OUR LOCAL AREA PROJECT

The city or town where we live is a locality.

A locality and the surrounding territories form a municipality.

Each municipality is made up of the mayor and the councillors. They are all elected by the inhabitants of the municipality.

The town council provides the inhabitants with cultural and sports facilities, and also organises rubbish collection and good street lighting.

The building where the mayor and all his team work is called the Town Hall.

 Town and cities are big urban areas. These are many buildings and most of them are very tall. Cities are bigger than  towns and more people live in towns and cities than  villages.

Town and cities have large streets  called avenues with lots of shops, schools and hospitals, but the distance between places is bigger and people spend a lot of time travelling.

Villages are smaller than towns and cities. They are in country areas. Fewer people live in villages.  Streets are narrow . There are fewer services than in towns and cities, but villages are less polluted and people can walk from home to school and work.

VOCABULARY

Aquarium- acuario

Bus stop- parada de autobus

Church- iglesia

Cinema- cine

Fire station- parque de bomberos

Flat- piso

Flower shop- floristería

Gym- gimnasio

Hospital- hospital

Pet shop- tienda de animales

Petrol station- gasolinera

Police station- comisaría

Post box- buzón

Restaurant- restaurante

Shopping centre- centro comercial

Street- calle

Supermarket- supermercado

Swimming pool- piscina

Toy shop- tienda de juguetes

Traffic light- semáforo

Underground- metro

Zebra crossing- paso de peatones