Cities fascinating destinations

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Cities - fascinating destinations

• Main Entry city Pronunciation 'si-tE
• Function noun
• Form(s) plural cities
• Usage Middle English citie large or small
  town, from Medieval Latin civitat-, civitas.
• Meaning an inhabited place of greater size,
  population, or importance than a town or
  village.

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Do you know these famous cities?
Shanghai
Kyoto
Vatican City
Moscow
Singapore
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Do you know these famous cities?
Barcelona
Sydney
London
New York
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What do you know about these cities?
Salvador, Brazil
Seoul, South Korea

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Kyoto, Japan
New Orleans, USA
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Now look at Passages, page 18

• Which cities do the sentences describe?

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Listening 1. Which city are they talking about?
2. What are some interesting features of each
city?

• Seoul
• one of ten largest
• metropolitan areas,
• Cosmopolitan,
• unique spicy food,
• noodles,
• BBQd beef,
• very old,
• combination of old and
• new architecture,
• Efficient subway system,
• discount shopping.

• Salvador
• very old,
• founded by Portuguese,
• Third largest,
• population of 2 million,
• Built into a cliff,
• Overlooks bay,
• On two levels -
• elevator between levels,
• Beautiful beaches,
• African influence in music,
• food and dance,
• Special kind of dancing,
• Great nightlife,
• Street festivals

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Describing a city
Description 3. Size. 4. Appearance.
2. Location

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1. Which city?

• Culture
• 7. Festivals/events
• 8. history

Cuisine 5. Food. 6. drinks
Leisure 9. Tourist activities 10. Sightseeing