9B_CITY LIFE_READING AND SPEAKING PRACTICE_INDEPENDENT LEARNING

 Read these texts and find some time to discuss the content with your classmate.

Consider different issues with your classmate:

There are now twice as many people as 50 years ago.

Cities are part of the system we’ve invented to keep people alive on Earth. People tend to like cities

 There are nearly eight billion humans alive on the planet now, and that’s a big number: more than twice as many as were alive 50 years ago.

The tendency of people to move to cities, either out of desire or perceived necessity, creates a great opportunity.

They will have to be green cities.

Peace, justice, equality and the rule of law are all necessary survival strategies.
ADJECTIVESa big/large/major cityThey have stores in Houston, Dallas, and other big cities.a great city (=very important and interesting)Cairo is one of the world's great cities.a capital city (=where the government of a country or state is)Cuba's capital city is Havana.somebody's home/native city (=where they were born or grew up)He said that he never wanted to leave his home city.a cosmopolitan city (=full of people from different parts of the world)San Francisco is a very cosmopolitan city.an industrial citySheffield is an industrial city in the north of England.a provincial city (=in a part of the country that is not near the capital)There have been protests in the capital and in provincial cities.an ancient citythe ancient city of Jerusalema historic city (=very old and with an interesting history)Budapest is a beautiful and historic city.a cathedral city (=with a cathedral)He went to university in the cathedral city of Durham.a university city (=with a university)Uppsala is a university city.a walled city (=surrounded by a wall)the old walled city of Algheroa twin city British English (=one that has a special relationship with a similar town in another country)Strasbourg is Leicester's twin city in France.CITY + NOUNthe city centre British English, the city center American EnglishThe hotel is in the city centre.the city limits American English (=the furthest parts of the city)rural areas south of the city limitscity lifethe advantages of city lifea city dweller (=someone who lives in a city)In the summer, city dwellers escape to the sea.a city streetTraffic was moving slowly along the city streets.PHRASESin the heart of a cityThe cathedral is right in the heart of the city.the outskirts of a city (=the edge)There were several bombings on the outskirts of the city.VERBSfound a city (=start developing a new city)He founded the city of Baghdad in the 8th centuryPLACE WITH HOUSES, SHOPS, AND OFFICEScity a large area with houses, shops, offices etc that is often the centre of government for an area. A city is bigger than a townThe nearest big city is San Francisco.town a large area with houses, shops, offices etc. A town is smaller than a cityLa Coruña is a pretty seaside town.capital (also capital city) the city where the government of a country or state isWe travelled to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.metropolis a big busy city that is full of people and activityAfter 1850 Paris grew quickly into a busy metropolis.urban adjective [only before noun] relating to towns and citiesAir pollution is particularly bad in urban areas.urban developmentOUTSIDE PART OF CITYthe outskirts the area around the edge of a city or just outside itDisneyland is on the outskirts of Paris.suburb an area around the edges of a city, where many people liveHe lives in a suburb of London.| the suburbsMore and more people are moving to the suburbs.

URBAN SPRAWL the spread of city buildings and houses into an area that used to be countryside, or the area in which this has happened planning policies designed to limit the growth of urban sprawl/ˈɜr·bən ˈsprɔl/

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the spread of a city into the area surrounding it, often without planning.

SLUMS

SHANTY TOWNS

DEPRIVED AREAS

ROUGH NEIGHBOURHOODS

CRIME RATE

TRANSPORT

MASSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE

AIR POLLUTION

SUSTAINABLE CITIES

LEISURE FACILITIES

LIVEABLE (INHABITABLE) CITIES

UNLIVEABLE (UNINHABITABLE) CITIES

POVERTY AND WEALTH

POPULATION GROWTH

OVERCROWDED CITIES

OVERPOPULATION

OVERCONSUMPTION

SOCIAL INEQUALITY

MULTICULTURALISM

COSMOPOLITAN CITIES






https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/19/urban-explosion-kinshasa-el-alto-growth-mexico-city-bangalore-lagos


https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/22/collapse-civilisation-near-certain-decades-population-bomb-paul-ehrlich