A community's urban forest is an extension of its pride…
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A community's urban forest is an extension of its pride and community spirit. Trees enhance community economic stability by attracting businesses and tourists as people tend to linger and shop longer along tree-lined streets. Apartments and offices in wooded areas rent more quickly and businesses leasing office spaces in developments with trees reported higher productivity and fewer absences.
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How to read it
A community's urban forest is an extension of its pride and community spirit.‖Trees enhance community economic stability by attracting businesses and tourists|as people tend to linger and shop longer along tree-lined streets.‖Apartments and offices in wooded areas rent more quickly‖and businesses leasing office spaces in developments with trees|reported higher productivity and fewer absences.
| short pause ‖ breathe
Aim for 22–26 seconds.
Words to stress correctly
| productivity | pro·duc·TIV·i·ty | /proʊdəkˈtɪvəti/ |
| developments | de·VEL·op·ments | /dɪˈvɛləpmənts/ |
| community's | com·MU·ni·ty's | /kəˈmjunɪtiz/ |
| community | com·MU·ni·ty | /kəˈmjunəti/ |
| stability | sta·BIL·i·ty | /stəˈbɪlɪti/ |
| economic | e·co·NOM·ic | /ɛkəˈnɑmɪk/ |
58 words, aim 22–26 seconds. No numbers. Breathe after spirit., streets. and quickly; short pauses after tourists and trees. The last sentence is long, so keep an even pace through reported higher productivity and fewer absences.
Where marks are usually lost
Stressing the first syllable of com·MU·ni·ty, sta·BIL·i·ty or de·VEL·op·ments; e·co·NOM·ic and pro·duc·TIV·i·ty take the third. Dropping the -ed in tree-lined, wooded, reported, or the -s in businesses, tourists, apartments, offices, absences.
General tip: community appears three times (once as community's); keep the stress on MU each time and link community's urban smoothly.
What it means: 中文 · हिन्दी · नेपाली · Tiếng Việt
中文: 一个社区的城市森林是其自豪感和社区精神的延伸。树木通过吸引企业和游客来增强社区的经济稳定，因为人们往往会在林荫街道上逗留和购物更久。林区的公寓和办公室出租更快，在有树木的开发区租用办公空间的企业报告了更高的生产力和更少的缺勤。
हिन्दी: किसी समुदाय का शहरी वन उसके गौरव और सामुदायिक भावना का विस्तार है। पेड़ व्यवसायों और पर्यटकों को आकर्षित करके समुदाय की आर्थिक स्थिरता बढ़ाते हैं, क्योंकि लोग पेड़ों वाली सड़कों पर ज़्यादा देर रुकते और खरीदारी करते हैं। हरे-भरे इलाकों में अपार्टमेंट और ऑफ़िस जल्दी किराए पर उठते हैं, और पेड़ों वाले परिसरों में ऑफ़िस लेने वाले व्यवसायों ने अधिक उत्पादकता और कम अनुपस्थिति की सूचना दी।
नेपाली: समुदायको सहरी वन त्यसको गौरव र सामुदायिक भावनाको विस्तार हो। रूखहरूले व्यवसाय र पर्यटकलाई आकर्षित गरेर समुदायको आर्थिक स्थिरता बढाउँछन्, किनभने मानिसहरू रूखले घेरिएका सडकमा लामो समय बस्ने र किनमेल गर्ने गर्छन्। रूख भएका क्षेत्रका अपार्टमेन्ट र कार्यालय छिटो भाडामा जान्छन्, र रूख भएका परिसरमा कार्यालय लिने व्यवसायहरूले बढी उत्पादकता र कम अनुपस्थिति रिपोर्ट गरे।
Tiếng Việt: Rừng đô thị của một cộng đồng là sự mở rộng của niềm tự hào và tinh thần cộng đồng. Cây xanh tăng cường sự ổn định kinh tế của cộng đồng bằng cách thu hút doanh nghiệp và du khách, vì người ta thường nán lại và mua sắm lâu hơn trên những con phố rợp bóng cây. Căn hộ và văn phòng ở khu vực nhiều cây cho thuê nhanh hơn, và các doanh nghiệp thuê văn phòng trong các khu có cây báo cáo năng suất cao hơn và ít vắng mặt hơn.
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Read Aloud format (Pearson)
| Prompt | Text up to 60 words |
|---|---|
| Preparation | 30–40 seconds |
| Time to answer | Depends on the length of the text |
| Skills assessed | Speaking |
| Scored on | Content; Pronunciation; Oral fluency |
How it is scored
- Content is scored by counting the correct words in your response.
- If you stay silent for more than 3 seconds, the recording stops.
- You can record your response only once.
Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 1: Speaking & Writing, checked 9 October 2026.