Ch 11 · Lesson 13

City or countryside?

Noise, air and where you'd rather be.

Why these go together

Argue for the town or the country, and the trouble each one causes.

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    The suburbs are quiet but inconvenient.

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    Life in a small town is quiet.

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    The city is lively, but it has pollution.

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    There's a museum in the town, and it's interesting.

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    The air in the countryside is fresh.

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    Rubbish is harmful.

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    Climate change affects the countryside.

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    The floods affected the countryside.

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    The city not only has pollution, it's dirty too.

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    Living in the city is stressful.

Matching

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Match each phrase to what it means.

Fill in the blank

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Put the missing word back.

  1. 很安静,可是不方便。 (The suburbs are quiet but inconvenient.)

    ___ hěn ān jìng , kě shì bù fāng biàn 。

  2. 在生活很安静。 (Life in a small town is quiet.)

    zài ___ shēng huó hěn ān jìng 。

  3. 城市很,可是有污染。 (The city is lively, but it has pollution.)

    chéng shì hěn ___, kě shì yǒu wū rǎn 。

  4. 小镇里有一个,很有意思。 (There's a museum in the town, and it's interesting.)

    xiǎo zhèn lǐ yǒu yí gè ___, hěn yǒu yì si 。

  5. 农村的很新鲜。 (The air in the countryside is fresh.)

    nóng cūn de ___ hěn xīn xiān 。

  6. 是有害的。 (Rubbish is harmful.)

    ___ shì yǒu hài de 。

  7. 对农村有影响。 (Climate change affects the countryside.)

    ___ duì nóng cūn yǒu yǐng xiǎng 。

  8. 影响了农村。 (The floods affected the countryside.)

    ___ yǐng xiǎng le nóng cūn 。

  9. 城市不仅有,而且很脏。 (The city not only has pollution, it's dirty too.)

    chéng shì bù jǐn yǒu ___, ér qiě hěn zāng 。

  10. 在城市很有压力。 (Living in the city is stressful.)

    zài chéng shì ___ hěn yǒu yā lì 。

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