Living In Toronto

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diverse – landlord – store – affordable – nature – mid-rise – residential

owner of a place that is rented to somebody else –

plants, animals, weather, and so on –

full of homes, not offices or factories –

very different from each other –

a building with not too many stories (not very low, not very high) –

a place where they sell different things

not expensive, cheap enough for people to buy –

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diverse – landlord – store – affordable – nature – mid-rise

Yuliya: So, Matt, would you like, would you mind telling me where you live?
Matt: Sure. So I live in a apartment building. It’s a little outside downtown, like, it’s not really downtown, but it’s close. It’s about a seven-story building and it’s on a street that’s all residential buildings. There’s apartment buildings for two or three blocks, probably there’s like 5,000 people that live on my street. It’s a pretty dense area.
Yuliya: And what do you like about it ?

Matt: It’s a nice neighbourhood in some ways. It’s a very place. There’s immigrants from lots of parts of the world, there’s a lot of different cultures. In particular, one thing I really like about the neighbourhood is that it’s close to the lake, so I can spend time…

There’s a lot of parks nearby, there’s a lot of nearby, so that’s really pleasant. There’s also a lot of interesting shopping in my neighbourhood.

Even though it’s outside of the downtown there’s a lot of interesting restaurants, interesting , so there’s always something to do, there’s lots of things going on.

Yuliya: Great, sounds like a really nice place to live. Is there anything you don’t like about it?
Matt: Ah, one thing I really don’t like about my neighbourhood is actually the building that I live in. I’ve been living here for about 10 years, mostly because it’s pretty , but the building has a lot of problems. Our elevator frequently breaks.

When people need repairs, it can take a lot of effort to get the to come and look at it, and then often when they come to look at it, they don’t do a great job. So you need to call them to come back again. So it’s not ideal but it is one of the more affordable neighborhoods in the city so that’s why, that’s why I’m staying here. I don’t really want to go and move somewhere else where I’ll be paying a lot more.

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About Matt:

What kind of building does Matt live in?

How far is it from downtown?

How quiet is the neighbourhood?

Why does he like it?

What doesn’t he like about it?

What kind of problems can an apartment building have?

Why doesn’t Matt move to a different place?

What about you?

How busy is your street?

How quiet is it?

Do you like quiet or busy neighbourhoods more?

How high are most residential buildings in your area?

Would you like to live in a high-rise, low-rise, or a mid-rise building?

Who is usually responsible for fixing problems in an apartment – the landlord or the tenants?

What was the last problem you had in your apartment?

Who fixed it?

Were you happy with how they fixed it?

How expensive was it to fix?

Can you fix any small problems at the place where you live?

Who do you usually ask for help?

Do they always do a good job?

How do you thank them?

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diverse – landlord – store – affordable – nature – mid-rise

Large Canadian cities are more and more now than they were 50 years ago. Immigrants are coming to Canada from all over the world.

Our is very nice. Our rent has been the same for about 5 years now.

People should care more about if they want the Earth to still be good for people in a hundred years.

Some parts of the city do not have high-rise buildings, only .

Many large cities do not have enough housing. They are very, very expensive.

Some residential buildings have s on the ground floor.