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Describe a place with a lot of trees that you would like to visit.
For example, a forest, an oasis, or a park.
You should say where it is, how you knew this place, what it is like and explain why you'd like to visit it.
Rory, give us your story.
Rory's story.
Rory's story.
Well, there are loads of places like this where I'm from since it's fairly heavily forested.
In fact, my entire country is like that.
But one that stands out in my mind in particular is a place called Camperdown Park, which is located just outside my hometown, which is Dundee in Scotland.
I think it's the largest public park in the city, but even if it's not, there's still plenty of woodland and open green space.
So you could be forgiven for thinking it's the biggest one.
I first heard about it when I was younger and I used to go there with my friends for day trips with our families on.
Well, it could be school trips as well, I suppose.
Or it could have been school trips, especially times like in the autumn when the trees change colour.
I've also seen some nice photos of it online, though I haven't been back in person for a while.
Now that I think about it.
When it comes to what it's like, the place is obviously full of tall, old trees.
But they're mainly oak trees and pine, I think.
And it's got a very peaceful atmosphere.
I think, well, there was a small zoo.
I think there's still a small zoo, which I think had bears in it at some point.
And there's a golf course.
And there are lots of trails where you can walk or run or cycle for ages.
Yeah.
From what I can recall, it's a place where you can easily spend the whole day just relaxing and enjoying nature.
To be honest,
I'd really like to go back there, because it sounds like the perfect place to escape from the noise of the city which I live in, the heart of.
And I quite love being surrounded by trees, especially when you can hear the birds and the wind in the leaves.
So it would be a good way to recharge and clear my mind.
Also.
I suppose it would be a bit of a nostalgia trip after everything I've said about having been there.
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Yay, thank you, Rory, for your story.
So, dear listener, you should have this green place, so perhaps a forest or a park, the easiest option.
I think those are the easiest, yeah, uh-huh.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally a park.
So, learn about the park closer to your home, perhaps, or your favorite park in town.
A heavily forested place is a place with lots of trees and greenery, like green leaves, green stuff.
And you can say that one place that stands out in my mind is a park which is called, Or I have a lot of heavily forested places, like a lot of forests, where I live.
But one that I really remember, one that I really enjoy, one that stands out in my mind, is Tadata Park.
It is located in, so it is situated or it is in the center.
It is by the river.
And Rory lives in Scotland in the town called Dundee.
So it's in Dundee.
It's the largest public park in the city or it's the smallest public park in the city.
And there are open green spaces.
And there's lots of woodland.
Places with trees.
Yeah, what's that?
Woodland.
It's exactly what you think.
It's land with wood.
Trees.
Wow.
So you could say that there are a lot of trees or there is plenty of woodland.
Yes.
And what do you know, dear listener?
Woodland, it's C2.
Bad enough yay, excellent.
So, for example, the park has like three kilometers or three hundred acres of woodland acres i don't even know what that is.
Oh aka, c2 is c2?
Oh, my god okay why, what?
What is it then?
Okay okay, an acorn is a unit for measuring area.
It equals to 4047 square meters.
Wow, that's like a really precise measurement.
Maybe there's another more normal unit of measurement we could have?
So it's about like 4,000 square meters.
You could talk about square kilometers.
It's hundreds of square kilometers.
Maybe hectares?
Maybe that's close to acres, I don't know.
Imperial measurements just are totally illogical.
Right, dear listener.
So woodlands, forests.
So, land with many trees.
An area with many trees is called woodland.
So, for example, lots of plants and rare flowers grow in these woodlands.
So, you talk about your park.
Even if nothing grows there, just say.
Rory, give us another sentence with woodland.
Very nice word.
Oh, I don't know.
There's lots of woodland near my home.
I first heard about it when I was a child.
I heard about it from my friends.
I used to go to this park at school, right?
Or I used to go there with my parents.
So somewhere, something in the past.
Or I usually go there for a walk.
I like when the trees change color.
Usually in the autumn, the trees change color and it's beautiful.
The leaves change color and they fall down.
Yeah, leaves from trees fall down.
They change color.
I haven't been back in person for a while.
So if you haven't visited this place for some time, you can say well, I haven't been there for some time.
When we change the subject, for example, like what it is like the bullet point From the task, what it is like, it means like describe the park, describe the place.
The atmosphere.
When it comes to what it's like, when it comes to the atmosphere, the place is full of trees.
Yes, exactly.
Surprisingly for a place that you need to describe that has lots of trees.
And here you can name the trees.
Like what trees?
Oak trees.
Please Google OAK oak trees.
Pine trees.
And here you should name two, three names for trees oak trees, pine trees, ash trees, birch trees, just okay.
Okay, dear listener, choose two or three names that you can remember red maple trees, for example.
But just go to google images and remember two names.
And the park has a very peaceful atmosphere.
So peace, quiet.
You can talk about facilities, So facilities like what infrastructure the park has.
It might have a zoo if you're very lucky, but it could also have a park, like a play park for children.
There are plenty of trails.
Trails like paths, small walks, right?
But they're called paths, trails where you, I don't know, just walk, where you go hiking.
A trail, a path through a countryside or a forest.
There are a lot of walking trails or skiing trails if in winter you go skiing.
And there are a lot of trails where you can walk, run or cycle.
You can spend a whole day relaxing and enjoying nature.
You see the structure?
You can spend a whole day doing what?
Relaxing and enjoying beautiful nature or picturesque nature, like beautiful, or the surroundings.
It's the perfect place to escape from the noise of the city, escape from something, escape from the city or escape from the noise of the city and you can say i go there because i love being surrounded by trees, So I love to be surrounded by trees.
I like it when trees surround me.
So when trees are around me.
And a very nice structure, passive voice.
I love being surrounded by trees and greenery.
Greenery, all this green stuff.
It's a passive voice with I-N-G?
Yeah.
Oh, very nice.
It's a great way to recharge.
Recharge, to relax, to unwind.
It's a great way to unwind or recharge.
Don't say batteries.
Just say, it's a great way to recharge.
It's a great way to clear my mind.
What adjectives, Rory, would you use about this park?
So this park is what?
Gigantic.
It's huge.
It's a public park, which is a collocation.
At least I think it's a public park as opposed to a private park.
What else?
Picturesque nature.
It might be picturesque, yeah.
And, dear listener, if you google your park, you can find out how many acres of land it has.
Acre C2.
So, pretty much, what's the territory of the park?
Like, this park has, like, 40 acres of land.
It is...
Ten acres in size.
I don't know.
I don't know how big an acre is.
If it's big or not, it just sounds cool.
An acre is a bad name.
Thank you very much for listening.
We'll get back to you in our next episode where we talk about natural places and forests.
Okay?
Bye.
Well, I'm going to go to the park now.
Bye.
Describe a place with a lot of trees that you would like to visit.
For example, a forest, an oasis or a park.
You should say where it is, how you knew this place, what it is like and explain why you'd like to visit it.
Rory, give us your story.
Rory's story.
Well, there are loads of places like this where I'm from since it's fairly heavily forested.
In fact, my entire country is like that.
But one that stands out in my mind in particular is a place called Camperdown Park, which is located just outside my hometown, which is Dundee in Scotland.
I think it's the largest public park in the city, but even if it's not, there's still plenty of woodland and open green space.
So you could be forgiven for thinking it's the biggest one.
I first heard about it when I was younger and I used to go there with my friends for day trips with our families on.
Well, it could be school trips as well, I suppose.
Or it could have been school trips, especially times like in the autumn when the trees change colour.
I've also seen some nice photos of it online, though I haven't been back in person for a while.
Now that I think about it.
When it comes to what it's like, the place is obviously full of tall, old trees.
But they're mainly oak trees and pine, I think.
And it's got a very peaceful atmosphere.
I think, well, there was a small zoo.
I think there's still a small zoo, which I think had bears in it at some point.
And there's a golf course.
And there are lots of trails where you can walk or run or cycle for ages.
Yeah.
From what I can recall, it's a place where you can easily spend the whole day just relaxing and enjoying nature.
To be honest,
I'd really like to go back there, because it sounds like the perfect place to escape from the noise of the city which I live in, the heart of.
And I quite love being surrounded by trees, especially when you can hear the birds and the wind in the leaves.
So it would be a good way to recharge and clear my mind.
Also.
I suppose it would be a bit of a nostalgia trip after everything I've said about having been there.
