The Countryside Flashcards
IELTS Speaking Vocabulary: The Countryside
The following mean related to the countryside
rural (adj.)
A rural area / view / lifestyle
rustic (adj.)
A rustic table / cabin /
This house has rustic charm
روستائی ، مربوط به دهکده ، دهاتی ، مسخره.
pastoral (adj.)
A pastoral scene / painting
The opposite of rural is urban.
urban (adj.) = related to the city
An urban** landscape** / area
Urban development / planning
Vocabulary and Collocations
In order to speak more fluently, it is always a good idea to learn collocations of words, not just the individual word.
Here are some common ones for vocabulary on this topic of Countryside.
Rural landscape چشم انداز، منظره، روستائی
Mountain range (a group of mountains)
Hiking in the hills
Steep valley
Dense forest (lots of trees close together)
Freshwater lake
Fast-flowing stream
Fields full of ______ (corn, flowers, wheat, etc…)
Cows and sheep graze in the fields
Farm produce (n.) (fresh food the farm sells - vegetables, meat, eggs…)
Farm crops
A field of cattle (cows, yak…)
Livestock (animals on a farm; e.g. cows, sheep, chickens…)
Vocabulary and Collocations
In order to speak more fluently, it is always a good idea to learn collocations of words, not just the individual word.
Here are some common ones for vocabulary on this topic of Countryside.
Rural landscape چشم انداز، منظره، روستائی
Mountain range (a group of mountains)
Hiking in the hills
Steep valley
Dense forest (lots of trees close together)
Freshwater lake
Fast-flowing stream
Fields full of ______ (corn, flowers, wheat, etc…)
Cows and sheep graze in the fields
Farm produce (n.) (fresh food the farm sells - vegetables, meat, eggs…)
Farm crops
A field of cattle (cows, yak…)
Livestock (animals on a farm; e.g. cows, sheep, chickens…)
Where do you live?
This is a common questions and here are the different areas where people may live.
I live ….
…in THE city centre
…downtown
…in the heart of the city
…slap bang in the city centre
…in the middle of the city
…in the suburbs (of the city)
…in / on the outskirts (of the city)
…in THE countryside
…in a village
…in a hamlet = small village
What to do in the countryside
Here are three useful ways to start talking about activities.
You can ____ visit….
The countryside is great for ____ visiting…
I like nothing better than _______ visiting…
Note: ‘You can’ is pronounced -/yekun/ because ‘can’ is unstressed.
Here are some activities you can do in the countryside
Buy local produce from the farms
Go hiking
Go fishing
Gaze at the stars
Do some star-gazing
Look at the constellations (shapes/patterns of stars)
Have a picnic
Learn to identify some trees, mushrooms, butterflies, constellations…(صورت فلکی ، برج ، مجمع الکواکب .)
Pros of living in the countryside
Pros / advantages
Fresh air
Lots of greenery
A slow/laidback pace of life
Quiet and peaceful
Less air and noise pollution
Low cost of living
Cons of living in the countryside
** Cons / disadvantages**
* Weak communication network
* No Internet
* Fewer job opportunities
* Lack of essential facilities
* No hospitals
* Stuck out in the sticks (far away from other people)
* It can get lonely
Idioms to talk about the Countryside
To head outdoors (=to go in the direction of…) = to go outdoors
بیرون زدن
To soak up the views = absorb/ to enjoy the view
لذت بردن
To take in the views = absorb/ to enjoy the view
The early bird catches the worm = if you get up early, you make the most of the day
کرم نصیب مرغی می شود که سحرخیز است،
سحرخیز باش تا کامروا شوی
To get up at the crack of dawn = to get up very early
صاعقه، رستاخیز
It’s as old as the hills = it’s very old
خیلی قدیمی - خودمانی میگیم مال عهد دقیانوس
To get away from the crowd
= to escape the noise / hustle and bustle = find peace and quiet
Listening Task Tape script and ANSWERS -
What I love about the countryside is the silence, the sounds, the [1] wind, the colours, the views.
What can you not love about the countryside? It’s [2] gorgeous =beautifulI think it’s going to [3] rain soon here. The clouds are coming in.
The mist, look, the mist is rolling in over the hills, [4] billowing (=rolling like smoke) through the valleys, and this is the Pasiego valley, down south of Santander, but in the north of Spain. And it’s one of the, kind of
the ‘olde worlde’ (=traditional) places that still remains in Spain.
Sure, tourism has come and I’m a great example of that, but it’s kept, it’s kind of pastoral (=rustic) beauty. It’s kept its closeness to nature.
In fact, just over the road, you can hear the [5] farmer. If you can hear him. He’s starting to [6] gather the milk from the cows and putting it through a churn. Can you hear that?
No! That’s a dog. Dogs, loads of them in the countryside.
Of course, one of the big things they do in this area is they make cheese, um, lots of different kinds of [7] cheeses.
I don’t know if you’re a cheese fan. I am. I love cheese, whether it’s blue cheese, Camembert - French, Manchego - Spanish, or Parmesan from Italy, all sorts of cheeses goes with all sorts of stuff, but here they,
you know, churn out some of the best cheese in…
Cheese or cheeses? Cheese. It’s uncountable, unless you’re talking about types, it’s a bit like fish, right?
Fish, but fishes only if it’s different species of fish or types of fish, funny language, right? English,
Look at that you can see there are Eagles up there
