TOEFL iBT Writing. In this integrated writing task, you will write a response to

Now listen to part of a lecture on this topic in an urban studies class.
The growth of the suburbs has caused millions of workers tc depend on the automobile to get to work, leading to more cars on the highways, more traffic problems, and more air pollution from cars. However, cities are fighting back. Urban planners have developed a new concept, the urban village, a neighborhood that’s a distinct community within the greater city—a mix of commercial buildings, public spaces, and housing.
Unlike the automobile-dependent suburbs, urban villages are transit-friendly. Residents in urban villages don’t even need a car because buses and trains stop right there. It’s hard to build a coherent neighborhood around a suburban highway. But in an urban village, light-rail transit stops are an excellent way to anchor and center the neighborhood. Urban villages are small, dense, and walkable, so a lot of daily trips can be done on foot.
Suburban life is predictable at best, boring at worst. A suburban district is unbalanced because it specializes in a single use. A lot of suburbs are "bedroom communities" because people just go there to sleep. There’s not much else there—just residences. A suburb is a cultural desert—isolated and unfriendly—where neighbors are strangers to each other. On the other hand, an urban village is a multiple-use district, with a balance of housing, shops, and recreation—a mix of private and public spaces. This makes an urban village a coherent, balanced, diverse neighborhood, unlike the cultural desert of the suburbs.
Summarize the points made in the lecture, explaining how they differ from points made in the reading.