Shadowing Practice: Places in a city - English Educational Videos | Little Smart Planet - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Little Smart Planet presents...
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The City!
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Parts of the City This is our city.
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It's really big.
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And there are so many things to do and to see.
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Come, let's go and explore it.
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The school is a very important place because it's where children go to learn.
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At break time, they go out to the playground.
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The park is full of people who go for a walk.
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There are also animals.
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In the evening, you can go there to play.
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Oh, look!
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A police car!
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It's probably going to the police station.
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The police station is full of policemen.
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They are in charge of keeping the city in order.
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At the supermarket, you can buy everything you need.
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People carry a shopping cart for the groceries.
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Oh, it smells so good!
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It must be a bakery!
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The baker cooks bread and cakes in the early morning.
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The museum is where the great paintings and art pieces are kept, so we can go and see them.
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There are always tourists taking pictures.
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Look!
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There is a line of people.
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They must be waiting for the theatre to open.
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There is a great play tonight with incredible actors.
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Theatre is fun!
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This is the swimming pool.
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Here you can come and swim any day any day, even in the winter.
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This is the City Hall.
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It's where the Mayor works.
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The Mayor makes sure everything is fine in the city and takes care of its people.
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Oh, a fire truck!
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If we follow it, I'm sure it will take us to the fire station.
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The fire station is where firemen rest after putting out fires.
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The hospital is another really important building.
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This is where people come to get better when they are ill.
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The hospital is where doctors and nurses work.
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They cure people.
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Look, a bus stop.
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Here is where you wait for the bus when you want to move around the city.
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Hello, bus driver.
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We have finished our tour around our city.
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Isn't it incredible?
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