CLASSROOM Grammar Elite
for Junior Secondary Students
Words by Theme

Theme: Community and neighbourhood (p.73)

1. 
   Community centre (n. phr.): a place where people who live in the same area meet for social events, sports etc
   
   
   e.g.
   In order to arouse (激起) residents’ (居民的) interest in sports, classes of a variety (各式各樣) of ball games will be held in the community centre (社區中心).


2. 
   Multi-purpose (adj.): having many uses
   
   
   e.g.
   In South Korea, the government turned unused (閒置的) phone booths (電話亭) into multi-purpose (多用途的) booths. In those booths, there are electric car (電動車) chargers (充電器) and free wi-fi.


3. 
   Community (n.): the people who live in the same area
   
   
   e.g.
   Residents (居民) can borrow newspapers and magazines (雜誌) from the kiosk (報刊亭) with their community (社區) services cards.


4. 
   District (n.): an area of a country or city that has official borders
   
   
   e.g.
   There are many elderly (上了年紀的) people living in this district (地區). They often meet up (相聚) in the park for a chat (閒聊).


5. 
   Facilities (n.): buildings, services, equipment etc that are provided for a particular purpose
   
   
   e.g.
   In front of the residential buildings (住宅大廈) are some recreational (康樂的) facilities (設施), like basketball courts and a swimming pool.