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Town & Region

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Tu Pueblo - Your Town

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Key vocab

  • Una ciudad moderna, antigua - a modern, an old city.
  • Una iglesia (⛪) - a church.
  • Un polideportivo - a sports centre.
  • Una biblioteca - a library.
  • El ayuntamiento - the town hall.
  • Ofrecer - to offer.
  • Monumentos históricos - historic monuments.
  • Tranquilo - calm.
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La ciudad

  • Londres es una ciudad moderna y una ciudad antigua también.
    • London is both a modern and an old city.
  • Mi ciudad es muy grande, ofrece mucho, por ejemplo hay una biblioteca, un polideportivo y un cine.
    • My city is very big, it offers a lot, for example there is a library, a sports centre and a cinema.
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Los turistas

  • ¿Qué ofrece tu ciudad a los turistas?
    • What does your city offer tourists?
  • En realidad no les ofrece mucho porque es bastante pequeña, pero hay unos monumentos históricos.
    • In reality it doesn't offer them much because it is quite small, but there are some historic monuments.
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Las instalaciones

  • ¿Qué instalaciones hay en tu ciudad?
    • What services are there in your city?
  • Para sus habitantes, mi ciudad ofrece mucho. Hay colegios, un hospital, una biblioteca, el ayuntamiento y mucho más.
    • For its residents, my city offers a lot. There are schools, a hospital, a library, the town hall and a lot more.

La Ciudad y El Campo - The City and The Countryside

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  • 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.

The Best, The Worst

When you are saying the best or the worst, this is called the superlative. It is showing something to be better or worse than everything else.

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The most, the best

  • To say the most, you use 'él/la más' followed by an adjective.
    • Usain Bolt es el hombre el más rápido del mundo.
      • Usain bolt is the fastest man in the world.
  • To say the best, you use 'él/la mejor' followed by an adjective.
    • Shakira es la mejor cantante que conozco.
      • Shakira is the best singer I know.
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The least, the worst

  • To say the least, you use 'él/la menos' followed by an adjective.
    • Nicólas es el menos trabajador de los amigos.
      • Nicholas is the least hard working out of the friends.
  • To say the worst, you use 'él/la peor' followed by an adjective.
    • En el peor de los casos.
      • In the worst cases.

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1The Basics

2Current & Future Study & Employment

3Identity & Culture

3.1Me, My Family & Friends

3.2Me, My Family & Friends - Translations

3.3Technology in Everyday Life

3.4Technology in Everyday Life - Translations

3.5Free Time Activities

3.6Free Time Activities - Translations

3.7Customs & Festivals in Spanish Speaking Countries

3.8Customs & Festivals - Translations

4Areas of Interest

4.1Home, Town, Neighbourhood & Region

4.2Home, Town, Neighbourhood & Region - Translations

4.3Social Issues

4.4Social Issues - Translations

4.5Global Issues

4.6Global Issues - Translations

4.7Travel & Tourism

4.8Travel & Tourism - Translations

5Listening Practice

6Common Tenses

7Important Verbs

8Advanced Tenses

9Extra Grammar

9.1Articles

9.2Negatives

9.3Nouns

9.4Asking Questions

9.5Adjectives

9.6Adverbs

9.7Conjunctions

9.8Pronouns

9.9By, With, From, Of

9.10Verbs

9.11Comparisons

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