vacant
buildings/friendly neighbors.
2) New York used to have high crime/heavy traffic, but now the city is very safe.
3) When my parents retire, they will move to a city where there's more affordable
housing/heavy traffic since it will be too expensive to live here.
4) I'm so glad there's clean streets/reliable public transportation here. I can't drive!
5) My brother and his wife both work, don't have kids, and love to go out after work. They enjoy
a city with vacant buildings/good night life.
6) My city has a lot of green space and heavy traffic/clean streets Our neighbors care about
making the city beautiful.
Listen to the speaker talk about a special habitat garden in a New
York City neighborhood. Choose the correct answers.

1. A habitat garden is one planted to attract wildlife/tourists/children.

2. A habitat garden in the Bronx will be a home for monarch butterflies/birds/bees.
3. The insects lay their eggs under the leaves of the eggplant/weed/milkweed plant.
4. The plants are declining due to pollution, herbicides, and butterflies/development/children.
5. The habitat gardens offer children classes on ecology/free plants/summer school.
6. By building habitat gardens, the residents of the Bronx are also working together to create
empty lots/classes/green space.
Put the words in the correct order to make suggestions.

1. a – to – new - let's – city – move

2. the –move –countryside- to- we- why- don't-?
3. do-is- house- one- could- rent- we- a- thing
4. You- a- rent- house- by the lake- should

Let’s …..
Why don’t we/you…?
One thing we/you could do…
You should…
Listening comprehension

1. In Songdo, 40%/60% is not green space.

2. There are seven/seventy people who control the garbage for the city
of Songdo.
3. In Songdo, 30%/70% of the business spaces are still not open.
4. It takes over one hour/only 20 minutes to get to Seoul from
Songdo.
5 .Most people take the subway/high-speed train to Seoul.
 What surprised you about Songdo?
What suggestions would you give to your neighborhood council
to stop littering.
Crime rate, not enough stores, water and air quality, heavy traffic in rush
hours
1) All families in the neighborhood should work together to prevent crime.
2) Why not adding more recycling cans/bins in the neighborhood.
3) How about avoiding polluting rivers with garbage.
4) Maybe carpooling would be a solution to heavy traffic.
5) Why don’t you start a recycling campaign.
6) Carpool= share a car.
Write a 150-180-word paragraph giving
suggestions to renovate an old building downtown.