Unit 2: SPEAKING
Life in big cities
1. Read the conversation. What features do they mention? Are they positive or negative?
A. Positive features:
-There are more employment opportunities.
-People have chances to get high-paying jobs.
-People’s standard of living is higher.
B. Negative features:
-Big cities are overcrowded and overpopulated.
-Many people are jobless/ unemployed.
-Some people live in slums.
2. Look at the features. Decide whether they are positive or negative. Can you think other features?
A. Positive:
-job opportunities, efficient services
B. Negative:
-noisy, densely populated, traffic congestion, severe shortage of housing, air pollution
C. higher rate of crime (N), stressful (N), social and cultural integration (P), sports facilities (P), better schools (P)
3. Discuss the positive and negative features of city life and decide if you want to live in an urban or rural area.