Making cities better places to live

C1 Advanced · Speaking Collaborative · Cambridge Ready original exercise

Talk with your partner for about two minutes about the question in the middle, using the ideas around it. Then you have about a minute to reach a decision together.

Next, the two of you are going to talk together for around two minutes. Here are some changes that could be made to a city and a question for you to think about. Have a quick look at them first.

Making cities better places to live

more green spaces

car-free streets

affordable housing

better public transport

places for young people

Now spend about a minute deciding which change would benefit the greatest number of people.

Please start by discussing how these changes might make a city a better place to live.

How might these changes make a city a better place to live?

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