Vienna Tops the Global Liveability Index 

B1 – Intermediate

In June 2023, Vienna was ranked the most livable city in the world for the third consecutive time. Vienna first claimed the top spot in 2018, becoming the first European city to do so, and ending Melbourne’s seven-year reign as the most livable city. Vienna maintained its leading position in 2019, 2022, and again in 2023.

Read the article to find out more about Vienna being the most liveable city in the world.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2407/240701-global-liveability-index.html

Vocabulary Questions:

  1. What does “accolade” mean? “It is the third year running the Austrian capital has won this accolade.” Give 1 synonym of the word “accolade” and use it in your own sentence.
  2. Define “scoop”. “It failed to scoop maximum points for culture, “owing to a lack of major sporting events”.” Give 1 synonym of the word “scoop” and use it in a sentence.
  3. What does “civil unrest” mean in this sentence? “Since we conducted our survey, there have been more instances of civil unrest and demonstrations around the world.”

Discussion Questions:

  1. Have you ever visited Vienna? What do you think of the city?
  2. In your opinion, what makes a city liveable?
  3. Among the 5 categories mentioned in the article, which do you think is the most important? Why?
  4. How liveable is the city you live in terms of culture and environment,  education, healthcare, infrastructure, and stability?
  5. Which city in your country do you think is the most liveable and why?
    
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2 replies on “Vienna Tops the Global Liveability Index ”

*i never visited vienna,but i see a lot of persons in social media travelling to viena ,and i think is a beatiful place .
*In my opinion a liveable city is a city that have some topics ,beatiful infrastectures ,good food ,culture ,and its clean and have diferents activites .
The most important item is enviroment ,what reality make a ciy beautiful is walk on clean streets and braid clean air
*I dont like my city,some streets are very dirty ,the culture not is interesting
*Galicia ,have beautiful beaches and its clean .

You are doing a really good job with your writing practice.

Here are some corrections in the following sentences:

i never visited vienna,but i see a lot of persons in social media travelling to viena ,and i think is a beatiful place .

I have never visited Vienna, but I’ve seen a lot of people on social media travelling to Vienna ,and I think it is a beautiful place.

In my opinion a liveable city is a city that have some topics ,beatiful infrastectures ,good food ,culture ,and its clean and have diferents activites .
The most important item is enviroment ,what reality make a ciy beautiful is walk on clean streets and braid clean air

In my opinion, a liveable city is a place that has some topics, beautiful infrastructures, good food, culture, and is clean and has different activities.
The most important item is environment. In my opinion, what reality makes a city beautiful is being able to walk on clean streets and breathe clean, fresh air.

I dont like my city,some streets are very dirty ,the culture not is interesting

I don’t like my city, because some streets are very dirty, and the culture not is interesting.

Galicia ,have beautiful beaches and its clean .

I think Galicia is the most liveable city in my country because ,have it has beautiful beaches and it is clean.

Always exert efforts and spend time practicing your writing.

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