Question Time

• Where would you like to live in the future? Why?

• I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN….. BECAUSE…..

• What are some of the advantages of living in a city?

• THE ADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN A CITY ARE……

• What are some of the disadvantages of living in a city?

• THE DISADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN A CITY ARE…..

• Do you know the neighbors who live near you?

• YES, I DO . EXPLAIN
• NO, I DON’T. EXPLAIN

• What’s your favorite city? Why?

• MY FAVOURITE CITY IS…….. BECAUSE…….

• What city do you live in?

• I LIVE IN….

• What part of this city do you like the best?

• I PREFER…..OR ….  THE PART OF CITY I LIKE BEST IS…..

• • Can you describe the city?

  • YES, I CAN. THE CITY IS…..

• What aspects of life in the city would you complain about?

• I WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT …..

• What do you think should be done to improve living condition in cities?

• THERE SHOULD BE …..

• What are some differences between living in the city and living in the country?

• EXPLAIN

• What size city is best to live in? Why?

• THE BEST SIZE CITY TO LIVE IN IS….. BECAUSE…..

• What are the names of two big cities in Europe?

• 1 AND 2

• What are the names of two small cities in Europe?

• 1 AND 2

• Would you prefer to live in a really old historical city, or a really new modern city?

• I WOULD PREFER TO LIVE IN A …..

• If you had grown up in a different city, how would your life have been different?

• IF I HAD GROWN UP IN A DIFFERENT CITY, MY LIFE WOULD BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE….. I WOULD…. I WOULDN’T

• Did you grow up in the city or in the country?

• I GREW UP IN THE…..

• Do you walk alone at night in your home city?

• YES I DO OR NO I DON’T

• Would you want to be the mayor of your city?

• YES I WOULD OR NO I WOULDN’T

• What would you do?

• I WOULD…..

• • How would you change things?

  • I WOULD…..

  • Do you think you could make big changes in your city?

  • YES, I DO. I COULD……

• Would you want to be a member of the city council of your city?

• YES I WOULD NO I WOULDN’T…. EXPLAIN.

• What monuments of your city do you consider the most impressive? Why?

• THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MONUMENTS ARE……

• Do you like modern cosmopolitan architecture?

• YES, I DO. NO, I DON’T.

• How would you describe the architecture of your city?

• THE ARCHITECTURE IS……

• Which cities do you feel safe in?

• I FEEL SAFE IN……

• Which cities have the best bus services/taxis/metro?

• THE CITIES WITH THE BEST SERVICES ARE…..

• How can we make our cities safer places to live?

• COULD WOULD SHOULD

• Do you think that each city should have their own laws or could all cities share the same general laws?

• What would you do if you were in charge of a city? How would you improve it?

• Do you know if your city has a disaster plan for earthquakes, fires, tsunamis, etc?

  • In your opinion, is it a good/sufficient plan?

  • What changes would you make?

• Do all the cities in your country or the U.S. have the same educational system?

• Can you suggest some good tourist sites to visit in your city?

• YES, I CAN. I SUGGEST… YOU SHOULD… YOU MUST

• Does your city have a professional or semi-professional sports team?

  • How many teams are there?

  • What are sports?

  • What are the team’s names?

  • Do you go and watch some of these sports? How much does it cost?

  • Do some of these teams win championships?

• If you had grown up in a different city, how would your life have been different?

• Do you think some cities are becoming too large? Why?

• What are some tourist attractions in your city?

• What are some historical places in your city? Have you visited them?

• What’s the most prestigious university in your city?

• What are the major problems in your city?

  • What are some long term problems?

  • What are some recent problems?

  • What is your city doing to solve these problems?

  • What do you think should be done to solve them ?

  • What are you doing to help solve these problems?

• Where’s the trendiest area in your city?

• THE TRENDIEST AREA IN MY CITY IS……

• Who are some famous personalities from your city?

• SOME FAVOURITE PERSONALITIES IN MY CITY ARE…..

• What would you do to improve some aspects of your city?

• I WOULD……

• Is your city very cosmopolitan?

• YES, IT IS. NO IT ISN’T.

• What are some cosmopolitan cities around the world?

• What is the most important part of a city?

• THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A CITY IS….

• Which cities would you like to visit in your home country?

• I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT…..

• Which cities would you like to visit around the world?

• I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT……

HERE IS AN AUDIO WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOVE.

HERE IS A TEXT ABOUT GLASGOW. IT IS WRITTEN USING THE CHART ABOVE THAT SAYS ‘DESCRIBE YOUR CITY OR VILLAGE’.

HERE IS AN AUDIO OF THE TEXT.

Glasgow is a big city.

It is on the west coast of Scotland, near the sea.

It is an old city but it has good infrastructures. It has a lot of bridges and motorways/highways. There is a port and there are docks where they build ships. The shipbuilding industry was very important in Glasgow until the 1970’s. There are two main train stations, one is for local trains and the other is for long distance journeys, like the Edinburgh train and the London train. There are a lot of trains all over the city and there are 3 types of trains. There are normal trains, low level trains and there is a subway. There are a lot of bus stations. There are some cycle tracks, like the one that runs along the side of the River Clyde.

There are a lot of libraries in a lot of the neighbourhoods. There are a lot of post offices all around, a lot more than in Spain. There are some markets, but not too many. There are a lot of schools but there is only one big hospital for the whole city. The hospital is huge, like a small town, but a lot of people don’t like it because it is too big and too far away. We have had piped water for a long time, probably for about 100 years but some houses didn’t have “inside toilets” until the 1960’s.

It is an attractive city because it is very green. Its name means ‘dear green place’ in Gaelic. It has some beautiful old architecture which dates back to the city’s history in the tobacco trade, and some great modern architecture too. A lot of the houses have gardens so it is not a very crowded city compared to other places. It has been an important city for centuries, so it is old but it is also modern. It is the biggest city in Scotland, so , although it is not the capital, it is very important. It is one of the best cities in the UK for shopping and nightlife. Unfortunately it can be a dangerous city and some people don’t feel safe walking about at night. It has 70 parks so there are lots of calm, peaceful places.

The population is around 1 million in an area of 175 km2. The workers traditionally had their summer holidays in July, and they called this time the ‘Glasgow Fair’, because the fair visited the Glasgow Green park in the centre for that fortnight. In September we have a local holiday weekend. 67,000 children go to school in Glasgow and they like to visit our important monuments and museums regularly. Our most loved monument is the statue of The Duke of Wellington near George Square. Glaswegians can be a bit cheeky, so the monument usually has a traffic cone on top of it. If the police take it down, someone will soon put another one back up, so it is now a permanent fixture. We have lots of museums, they are very interesting and you can usually go in for free, or can choose to pay a donation.