Shadowing Practice: 📚 English 9 Global Success – Unit 2: City Life | Getting Started – How Is Your City? - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Unit 2, City Life.
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Getting started.
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How is your city?
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Hi, Ben.
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Sorry I couldn't get online earlier.
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I got stuck in a traffic jam and came home late.
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No problem, Trang.
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Did you go by bus?
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No, my dad picked me up.
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I rarely use the bus.
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It's slow and packed with people.
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I mostly get around by underground.
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It's more reliable than the bus.
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That's great.
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But traffic congestion is terrible in London.
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You know, the more crowded the city gets, the more congested the streets are.
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Yeah, and the more polluted they may become.
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There's a construction site in my neighborhood.
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It's dusty, so people easily get itchy eyes.
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It must be noisy, too.
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The noise probably makes people feel stressed sometimes.
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That's right.
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But new buildings make the city look modern and attractive.
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Do you remember the grand building downtown? Of course.
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How's it now?
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When I left Vietnam, they nearly finished it.
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Well, it's now a shopping mall shopping mall.
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Teens like it because it's modern and fun.
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Do you often go there?
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Sometimes.
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I watch movies there with my sister.
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I want to go there more often, but it's a bit pricey.
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It's expensive here in London too.

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