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Unit 23.
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Places.
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Page 90.
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2. Let's listen.
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Do the people like the cities they live in?
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Listen and check the correct answer.
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1. How do you like where you're living?
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Oh, I love it.
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There's so much to do here.
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And I have a lot of friends here, too.
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2. What's your city like?
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Well, the good thing is there are a lot of things to do here.
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There are good theaters and restaurants.
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The trouble is it's getting very polluted, so it's not as nice as it used to be.
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3. Do you enjoy where you're living?
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Well, I enjoy a lot about it.
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The city has a very nice climate.
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It's never too hot or too cold, and it's a safe place to live.
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Four.
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What's it like to live in this city?
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Well, it's very noisy and crowded, and the pollution is getting really bad.
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And I think we have one of the worst transportation systems in the world.
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I'd love to live somewhere else.
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Five.
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How is it here, anyway?
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Is this a nice place to live?
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Oh, I'm really glad we moved here.
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The air is fresh and the people are very friendly.
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Rents are pretty reasonable and it's a very safe city, too.
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That's so important.
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Also, it's close to the sea, so it's great in the summer.
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Six.
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Do you enjoy living here?
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Some things are okay.
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The restaurants are pretty good, and the subway system is pretty good, too, but it's very old and not very clean.
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The weather also isn't that great.
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It's very hot and humid in the summer and pretty cold in the winter, but in general, it's not too bad.
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Page 91.
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3. Let's listen.
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Task 1.
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Listen to people talking about cities.
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What is each city like?
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Check the correct answer.
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1. So tell me about Tokyo.
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What's it like?
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I love it.
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There are so many great things to do.
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I'm busy all the time.
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Do you like living here?
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Well, it's okay.
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One thing I do like is that there's very little noise.
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People don't walk down the street with loud radios or anything.
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It's pretty nice.
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Do you like it here?
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It's okay, but it's awfully crowded and the air is so dirty.
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To tell you the truth, I'm thinking about moving.
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Four.
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What's it like living in New York?
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Oh, it's really a great city, but you have to pay a fortune for everything.
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Five.
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Is Auckland a very big city?
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Is it crowded?
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Not really.
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It's really quite small.
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It's never very crowded or noisy.
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In fact, it's like a small town in many ways.
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6. So what's San Francisco like?
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I hear it's very scenic.
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Yes, it is.
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The Golden Gate Bridge is great any time of year.
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The parks and the ocean are beautiful too.
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It really is a very lovely city.
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Seven.
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What's your hometown like?
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Is it a nice place to live?
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It's great, especially for families with children.
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It's pretty and quiet, and it isn't dangerous at all.
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Eight.
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Is Osaka a big place?
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Sure.
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That's why I like it.
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Lots of people, lots of nightclubs and discos.
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I don't like small cities.
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Page 92.
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Four.
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Let's listen.
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Task one.
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People are comparing two cities.
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Listen and circle the city each person prefers.
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One.
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New York has great museums, and so does Washington.
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But Washington feels more serious because the government is there, so it isn't as exciting as New York.
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Washington is more beautiful for sure, and the restaurants are cheaper there.
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But, you know, I love theater, and New York has the best.
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Washington is okay, but I love New York.
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2. Los Angeles is a huge place.
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You need a car to get around.
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San Francisco is more beautiful, and it's a great place for a weekend, but I get bored there after a few days.
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I enjoy the fact that in Los Angeles, everything moves really fast.
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I love living here.
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3. Hong Kong may be more beautiful than Singapore because it's got that fantastic harbor, but I like Singapore better.
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It's smaller, so I think it's more comfortable.
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It's easy to get around and everything is very clean.
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Hong Kong is pretty polluted, and it's always very crowded.
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4. Melbourne is smaller than Sydney.
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It has a lot of lovely old buildings and great restaurants.
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Sydney is more exciting and probably more beautiful, but I think it's too busy and too expensive.
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Melbourne prices are better and it's a more relaxing place.

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  • theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/ (sostantivo) — teatro. A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
  • noisy /ˈnɔɪzi/ (aggettivo) — rumoroso. Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound
  • compare /kəmˈpɛɚ/ (verbo) — paragonare. To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it…
  • fortune /ˈfɔːtjuːn/ (sostantivo) — sorte, destino. Destiny, especially favorable.
  • pollution /pəˈluʃən/ (sostantivo) — inquinamento. Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
  • harbor /ˈhɑːbə/ (sostantivo) — porto. Any place of shelter.
  • subway /ˈsʌbˌweɪ/ (sostantivo) — metro, metrò. An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
  • bore /boɹ/ (verbo) — annoiare, tediare. To inspire boredom in somebody.
  • hometown /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ (sostantivo) — città di origine. An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
  • disco /ˈdɪskoʊ/ (sostantivo) — discoteca. A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by…
  • nightclub /ˈnʌɪtklʌb/ (sostantivo) — notturno, night club. A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing.
  • humid /ˈhjuːmɪd/ (aggettivo) — umido. Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
  • excite /ɪkˈsaɪt/ (verbo) — stimolare, eccitare. To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
  • pollute /pəˈluːt/ (verbo) — inquinare. To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.

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StrutturaNel video
Comparativi -er than / more … than — confrontare due cosemore beautiful than · smaller than
Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppothe worst · the best
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ingenjoy living · love living
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodoyou're living · it's getting · is getting

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