Describing Cities & Places In English!

what city do you live in where's your

hometown in this lesson we're going to

learn how to talk about cities and

places hello my name is Maddie from POC

English and in this lesson we're going

to learn how to talk about cities and

places I have a friend who lives near

NVC New York city in the US let's ask

him a question uh Jack tell us about

your hometown my hometown is located to

the north of New York it's a 4-Hour

drive from Chicago I live in a

residential area near the historic

center of the city my workplace is near

the CBD I love living in this area

because it's full of job opportunities

and healthc Care Facilities wow he used

a lot of interesting phrases let's have

a look at a few of those in 3 2

1 my hometown is located

interesting way to talk about the

location of the city a 4-Hour drive from

Chicago a 4our drive

nice residential area historic Center

CBD it stands for Central business

district lovely job opportunities Health

Care Facilities what are some phrases

that we can use to describe a city or a

place or or our hometown if you want to

talk about the location of your hometown

you can say is located for example my

hometown is located in the north of

England what preposition did I use after

located in if you want to talk about the

location of a place you can say in and

then come up with the direction north

south east and west for example the

church is located in the West of the

city if you want to talk about Direction

you can use the preposition to my house

is located to the north of the river it

means you have to go towards the north

side of the river look at this other

sentence my hometown is a 4-Hour drive

from Chicago it means you have to drive

by car for 4 hours to get to my hometown

now instead of 4-Hour drive you can say

2hour drive 3-hour drive my hometown is

located on on the outskirts of a big

city listen on the

outskirts of a big city what is the

preposition on very good and outskirt is

it singular or plural always plural

outskirts on the outskirts of a town

means outside the town around the town

not near the city center but on the

outside of it I live on the outskirts of

London it means my house is not near the

city center I'm right outside the city

it's about 3 hours by train from New

York it's about 3 hours by train maybe

not train maybe you want to say bus it's

about 2 hours by bus so you can make

many different combinations now a city

can have different areas the central

part of the city is called the city

center or downtown now in Big C ities

there usually is a hub a center for

business for lots of offices and Banks

and headquarters that part is called the

CBD or Central business district many

workers go to the CBD to work for

multinational firms many European cities

have another Center which is not for

business but it's historic that is the

historic center of the town when you go

to the historic center of the town you

can usually see a lot of Museums Art

Galleries and beautiful buildings and

cities have a lot of residential areas

what are those residential areas are

areas where people live not work of

course these days we have a lot of mixed

use areas what does it mean it means

there are lots of commercial activities

residential activities and leisure

activities going on in one area that is

a mixed use area let let's have a look

at this example together I live in an

old residential area our neighborhood is

near the historic center of the city my

workplace is in the CBD which is the

modern area of our town I've recently

moved to London and this is where I live

it's a residential area it's got great

facilities lots of restaurants and shops

around it's conveniently located between

two underground stations if I go to the

left I have the district line and if I

go to the right I have the Jubilee line

it is not a very quiet neighborhood as

you can see there is heavy traffic right

outside my

apartment but it's a lovely neighborhood

nevertheless I mean I like it what do

you

think all right we learned a lot of

things from Jack thank you so much Jack

now we're going to talk to another

friend friend of mine whose name is

Terry Terry tell us about where you live

I live in a bustling and Cosmopolitan

city known as silver Heaven it's a

vibrant City with diverse communities

that contribute to its Lively and

dynamic

atmosphere silver Heaven's modern

Skyline together with its historic

districts create a picturesque blend of

old and new thriving businesses green

initiatives and a lively art scene are

just a few of the reasons why I'm proud

to call this green and thriving City my

home wow that was interesting right

let's have a look at a few phrases Terry

used in three 2 1 go Terry used a lot of

interesting adjectives to describe his

hometown bustling cosmopolit Lively

Dynamic vibrant picturesque green

driving wow what are some positive

adjectives that we can use to talk about

a city or a place or our hometown some

cities and places are full of energy

full of activities people going left and

right and children playing and office

workers going to work or coming back

from work school kids going to the

school lots of activities are going on

in that part of the town in that area in

that place that place is

dynamic Lively or vibrant

three adjectives all of them have the

same meaning or similar meanings so if a

place is vibrant Lively or dynamic lots

of activities are going on there a

similar adjective is bustling now

bustling is more General it means very

busy lots of activities are going on but

not in a place in the city for example

London is a bustling City it's huge and

lots and lots of activities are going on

it's a very busy C City there's always

traffic people are always walking around

going from one place to another they're

always in a hurry it's bustling it's

busy some smaller towns or usually the

outskirts of bigger towns are

picturesque or they have picturesque

Villages what is a picturesque Village

picturesque means visually pleasing you

enjoy looking at it

wow nice it usually refers to the

architecture of the buildings you go to

a small village you see lots of

beautiful buildings that is picturesque

that is visually

pleasing wow look at that nowadays when

you travel to other cities you see that

in each City there are people from all

around the world living there with

different cultures ethnicities they're

all living together peacefully these

cities are Cosmopolitan a Cosmopolitan

city is a city where people from all

around the world from different cultural

backgrounds from different ethnical

groups are living together large cities

such as London such as Vancouver in

Canada these cities are very

Cosmopolitan is your hometown

Cosmopolitan let me know in the comments

cities can be green but it doesn't mean

that the buildings are green no a green

city is a sustainable city a city that

pays attention to the environment a city

that has good public transportation

Network a city that has lots of bikes

lots of green forms of transportation

those cities are called Green cities and

cities can also be

thriving thriving pay attention to the

way I pronounce it thriving what does it

mean a thriving city is a flourishing

City it's a city that is economically

and physically growing lots of positive

adjectives to describe a HomeTown try to

use a few of these to talk about your

hometown in the comments right now I'm

in front of the White City Campus of

Imperial College London now as you can

see this is not near the city center is

it a bustling part of the Town it is

lots of students are going to this

campus lots of construction is happening

around many activities so yes it's a

bustling part of the town but is it

picturesque let's have a

look it's not visually pleasing so it's

not really picturesque now is it

thriving I guess so this area is both

physically and economically growing it's

bustling it's not picturesque but it's

thriving now we're going to talk about

another friend of mine who's not very

happy with his hometown but before doing

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lesson and let's talk to John who's a

bit sad John why are you sad why don't

you like your hometown I live in a

sprawling City however some areas of the

city are so packed and filthy in these

areas you can see a lot of rundown

buildings and experience

bumper-to-bumper traffic all day long

there are some deprived areas where

people don't have the basic facilities

if you come here you must avoid noo

areas because there are a lot of

criminal activities happening there

overall it's an awful place to live I'm

leaving this city H he used a lot of

interesting negative adjectives to

describe his hometown let's have a look

at a few of those in 3 2 1

interesting right John said that his

hometown is packed packed what does it

mean packed means very crowded lots and

lots of people are living in one area of

the town that area is packed you can

also use the preposition with and say

packed with for example if you go to the

historic center of the town it's usually

packed with tourists he said that it's

filthy well filthy is an EXT ex

adjective of dirty filthy means very

dirty and he also used the very

interesting adjective run down if a

building or a neighborhood is run down

what does it mean it means it's in a

very bad condition physically it looks

really bad it's dirty it's old it's

about to be destroyed those areas are

rundown now you can usually find rundown

buildings in noo areas what's a noo area

well it's an area where noo you

shouldn't go there why because it's

dangerous perhaps so in noo areas you

can find a lot of rundown buildings

maybe some of these nogo areas are

filthy that means very very dirty now

when you look at the outskirts of some

very big cities you can find a lot of

deprived areas deprived area what does

it mean a deprived area is an area

without the necessary things for people

to have a good life in deprived areas

there are not many facilities perhaps

the public transportation system is not

very good there are no bus stops or

train stations maybe there are no Parks

or good schools or maybe decent

supermarkets those are deprived areas

generally there is no good living

condition in deprived areas perhaps

there are many rundown buildings and

some deprived areas are no-go areas they

may even be filthy because there are and

many facilities and last but not least

for example here in London if you want

to drive to the city center it's a

stupid idea because you can't why

because there is bumper to bumper

traffic bumper to bumper traffic that

means very heavy traffic it means cars

are touching bumpers they are so close

to each other that they can't even move

forward that's a bumper-to-bumper

traffic or heavy traffic and that's it

guys we learned a lot of positive and

negative adjectives and useful phrases

to talk about a city a place or your

hometown now here's your homework I want

you to write a description of your

hometown or where you live in the

comments down below I will read all your

comments and let you know what I think

about it I hope you've enjoyed this

lesson see you

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