Unit 64 TOWN AND COUNTRY

Listening

Chris Stan! I’ve got a new job! I’m going to live in London!
Stan Are you? Oh, I lived in London five years ago.
Chris Did you like it?
Stan Not very much.
Chris Why not?
Stan Well, there were too many people, and there was too much noise!
Chris Oh, I love crowds and noise!
Stan Well, I don’t… and I don’t like pollution.
Chris What do you mean?
Stan Oh, there isn’t enough fresh air in London.
Chris But there are a lot of parks.
Stan Yes, I know… and people sleep in them!
Chris Why?
Stan Because there isn’t enough accommodation… there aren’t enough flats and houses.
Chris Well, I still prefer big cities.
Stan But why?

Chris I was born in a small country village. It was too quiet.
Stan You were lucky!
Chris I don’t think so. There wasn’t much to do. That’s why young people go to London.
Stan But London’s too expensive for young people.
Chris But they still go… they want excitement.
Stan Hmm… I don’t want excitement. I just want a quiet life, that’s all.

Grammar

TOO MUCH — TOO MANY — ENOUGH

Too much: Uncountable nouns
There’s too much pollution in the city
Too many: Countable nouns
There are too many people in China
Enough:  Uncountable and Countable nouns
There isn’t enough fresh air in the city
There aren’t enough books for all the students

Exercise

In London
There’s too much noise.
There isn’t enough fresh air.
There are too many people.
There aren’t enough flats.

In the world
1 … pollution.
2 … oil.
3 … people.
4 … doctors.