La ville at B2 — urban issues
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Discuss city problems and planning — DELF-ready vocabulary.
📓 Les enjeux urbains
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town planning
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pollution
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green spaces
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traffic
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housing
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gentrification
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a homeless person
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development / layout
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social diversity
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the outskirts
🔊 Example sentences
L’urbanisme doit préserver les espaces verts.Town planning must protect green spaces.
La circulation est un vrai problème.Traffic is a real problem.
Le logement est de plus en plus cher.Housing is more and more expensive.
💡 Your B2 goal
At B2 aim for automatic use plus the nuances — register, exceptions, and combining this point with others in longer sentences. Errors here should be rare and self-caught.
Feeling shaky? Step back to La Ville at B1. Comfortable? Level up to La Ville at C1.
La gentrification transforme le quartier.Gentrification is transforming the neighbourhood.
✍️ Practice
Il faut préserver les ___ verts. (spaces) (urbain)
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espaces
Le ___ coûte trop cher. (housing) (urbain)
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logement
La ___ automobile pollue. (traffic) (urbain)
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circulation
🎮 Practise
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