L4 U1 Vocab

There are a lot of muggings and shootings.

• run-down

• polluted

• dangerous

• safe

Everything is very efficient and works very smoothly.

• condemned

• well-run

• congested

• badly-run

There's a permanent cloud of smog hanging over the city. You somethimes choke on the fumes.

• compact

• chaotic

• smoothly

• polluted

People are obviously rolling in money.

• dull

• affluent

• deprived

• lively

There was no rubbish on the streets and no graffiti anywhere. It was amazing to see.

• run-down

• filthy

• spotless

• safe

The transport system is non-existent and cars just crawl along bumper-to-bumper.

• congested

• smooth

• crawling

• well-run

It just goes on for miles and miles. It's enormous.

• sprawling

• showing off

• dropping

• springing up

The houses are crumbling and there are lots of derelict buildings, which seem to have been abandoned altogether.

• underwent

• flourised

• run-down

• demolished

Businesses are springing up and thriving .

• imposing

• pouring

• soaring

• flourishing

Many buildings were knocked down in the 1960s.

• initiated

• demolished

• undergone

• neglected