16 L2-Cities

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Oxford Read and Discover level 2 Cities by Richard Northcott

Introduction Do you like the countryside or do you like cities? In the countryside, there are trees and fields. In cities, there are buildings, streets, and lots of people. Do you live in a city? What can you see in a city? What can you do in a city? Discover! Now read and discover more about cities!

Chapter 1 What Is a City? It's seven o'clock in the morning. People are going to work. It's a new day in the city. What is a city? A city is streets and buildings. A city is cars, buses, and taxis. A city is people lots of people. Discover! In some very big cities, there are more than 15 million people! Now it's eleven o'clock. There are lots of people in the streets. People are going shopping. People are taking buses and taxis. Some of the people are tourists. Every day, new people come to the city.

Chapter 2 Buildings In a city, you can see lots of buildings. There are museums, schools, and stores. In some cities there are very tall buildings. Sometimes you can go to the top and look at the city. The streets are for everyone. You can walk with your family or friends. You can look in store windows. You can watch people, cars, and buses. A mall is a street with no cars. It's in a building, and you can find stores and restaurants there. There's a big, old mall in Milan in Italy. Tourists go to this mall and they take photos.

Chapter 3 Water Many big cities are by an ocean. They have a harbor for ships. Ships bring materials for new buildings. Ships bring tourists, too. There's a big harbor in Sydney in Australia. There are nice apartments and restaurants by the harbor. Sydney is a big city, but it has lots of parks and trees. Ships can come to a city by river, too. Many cities are on big rivers. In these cities you can find great bridges. There are bridges for people, cars, and trains. Discover! Pittsburgh is a city in the USA. It has more than 400 bridges!