Unit 2: Life in the countryside

Life in the city, compared with life in the country

In my opinion, urban life or rural life has its own advantages and disadvantages.
First, living in the city we may enjoy those benefits.
- Communication and transportation systems are better. There are so many means of communication and transport that we can choose the ones we like best. We can get in touch with a friend or talk to him by phone without having to go out of home.
- Thanks to electricity network and running water, our material lives are more comfortable. Supermarkets, markets and shops are found everywhere and we can buy anything we need providing that we can afford it.
- Urban life provides us with all sorts of entertainments: televisions, radios, movies, theatres, concerts and famous recreation centers.
- Living in town we can improve our knowledge easily by attending any schools, universities or evening classes where experienced teachers and professors are ready to satisfy our thirst for knowledge.
Besides its advantages, urban life also has its disadvantages:
- Our health is in danger: pollution by factories and heavy traffic may cause serious diseases to all of us.
- Evil influence upon the young generation by obscene video films is inevitable.
- Violent deaths happen regularly in such a crowded city with all kinds of vehicles.
On the contrary, rural life seems ideal to all of us, especially to the old.
- We can enjoy fresh, cool air and behold beautiful landscapes in the country.
- How safe and delighted we are when we can sleep a sound sleep at any time of the day without being disturbed by sirens of cars or by deafening noises from manufacturing factories.
- Our social lives in the country are easier: we can eat the food and vegetables we grow, the chickens and goats we raise. The countrymen lead a very simple life and they are quick at mutual Giúp in any case.
Apart from these advantages, living in the country we may meet lots of difficulties too.
- Communication and transportation are obstructed by lack of means of transport or by floods in the rainy season.
- Our knowledge is limited by being short of mass media.
- Our social and physical lives are not as comfortable as those in town because of lack of electricity and medical care.
In a nutshell, our love for town life or country life depends on our outlook and age. As for me, I always prefer rural life to urban life.

Da Lat city is the provincial capital of Lam Dong Province, is located on the Lam Vien Plateau, Central Highlands, Vietnam. Since ancient times, this land which is the area of ​​residence of the residents Lach, Chil and the Sre ethnic Coho. Late 19th century, when looking for a place to build a resort station for the French in Indochina, Governor Paul Doumer decided Lam Vien Plateau at the request of the doctor Alexandre Yersin, who explore arrived here in 1893. In the first half of the 20th century, from a deserted place, the French plan and build a beautiful city with villas, offices, hotels and schools, a tourist and educational center intercourse of Indochina. Through periods of ups and downs of the two wars with the difficult period of the 1970-1980 decade, Dalat is today a city of 211 thousand people, grade I under provincial urban center role politics, economy and culture of the province of Lam Dong.

With an elevation of 1500 meters above the sea and the mountains and surrounding forest flora populations, Dalat inherited a temperate mountain climate with cool year round. History of more than a century the city also left a valuable architectural heritage, is like a museum of 20th century European architecture. Natural resources and abundant human help Dalat became one of the famous tourist spots of Vietnam, each year attracts millions of tourists to visit and vacation. Da Lat is also a center of education and scientific research, a city of religious diversity in the presence of hundreds of temples, churches, monasteries ... a special rich agricultural area with vegetables and flowers. Thanks to the mild climate, beautiful natural scenery and rich architectural heritage, Da Lat is also known by many other names such as "foggy city", "city of", "The city of flowers "," Land of Sakura "or" Little Paris ".

Although it is a famous tourist city, but Da Lat city is a lack of cultural venues and diverse entertainment. Massive urbanization process that today's cities suffer many consequences. Many pine forests disappearing, replaced by the construction or agricultural areas. Do not be well protected, many of the city's sights and monuments fell into ruins, ruins. Unplanned growth of the recent decades that urban architecture Dalat suffered deformation and become trash bin. In the city, many villas with many of the buildings subject to the ravages of time without conservation, preservation.

There are many difference between the life in city and country.Someone tell me he liked the life in country because he wanted to ẹnoy the fresh air,natural sence and people in country was very nice,friendly.Do you live in country,and what do you feel about it?please tell me anything you think.I like to live in city although it is noisy and polutted air ,traffic jam and some thing else but I love it.I love business,active and friendly people.I think everyone all has one thought,We canot talk that our thoughts are right.I hope you will find where you really want to live in.Have a nice day.

In my opinion, life in the city as well as in the countryside has its own benefits. Personally, I prefer living in the countryside.
In the first place, life in the the countryside is much more peaceful in the way that it gives people a chance to relax and feel at ease.
Secondly, the air is so fresh and pure in the countryside. Besides, there are so many beautiful sceneries there such as woods, mountains, rivers, ponds and lakes... For that reason, many people choose the countryside as their refreshment site after tiring days at work. Moreover, rural people are very friendly and hospitable. You are always welcome to their place. They make a living by farming and breeding cattle and poultry. The food there is always fresh and delicious.
Lastly, life in the conutryside is very peaceful and good for our heath.

In my opinion, living in the countryside has its own pros and cons. According to benefits, it has fresh air, quite environment and friendly neighbors. Firstly, you have a healthy life. There are no dust, no smoke and no traffic jam. The air is fresh and the rain is also very clean. You can get raging water to cook rice and certainly have and tasted meal. Secondly, living in the countryside is peacful. It is very quiet to relax after working or there are many beautiful wide fields and fresh air.Finally, there are no separations in your town. Your neighors are friendly and helpful. They are really best friends. They will help you pleasently if you have trouble. Each problem has its solution anf your neighbors will share it for you. In conclusion, I prefer to live in the countryside, but I don't want to live there permanently.

In my opinion, life in the city as well as in the countryside has its own benefits. Personally, I prefer living in the countryside.
In the first place, life in the the countryside is much more peaceful in the way that it gives people a chance to relax and feel at ease.
Secondly, the air is so fresh and pure in the countryside. Besides, there are so many beautiful sceneries there such as woods, mountains, rivers, ponds and lakes... For that reason, many people choose the countryside as their refreshment site after tiring days at work. Moreover, rural people are very friendly and hospitable. You are always welcome to their place. They make a living by farming and breeding cattle and poultry. The food there is always fresh and delicious.
Lastly, life in the conutryside is very peaceful and good for our heath.
If someone asks where I would rather live, my definite answer is the peaceful and happy countryside.

Living in the countryside is really good for your life because of these reasons:- First, living in the country can bring you a clean evironment. The air is fresher and there are lots oftrees, rice fields and rivers, you can walk on the fields or along the rivers to enjoy the clean and fresh airthere in the early morning.- Second, living in the countryside is cheaper than in the city because people there have lower income anddon’t have the habit of spending a lot of money. If you live in the country, you can save a lot of money.- Finally, people in the country are more friendly and opener than people in the city because they live neareach other. People live together in a small village so they can talk countryside can have festivals and youcan join and fell very happy. In conclusin, there are many benefits of living in the country

In my opinion, living in the countryside has its own pros and cons. According to benefits, it has fresh air, quite environment and friendly neighbors. Firstly, you have a healthy life. There are no dust, no smoke and no traffic jam. The air is fresh and the rain is also very clean. You can get raging water to cook rice and certainly have and tasted meal. Secondly, living in the countryside is peacful. It is very quiet to relax after working or there are many beautiful wide fields and fresh air.Finally, there are no separations in your town. Your neighors are friendly and helpful. They are really best friends. They will help you pleasently if you have trouble. Each problem has its solution anf your neighbors will share it for you. In conclusion, I prefer to live in the countryside, but I don't want to live there permanently.

On summer holiday, I often go back to my hometown and I have seen many changes in this rural area over the years. The most impressive change is in education. Recently, there are more schools rebuilt nearby and they are all better equipped. This summer, my hometown friends and I enjoy reading different kinds of books and comics in the new library. This change makes my stay here a lot more enjoyable. Means of communication is the second big change I can see in the area. In the past, the common way to contact somebody faraway was to write letters by hand. Nowadays, thanks to mobile phones and even social networks, the locals can keep in touch more easily. However, the negative change in the environment is something I dislike. Vast paddy fields where the children used to fly kites no longer exist. Instead, a new industrial zone appears. Worse, factories in the zone are polluting the river and make it too dirty for us to swim in. As I have noted, my hometown has experienced both positive and negative changes.

Read and decide the sentences T or F

It was in 2005 that David, then a 30 year old accountant, announced that he was bored with Bristol and wanted a rural life.

I struggled to understand his desire to leave. we enjoyed an active social life, receiving countless invitations to other families' houses with the children and we loved to host our own dinner parties too. with my parents' help we were both able to continue our passion for triathlons.

Life wasn't always perfect: bella hardly slept, so neither did I. I was committed to a tiring 2 hour daily commute.

Sleep-deprived, silly things would streess me out: there was no lift to reach our flat and, on my own, it was impossible to get two toddlers with buggies up the stairs.

Over time, I conviced myself taht a move to the country was the right thing to do; this was my husband, after all, the father of my children. quite simply, I'd go to the ends of the earth for him. we'd start again. somewhere beautiful.

_ 1. in 2005, the husband wanted to move to the countryside. T

_ 2. in the city, they had an active social life. T

_ 3. they could sleep very well when they lived in the city. F

_ 4. the wife realized that a move to the country was the wrong decision. F

_ 5. the wife thought she could go anywhere with her husband. T

find a mistake in each sentence below

1. i'm rich, A. but i am not as B. richer->rich C. as my D. friends

2. A. live in the B. coutry->country is C. more inconvenient than in D. the city

3. A. your picture B. is C. colourfuler->more colourful than mine. i think you're good D. at painting.

4. in A. that test, sam did B. more well->better than you. now C. you should try D. harder

5. if you A. want to be a big B. man, you have C. to eat D. less->more

1 . B . RICHER => RICH

2. A . LIVE => LIVING (CHO COUNTRY BAN VIET SAI NHA)

3 . C . COLOURFER=> MORE COLOURFUL

4 . B. MORE WELL =>BETTER

5 . D. LESS=> MORE

1. I'm rich, A. but i am not as B. richer->rich C. as my D. friends

2. A. live in the B. coutry->country is C. more inconvenient than in D. the city

3. A. your picture B. is C. colourfuler->more colourful than mine. i think you're good D. at painting.

4. in A. that test, sam did B. more well->better than you. now C. you should try D. harder

5. if you A. want to be a big B. man, you have C. to eat D. less->more

choose the correct answer to complete the sentences

1. mr. brown arrived ..... than expected.

A. more early B. earlier C. late D. more late

2. we walked ....... than the rest of the people.

A. more slowlier B. slowlier C. more slowly D. more fast

3. my mother talked ....... than the other guests.

A. more loudly B. loudlier C. more slowly D. loudly

4. i went home ........ this afternoon.

A. more late B. later C. more early D. more earlier

5. he's working much ..........

A. harder B. more hard C. good D. gooder

6. of course, a rabbit runs ....... than a turtle.

A. more fast B. faster C. slower D. more slow

7. jim jumped .......... than peter.

A. more fartherly B. far C. farther D. farrer

8. minh always answers questions ...... than the other students.

A. weller B. good C. better D. goodly

9. our new teacher explains the exercises ........ than our old one.

A. more badly B. bad C. badder D. worse

10. this machanic checks the motorbike ...... than those mechanics.

A. thoroughlier B. thorough C. thorougher D. more thoroughly

1.B

2.B

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.D