Town Vocabulary
Hometown- the city or town where you were born or grew up.
Sentence- My hometown is very near to a big city.
Born and raised in- someone was born in a certain place grew up there with his/her parents.
Sentence- He was born and raised in a village then I shifted to the city to explore career opportunity.
Rustic- simple, old-fashioned and typical of the countryside; rural.
Sentence- The old temple in the small village had a rustic appearance.
Get stuck- to be unable to escape from or move further.
Sentence- People in big cities normally get late because they get stuck in traffic.
Sacred- connected with a god, and considered to be holy.
Sentence- Use of mobile phone in the sacred temple are prohibited .
Metropolitan- relating to/ connected with a large city.
Sentence- Life in metropolitan is very busy.
Commute – the journey between one’s home and place of work.
Sentence- How do you commute to school?
Peak traffic hours- the time of day when traffic is at its heaviest.
Sentence- The peak traffic hours in my city is 9 to 11 in the morning and 6-8 in the evening.
Horn- a device in a vehicle for making a loud noise as a warning.
Sentence- Horns are the main source of noise pollution.
Honk-to make a loud noise like a warning sound.
Sentence- Honking near the hospitals and schools are always restricted.
Describe the traffic jam in your city.
You should say:
– how it happens
– what is the situation
– what problems people face due to this.
– and what could be done to control this traffic jam.
SAMPLE ANSWER
I belong to a metropolitan city where traffic jam is a reality of life. As I Born and raised in the same city I have been seeing the view of traffic from slowing down to crawling to complete stop, whether there is a reason for this type of bad traffic or not. Then, minutes later, it begins to move again and then suddenly moving to full speed. ‘Why does this happen anyway’ is a question many people ask and we all ask ‘what could be done about it’!
The traffic jam in my hometown is one of the terrible things the commuters have to face specially in the Peak traffic hours. Even in the sacred places there are lots of vehicles which move around and create jams. People get stuck on the roads and they have no idea when they would be able to reach their destination. Because of this jam, people often miss important schedules, students can’t reach school in time and the outcome is devastating. Because of the jam in the street people have to schedule accordingly and the total time killed in the street is simply a waste of time. The worst thing is the honking of the horns which make the atmosphere horrible. I really wish that I should move to some rustic location where I can get some calm atmosphere.
There are many steps which should be taken to reduce the jam in the street. First of all the people who are driving in the street should very strictly follow the traffic rules. The traffic control authority should more strictly apply the rules. The number of private automobiles is increasing rapidly. Many single families own multiple cars and thus increase the number of total cars driving in the street. The rule should be imposed on purchasing cars and the price of the fuel could be increased as well. The public transportation system should be improved so that people can travel in public cars. The city has more population than it can comprise and decentralisation of industries, offices and educational institutes can be another solution to this abhorrent problem.
