hello welcome to another IELTS

lesson in this lesson we’re going to look at a very common topic

for IELTS for the speaking test and that is the topic of

can you guess it’s the topic of homes and today I’m standing outside a beautiful

old English country home it’s really lovely here

now my question for you is from speaking part 3

so that means it’s going to be more difficult are you ready for your

question

do you think it is better to live

in the countryside or in

a city I would like you to answer that question

I want you to take your telephone record your answer and then

check your answer and see how you can improve that and please do this

before you continue with the video

because now I’m gonna go to the white board

and I’m gonna give you some vocabulary and ideas to improve your

answer so record your answer and I’ll see you

in a minute here is your question

do you think it’s better to live

in the countryside or in a city

have you recorded your answer I hope so

now let me give you some

ideas for the countryside and

for the city and you need to think of advantages

to living in one up those places let’s look

at the countryside and see what advantages

there are the first one is

of lower pace of life

and this means that life

in the countryside often moves more slowly

than in the city it’s often

more relaxed less stressful

and some people believe pleasanter

so that’s one benefit to country life

another advantage is less

pollution and also less noise

the pollution is generally air pollution

now less air pollution and less noise in the countryside

is because there is less industry

there’s less traffic less building work

than in a city and therefore

it is considered healthier to live

in the countryside so that really is a

a big positive point another

plus point to life in the countryside

and that is stronger communities

now what does that mean exactly

well in the countryside people often

live in a town for their whole life

and families live

in the town generation after generation

and that means that they know each other very well

and therefore the community is quite close

and neighbours have a good relationship with each other

this means that the countryside

often gives people a good support network

because the community is so close

so that is definitely a plus point

the next advantage now that depends

on which country you live in but

in England for example in the countryside

houses are cheaper than in a city

so that means that they can have bigger houses

bigger gardens there’s more space you remember the beautiful house

from the beginning of the video that was an English

country house over 150 years old

so the owner of that house couldn’t

have the same building if they lived

in a city so those are four

plus points four advantages to

country life now let’s look at cities

maybe you prefer living in the city now one

definite advantage about that the city has

over country life is

there are more amenities

in a city what are amentities

well another word for amenities is

facility now the facilities and amenities

that we’re talking about are things like better restaurants

better sports facilities more leisure centres for example

also the transport is better a

the roads are better there are so many

more things that you can do

their cinemas shopping malls opera houses

many many more amenities and facilities

in a city than living in the countryside

in a small town or village

now let’s check the pronunciation of these words

the first word is amenity

so that four syllables

A Men I Ty

this is ah ah

sound amenity

here is the stress amenity:

amenities so

singular amenity and plural

amenities the next one

facilities Fa

Cil I Ties

this also is ah fa

and the stress of is here

in the second syllable facilities

so the city has more facilities

and amenities to offer than the countryside

the next positive point

to city life and that is in the city there are often

better prospects do you know that word

well prospects often mean opportunities

there are more opportunities for people in the city

the word prospects we often use with

employment and this means that when there

are better prospects it means

that it’s easier to get a good job

so there are more jobs available in the city

more prospects and more opportunities to do what you want to do

and advance get promotion

and improve your life

the next advantage is very clear

better public transport there are more buses and

trains and undergrounds in

cities and of course in the countryside

there’s often very little public transport

people need their own transport to get around

but in the cities if you don’t have your own transportation

you can still get around and you can travel using

public transport and the last

advantage again this depends on which country you live in

but in many countries there is better education

in the cities than in the countryside

nearly all universities are in

cities often the facilities

at school in the city

they are better than in the countryside

so for example city schools have better technology

more laptops and computers and high technology for their students

and the standard of education is often higher

better teachers so

there are 4 clear positive points to

city life now before we finish

there’s something I want to tell you about this question

obviously you need to choose

living in the country or living in

city and when you choose one

you really need to compare it with

the other because when you use

a language of comparison when you give a comparative

sentence it will help your IELTS

speaking results the examiner does need to hear

a range up different grammar

so we say less and

more well better

say for example there is less pollution and noise

in the countryside than in

a city there are often better

prospects for work in a city

compared to the countryside

so remember when you give some ideas that you need to compare them

now these are only 4 ideas for each one

maybe you’ve got some more ideas if you have

let me know it’s always good to share ideas

for IELTS well that’s all for this lesson I hope that was useful and I will see you again

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