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In this episode: Urban living

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Vocabulary: Urban living

Where people live:

flat (UK) / Apartment (US) - a block of flats / an apartment blockterraced / semi-detached (a semi) / detached a penthousea condo = condominium (US) - bloque de apartamentosa bungalowa farmhousea cottage - casita de campo, cabaña a mansiona villa - Mediterraneana tenta caravana mobile homea council house / a council estate

Collocations:

a residential areaan industrial estatea shopping/pedestrian precinct, a shopping centre (UK) / a shopping mall (US)a building site (UK) / a construction site (US)green beltshanty townlocal amenities/facilitiesred light districtChinatown

Expressions:

on the outskirtsin the suburbs/suburban areain the city centre (UK) / downtown (US)slumto sleep rough, homelessto crash (on someone’s floor)to put someone upto rent a house/flat/apartment X to rent OUT a house/flat/apartmentThe tenant rents the flat - The landlord/landlady rents OUT the flat

Adjectives:

run-down / shabbyto renovate/restore, to do up (an area or a house, flat etc)bustlinglivelypicturesquecosmopolitanprosperousinner-citydulldepressing

Have you ever been to a dull, depressing place?City life or country life? Which would you prefer?What was the area you grew up in like?

to demolish, to knock down

Is it better to demolish and rebuild or renovate and restore?

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