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Why cities grew near rivers
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Follow reasons and examples in an academic lecture.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- fertile
- Good for growing plants.
- crop
- A plant grown in large amounts for food.
- settlement
- A place where people have come to live.
Answer key
- Many of the world's oldest cities were built beside rivers.“World’s oldest” links: “world-zoldest”.
- Rivers provided fresh water for drinking and farming.The d of “provided” runs into “fresh”.
- Floods left behind fertile soil that was ideal for crops.The t of “left” is almost silent.
- Boats made it easier to move goods over long distances.The stress in “distances” is on “dis”.
- As trade grew, small settlements gradually became cities.“Gradually” has four syllables: “grad-joo-uh-lee”.