{"id":814,"date":"2025-05-11T09:56:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T09:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogsaverroes.juntadeandalucia.es\/roadtoenglishc1\/?p=814"},"modified":"2019-09-11T07:20:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T07:20:10","slug":"814","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogsaverroes.juntadeandalucia.es\/roadtoenglishc1\/2025\/05\/11\/814\/","title":{"rendered":"The walkable city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here you are a listening activity. Do it as a mock exam. Do no make use of subtitles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeff Speck: The walkable city\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wai4ub90stQ?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n<p><strong>Activity<\/strong>:&nbsp;You will hear a city planner, Jeff Speck, talking about American cities. The title of his talk is <em>The walkable city<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp; For questions 1-11, complete the sentences with a word or phrase.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT:&nbsp;<\/strong>this task is based on the first 7 minutes of the talk. Please pause and restart the talk after the first 7 minutes. Restart it just twice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jeff wants to talk to the audience about how American cities can be more economically resilient, healthier and ____________<strong>(1)<\/strong>&nbsp;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Jeff, automobile use has become a ___________<strong>(2)<\/strong>&nbsp;, gas-belching, time-wasting prosthetic device.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arguments from economists, epidemiologists and environmentalists have a greater ______________<strong>(3)<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;than design arguments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>American working families now spend on transportation up to one fifth of their income, which is more than what they spend on _____________&nbsp;<strong>(4)<\/strong>&nbsp;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the 1970s, Portland set an urban ____________&nbsp;<strong>(5)<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;boundary, which limited their sprawl.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Portland, 60 million dollars were spent on ____________<strong>(6)<\/strong>&nbsp;, while other cities invested in roads and highways.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Portlanders drive at least _____________&nbsp;<strong>(7)<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;less than the country\u2019s average driver.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spending more on ______________&nbsp;<strong>(8)<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;is the bottom-line difference between Portland and the rest of America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Jeff, the best economic strategy is not trying to be appealing to _______________<strong>(9)<\/strong>&nbsp;, but rather being a place people like to be in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Enlisting in American military forces is something that ________________<strong>(10)<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;and ______________<strong>(11)<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;of young men and women, respectively, can\u2019t do because they weigh too much.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer key:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1) environmentally sustainable &#8211; 2) life-threatening &#8211;&nbsp;3) impact &#8211;&nbsp;4) housing &#8211;&nbsp; 5) growth &#8211;&nbsp;6) bike&nbsp;facilities &#8211;&nbsp;7) 20 per cent &#8211;&nbsp;8) recreation &#8211;&nbsp;9) corporations &#8211;&nbsp;10) Twenty-five percent &#8211;&nbsp;11) forty percent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,&nbsp; Here you are a listening activity. 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