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Comprehension/Interpretation

Exercise 1. Read the articles once again. In each article (1, 2) find two-three sentences showing what the author thinks of the problem of big cities.

  1. a) ______________________________________________________________

b) ______________________________________________________________

c) ______________________________________________________________

2. a) ______________________________________________________________

b) _____________________________________________________________

c) _____________________________________________________________

Exercise 2. Look through the articles. Match the topics with the corresponding area:

Urban

Rural

b,

  1. little damage to the environment; j) grow their own food;

  2. large-scale development; k) people live longer;

  3. much garbage; l) more jobs;

  4. steady work; m) transportation system;

  5. difficult to make living; n) beautiful nature;

  6. pollution from auto emissions; o) better medical care;

  7. higher salaries; p) hard life;

  8. fresh air; q) developed service.

  9. the way of life is broken down;

Comment some of your choices. Use I think … , I don’t think …, It seems to me …, In my opinion …

Exercise 3. Tick the statements that you believed to be true. Explain your point. Use the following expressions: I think …; I find it …; Personally, I feel …; It can be … .

1 . Megacities have problems.

  1. L ife in rural areas is hard.

  2. W e should recreate village life in the cities.

  3. T here are more chances to work in the cities.

  4. Continued development will hurt the quality of life.

  5. C ontinued development can improve the quality of life.

  6. P eople should move back to the country.

  7. In big cities people have steady work and higher salaries.

  8. T he quality of life in rural areas is better.

  9. T he level of population in big cities is rather high.

  10. We need to limit large-scale development.

  11. T he old way of life in rural areas has broken down.

  12. P eople live longer in the cities.

  13. W e should encourage the development of big cities.

Listening Europe's Population Now Half a Billion

BEFORE LISTENING

SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. passed a. for

2. figure b. dropped

3. bulk c. manage

4. fell d. majority

5. far e. fury

6. cope f. a long way

7. strain g. gone over

8. anger h. obvious

9. in favour of i. pressure

10. clear j. number

PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1. passed the half-a-billion mark a. rates were in Ireland

2. The bulk b. increases in population

3. countries with the biggest c. be brought down

4. The highest birth d. to cope

5. Europe is still far e. of the increase

6. worry about how f. reduced living space

7. put a great strain g. for the first time

8. cause tension due to h. to immigration

9. people who are opposed i. behind China

10. immigration needs to j. on a country’s resources

WHILE LISTENING