4.1.12

The City and The Countryside

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La Ciudad y El Campo - The City and The Countryside

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Key vocab

  • Un barrio - a neighbourhood.
  • La contaminación - pollution.
  • La flora y fauna - wildlife.
  • La pobreza - poverty.
  • Perjudicial - damaging.
  • Un lugar - a place.
  • La marea negra - oil slick.
  • La región - region.
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La contaminación

  • Hay más contaminación en una ciudad que en el campo.
    • There is more pollution in a city than in the countryside.
  • La marea negra es perjudicial para la flora y fauna.
    • An oil slick is damaging to wildlife.
  • En mi barrio hay mucha pobreza.
    • In my neighbourhood there is a lot of poverty.
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El lugar dónde vives

  • ¿Vives en un lugar donde hay mucha industria?
    • Do you live in a place where there is a lot of industry?
  • Tengo suerte porque no hay mucha industria, vivo en el campo fuera de las zonas industriales.
    • I am lucky because there is not much industry, I live in the country, far away from the industrial zones.

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