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T.3 Cityscapes

This document provides definitions and descriptions of various types of houses, buildings, and places found in cities. It defines types of houses like bungalows, cottages, detached houses, and terraced houses. It also defines places in cities such as art galleries, bridges, castles, factories, fountains, housing estates, markets, museums, parks, ports, skyscrapers, squares, statues, suburbs, theatres, and town halls. The document further describes adjectives used to characterize cities, such as busy, charming, clean, crowded, dirty, historic, impressive, lively, modern, noisy, peaceful, popular, and quiet. It concludes by contrasting normal and extreme adjectives.

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T.3 Cityscapes

This document provides definitions and descriptions of various types of houses, buildings, and places found in cities. It defines types of houses like bungalows, cottages, detached houses, and terraced houses. It also defines places in cities such as art galleries, bridges, castles, factories, fountains, housing estates, markets, museums, parks, ports, skyscrapers, squares, statues, suburbs, theatres, and town halls. The document further describes adjectives used to characterize cities, such as busy, charming, clean, crowded, dirty, historic, impressive, lively, modern, noisy, peaceful, popular, and quiet. It concludes by contrasting normal and extreme adjectives.

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HOUSES AND HOMES

BLOCK OF FLATS: a large building that has several or many apartments.


FLAT: an apartment
BUNGALOW: a house that usually has only one storey (= level)
COTTAGE: small house, usually in the countryside
DETACHED HOUSE: A detached house is not connected to any other building
SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE: Joined to another similar house on only one side:
HOUSEBOAT: a boat that people use as their home, often kept in one place on a river
or canal
MANSION: a very large, expensive house
TERRACED HOUSE: built as or belonging to a row of often small houses joined
together along their side walls

PLACES IN A CITY
ART GALLERY: a building where works of art can be seen by the public
BRIDGE:
a structure that is built over a river, road, or railway to allow people and vehicles to
cross from one side to the other
CASTLE: a large strong building, built in the past by a ruler or important person to
protect the people inside from attack
CITY CENTRE: the central part of a city
FACTORY: a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made using
machines
FOUNTAIN: a stream of water that is forced up into the air through a small hole
HOUSING ESTATE: an area containing a large number of houses or apartments built
close together at the same time
INDUSTRIAL STATE: an area on the edge of a town or city specially designed for
factories and businesses
MARKET: an open area, building, or event at which people gather to buy and sell
goods or food
MUSEUM: a building where objects of historical, scientific, or artistic interest are kept
OUTSKIRTS: the areas that form the edge of a town or city
PALACE: a large house that is the official home of a king, queen, or other person of
high social rank
PARK:
a large area of land with grass and trees, usually surrounded by fences or walls, and
specially arranged so that people can walk in it for pleasure or children can play in it
PORT: a city or town that has a harbor (= sheltered area of water where ships can
load or unload) on the sea or a river, or the harbor itself
SKYSCRAPER: a very tall building in a city
SQUARE: an area of approximately square-shaped land in a city or a town, often
including the buildings that surround it
STATUE: an object made from a hard material, especially stone or metal, to look like a
person or animal
SUBURBS: an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the
town or city often live
THEATRE: a building, room, or outside structure with rows of seats, from which
people can watch a performance or other activity
TOWN HALL: a building in which local government officials and employees work and
have meetings
ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING CITIES
BUSY: full of activity or people
CHARMING: pleasant and attractive
CLEAN: free from any dirty marks, pollution, bacteria…
CROWDED: full of people
DIRTY: marked with dirt, mud, etc., or containing something such as pollution or
bacteria
HISTORIC: (of a thing or event) important when studied as part of the past:
IMPRESSIVE: If an object or achievement is impressive, you admire or respect it,
usually because it is special, important…
LIVELY: full of energy and enthusiasm; interesting and exciting
MODERN: designed and made using the most recent ideas and methods
NOISY: making a lot of noise
PEACEFUL: without violence
POPULAR: liked, enjoyed, or admired by many people
QUIET: making very little noise
RUN-DOWN: in very bad condition
NORMAL EXTREME ADJECTIVES
BAD DREADFUL/HORRIBLE
BIG ENORMOUS/HUGE
CLEAN SPOTLESS
COLD FREEZING
CROWDED PACKED
DIRTY FILTHY
FRIGHTENING TERRIFYING
FUNNY HILARIOUS
HOT BOILING
OLD ANCIENT
QUIET SILENT
SMALL TINY
BEAUTIFUL STUNNING
UGLY HIDEOUS

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