Chất lượng cuộc sống
- Cost of living: chi phí sinh hoạt
Ex: The cost of living is fairly reasonable
- Pace of life: nhịp sống
Ex: There is a fairly slow pace of life where I come from
- The rat race (idiom): cuộc sống quá bận rộn.
Ex: I moved out to avoid the rat race
- Atmosphere: không khí
Ex: It’s got a really relaxed atmosphere
- Pollution (n): sự ô nhiễm môi trường
Ex: The air quality is terrible because of the pollution
- Overcrowding (n): quá tải
Ex: Like most places, it suffers from overcrowding
- Poverty (n): sự nghèo nàn
Ex: You can see poverty everywhere
- Amenities: Tiện nghi
Ex: One of the best points is that it has excellent amenities
- Sense of community: ý thức cộng đồng
Ex: What I enjoy most is the sense of community there
Các vùng của một thành phố
- Residential area: khu dân cư
- Outskirts: ngoại ô
We live in a residential area on the outskirts of the city
- Housing estate: khu vực quy hoạch thành khu dân cư
Ex: There’s a shortage of accommodation so they’re building some new housing estate
- Industrial zone:
Fortunately, the industrial zones are outside the city limits so the pollution isn’t too bad.
- Suburbs: Vùng ngoại ô
Most people choose to live in the suburbs as it’s much quieter there.
- Inner city: khi vực nội thành
It’s quite a safe place but some of the inner-city areas can be dangerous late at night.
- Heart of the city: trung tâm thành phố
I suppose that the heart of the city is the main square in the city centre
- Neighbourhood: khu vực lân cận
The neighbourhood I live in is, I guess, quite affluent