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📙 Part 2: Describe a city you've been to and want to visit again

Rory takes us on a trip down memory lane to his university city, Stirling! He shares what makes this picturesque Scottish town so special, from its historic castle to a surprising artificial loch.

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📙 Part 2: Describe a city you've been to and want to visit again
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This episode's vocabulary

Alma mater (noun) - the university, school, or college that one formerly attended.

Picturesque (adj.) -  (of a place or building) visually attractive, especially in a quaint or charming way.

Memorabilia (noun) - objects kept or collected because of their associations with memorable people or events.

Monument (noun) - a statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event.

Artificial (adj.) - made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.

To enamour (verb) - be filled with love for.

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