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Hello, hello, dear listener and welcome
into speaking part three, public facilities.
Hmm, facilities are the same, amenities.
So in our different restaurants,
cafes, swimming pools, hotels,
wells, bars, restaurants and cafes and democracies,
and all this stuff.
Rory's here to give us super answers, Rory.
Hello.
Hello, it's me.
Let's talk about public facilities.
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What are the benefits of public facilities?
Well, generally they're pretty accessible
in terms of location and membership,
and if they're publicly funded,
then there's some minimum standard of care involved usually.
Why are public transport methods popular
such as the subway?
Well, lots of reasons, I suppose.
It's cheap, direct and usually easy to access
because it's got to cater to a lot of people at one time.
In most countries, it's rather reliable, too.
Why are some public transport methods unpopular?
Well, probably for as many reasons as the ones I gave you
the last time.
I mean, they could be poorly maintained, unreliable,
and not work properly due to a combination
of per investment and rory use.
And just a general lack of care and respect
if you haven't had that instilled in them.
I mean, would you want to spend any length of time
in an enclosed space that's literally falling to pieces around you?
What kind of transport do young people and old people prefer?
Oh, wow!
I think that depends a lot on the context and the culture.
I mean, for example, in my country,
the young value is sense of independence,
so they like having their own cars and bikes.
Whereas older people like the sense of community,
so they're more likely to use public transport.
I mean, that's a very broad set of generalizations, I should say.
Is it important to have parks in the city?
I mean, it's good to have them anywhere really.
People need places so they can be in the open
and surround it by greener rates, help them calm down
and reconnect to nature.
Or, plus, they look nice compared to just endless buildings
or urban sprawl.
What benefits can a park bring?
Well, lots.
People can relax there, hold community events
with more ease in the sunshine.
We could also boost the value of an area if it has this kind of access
and tends to raise the quality of the scenery.
Doing it big or small parks in the city.
I mean, why not both?
Small parks would be good for local communities,
but larger parks can host big attractions and events with greater ease.
So I'm not sure it's such a binary choice, to be honest.
Do young people like to go to parks?
I would certainly say so, yes.
You'd say them hanging out there all the time in my country,
and that's what they are, therefore.
They can play different ball sports and games
or just lie down and relax and it costs them absolutely nothing,
which is important if you're a young person.
Hey, thank you, Rory, for your answers.
That's okay.
So public facilities, what are they?
Parks, gardens, places that are available for public access.
And we say that public facilities should be accessible
so people can access them.
Okay.
And some of them are publicly funded,
which means that's the state base for the facilities,
like museums, art galleries, there are some state museums.
So they're accessible, they are publicly funded,
but Rory, what benefits are for the public, for the people?
Well, people can use them, and they can use them easily.
If they're supposed to be public facilities,
then I suppose there must be accessible by the public,
so it should be more accessible.
I don't know if they are free necessarily,
because you need to pay for the maintenance somehow.
So if they're privately owned, but publicly accessible,
then people who own it could charge people to use them,
but they use this money to maintain it.
Then we talk about public transport methods.
So this subway, or you can call it the metro
or the Chub in London, for example,
and you can say that the subway or the metro is a cheap,
accessible direct, what do you mean direct?
The subway is direct.
I mean, it goes directly to a place.
You don't have to faff around walking to different places.
Yeah, you don't change trains,
you just like take the metro and off you go.
No, you might have to change trains in some places,
but it's a fairly straightforward process.
And the subway is usually easy to access.
Yeah, the subway caters to a lot of people at one time.
Caters, here it means serves.
So it serves a lot of people at one time.
And in most countries it's reliable,
so you can rely on the subway.
Well, maybe not in London.
I've heard stories.
Yeah.
Some methods of public transport are not popular or unpopular.
They could be poorly maintained.
So to be maintained, to be taken care of.
So the government, the local council,
should maintain transport facilities.
Or some of them could be poorly maintained.
So they're not maintained well.
They could be unreliable,
trams, buses, trains, ships, horses.
It could be unreal.
No, horses are private transports, right?
We talk about public transport methods or means.
Yes.
And just a general lack of care.
So lack of maintenance.
And respect, like people don't respect the government's property.
Well, or just public property.
It doesn't have to belong to the government.
It could just be publicly owned.
And some public transport methods could be falling to pieces.
So it could be kind of like,
they could be getting destroyed when you look at it.
A dream.
Like an old tram.
Or it's falling to pieces.
Or a bus, an old bus.
It's falling to pieces.
But that just means there's no very well-capped or well-maintained.
And it's not in a good condition.
Young and old people might prefer different transport means,
means or methods.
But it depends on the context and culture.
Then you can give an example about your country.
For example, in my country, like in the ruralie's country,
Scotland, the young, young people, or the young,
value a sense of independence.
OK, so they appreciate it's important for them,
this sense of independence.
So they prefer their own cars and bikes.
Maybe e-scouters.
Their own private transport.
Wild, but, or whereas,
older people like the sense of community.
Community when we are all together.
OK, let's get together, get on a bus.
And just like, yeah, rock this world.
So this is what older people usually do.
I don't know if older people are rocking the world.
They get together, they get on a bus.
So it becomes packed with older people.
So they are more likely to use public transport.
And also they usually don't have much money
to kind of to use a taxi or to maintain a car.
But some older people like use cars, no problem.
They do, yeah.
But kind of most older people, yeah.
That's why I said those are very broad generalizations.
Yeah, yeah, a broad generalization.
Then the examineer can ask you questions about parks,
which are also public facilities like public parks or gardens,
botanical gardens.
And Rory told us that people need places
where they can be in the open.
So we need places where we can be in the open air.
And then parks we are surrounded by greenery.
They're listening to greenery.
What else greenery?
The green stuff.
Well, plants, trees, anything that's green.
Green stuff, like you said.
So it's important to be surrounded by greenery,
which helps people to calm down.
It helps us to reconnect to nature.
Tell us now, we connect to nature in parks.
Do you usually do this now?
Then you should.
And it's nice to use urban sprawl.
What is urban sprawl?
Urban like city.
Urban sprawl is just endless developments
of properties.
It's not particularly pleasant because it's just houses,
endless houses.
Nothing is there apart from the houses.
So you can say that we do need a green break
from endless buildings or urban sprawl.
So parks are important.
And the benefits.
People can relax there, community,
different communities hold their events.
Like English speaking community can hold an event
in a park.
And we enjoy the sunshine.
So we sunbathe in the sunshine.
And also people could enjoy the scenery.
Scenery beautiful views on a lake, on trees.
Scenery.
The nice things you can see.
Here I really enjoy Roy's answer.
Roy goes like, I mean, why not both?
Small parks and big parks.
Like, why should we choose?
Why must you force me to choose?
And the Roy then explains, like, small parks
would be good for local communities.
Like local groups of people in neighborhoods.
But larger parks can host big events, host and event.
Okay?
Like, you organize an event, you host an event.
And larger parks can host big attractions and events.
And attractions, you mean like, like, fairs.
Like what?
It could be like a fair, for example, or some other large event, like a concert.
A street market.
Yeah, a street market.
A park market.
I'm not sure it's a street market in a park.
And then our favorite expression.
So I'm not sure it's such a binary choice.
Roy, could you explain it again?
Yeah, if you're ever presented with two options and you don't think that it really is two
options, like it's one choice or the other.
But really, you could have big and small parks.
There's no reason that you can't.
And here I say like, I'm not sure it's such a binary choice.
Just like this.
Can I change the expression?
I'm not sure it's such a binary choice.
I'm not sure it's a binary choice.
I just said such because it's talking about what we just had presented to us.
And can I say like, it shouldn't be a binary choice?
You could say that, yes, but then it depends on what we're talking about.
So you think it's more complicated this way.
Young people enjoy hanging out in parks.
So they meet their friends, they hang out.
Yeah, but also old people enjoy going to parks as well.
Young people can play different ball sports.
Football, volleyball, you know, basketball.
You get the logic, yeah, do you listen to ball sports, volleyball, basketball?
Anything involving a ball.
Yeah, different games like Frisbee or just lie down and relax.
So lie down on the grass in a park, do you listen?
And it costs them absolutely nothing.
It's usually younger people don't have much money.
So they can do it for free.
Hey, yeah, and like on what leisure facilities can be used by people of all ages?
Well, we already talked about parks, but swimming pools as well.
Footpaths, if you have like a forest walk.
Yeah, also got restaurants, care-faces, bars.
Librarys?
Oh, library's right.
And this is also like a public or leisure facility.
Well, leisure facility, you know, is usually a place where you just have fun.
Thank you very much for listening and we'll get back to you in our next episode.
Okay?
Bye.
What are the benefits of public facilities?
Well, generally they're pretty accessible in terms of location and membership and if
they're publicly funded, then there's some minimum standard of care involved usually.
Why are public transport methods popular such as the subway?
Well, lots of reasons, I suppose, it's cheap, direct and usually easy to access because
it's got to cater to a lot of people at one time.
In most countries, it's rather reliable too.
Why are some public transport methods unpopular?
Well, probably for as many reasons as the ones I gave you last time.
I mean, they could be purely maintained, unreliable and not work properly due to a combination
of per investment and no use.
And just a general lack of care and respect if you haven't had that instilled in them.
I mean, would you want to spend any length of time in an enclosed space that's literally
falling to pieces around you?
What kind of transport do young people and old people prefer?
Oh, wow.
I think that depends a lot on the context and the culture.
I mean, for example, in my country, the young value is sense of independence.
So they like having their own cars and bikes.
Whereas older people like the sense of community, so they're more likely to use public transport.
I mean, that's a very broad set of generalizations, I should say.
Is it important to have parks in the city?
I mean, it's good to have them anywhere, really.
People need places so they can be in the open and surround by greenery to help them
calm down and reconnect to nature.
Or, plus, they look nice compared to just endless buildings or urban sprawl.
What benefits can a park bring?
Well, lots.
People can relax there, hold community events with more ease in the sunshine.
It can also boost the value of an area if it has this kind of access,
and tends to raise the quality of the scenery.
Do we need big or small parks in the city?
I mean, why not both?
Small parks would be good for local communities,
but larger parks can host big attractions and events with greater ease.
So I'm not sure it's such a binary choice, to be honest.
Do young people like to go to parks?
I would certainly say so.
Yes, you'd say them hanging out there all the time in my country,
and that's what they are, therefore.
They can play different ball sports and games or just lie down and relax,
and it costs them absolutely nothing, which is important to your young person.
