Lesson 1 Vocabulary

Essential vocabulary from Lesson 1 covering locations, landmarks, and descriptive adjectives for neighborhoods and cities.

hometown

A person's place of origin; described in the notes as peaceful.

neighborhood

A district or community within a town or city; described as friendly.

city center

The central part of a city which is noted for always being crowded.

suburb

An outlying district of a city where many families live.

landmark

A famous or recognizable feature of a town, such as the Notre-Dame Cathedral.

tourist attraction

A place of interest that people visit, such as the many attractions found in Da Nang.

scenery

The natural features of a landscape, described as breathtaking.

landscape

All the visible features of an area of countryside or land.

crowded

A place full of people, such as streets every evening.

peaceful

A state of being quiet and calm, often used to describe a hometown.

noicy

A term used to describe a city (noted in the transcript as "quite noiev").