Cover of the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10.1 - Top cities for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to the conversations and look at the photos. Which city does each speaker talk about? What do they think about it?
  2. Listen again. Which city has these things?

Answer

a)

Speaker 1 Melbourne

  • great city, friendly and fun
  • lots of things to see and do
  • very arty
  • lots of cafés and street art, music
  • good nightlife
  • good public transport
  • good atmosphere
  • great location
  • fantastic beaches

Speaker 2 Dubai

  • one of the world's fastest growing cities
  • lots of people, very crowded
  • great shopping
  • good nightlife
  • lots of bars and clubs
  • not a lot of crime
  • streets are very safe
  • traffic is terrible
  • everybody drives a car
  • petrol is cheap
  • lots of cheap taxis, so you don't have to drive

Speaker 3 Prague

  • one of the best cities in the world
  • so beautiful, like the city of your dreams
  • beautiful buildings and squares
  • old streets wonderful to walk along
  • full of culture, music, restaurants and bars
  • very cold in winter - a lot of snow
  • sunny in the summer, so you can sit outside in the cafés or walk up to the castle
  • very special city
  • people are very friendly

b)

  1. Melbourne
  2. Prague
  3. Dubai
  4. Melbourne
  5. Dubai
  6. Prague