My city

By Larissa dos Santos. Essencial Languages. Pre-Intermediate 16/03/2006.

Larissa dos Santos interviewed her grandmother, in the 16^th March 2006, about the city. About what there used to be in the city.  

Larissa: What didn't there use to be in 1965 in the city?

Grandmother: Still there didn't use to be the television, the first television that appeared, was black and white.

Larissa: And when did the color television appear?

Grandmother: 5 years later.

Larissa: How populous did the city use to be?

Grandmother: The population was very little. The city was empty. The street

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Larissa: What transportation did the city used to have?

Grandmother: Was very common cart, cars were very few.

Larissa: How did the neighborhood use to be?

Grandmother: The neighborhood was brushwood, there were plantations of eucaliptus, was mud.

Larissa: What improvements did the city developed?

Grandmother: The city evolved more, much more.

Larissa: And what of worse did the city used to have?

Grandmother: The health insurance attended better. The jobs also, were much better before, it was easier to obtain work. And also the health insurance was cheaper.

Larissa: Is that. Thank you!

Grandmother: Not at all!!!

THE CHANGES OF PARQUE DO LAGO

By Marjory Queiroz. Essencial Languages. Pre-Intermediate.16/03/2006

     In the past, Parque do Lago used to be a muddy place  with houses and the people used a bridge to cross to the other side. In Parque do Lago there were houses and many people lived there . Had brushwood were the thieves used to hide!

  Now the houses were retreat, the drainage  transformed the place in a beautiful lake, the water was treated, and now has fishes. On the lake there are  bridges of timber. For children there are very nice plays, the skate park and a court of futsal.