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Unit 2: URBANISATION
Lesson 2: READING
Urbanisation and its causes
In the countryside in Africa
Cairo city in Egypt, in Africa
Woman at work in Cairo
In the countryside in South America
In city in Argentina in South America
In the countryside in Vietnam
City in Vietnam
A woman at work in Hahoi, Vietnam
In city in Vietnam
What do you think about life
in the countryside and life in city?
ACTIVITY 1. Predict whether the sentences are true or false.
1. Urbanisation happened first in more economically developed countries, then in less economically developed countries.
2. Urbanisation has increased in rich countries since 1950s.
3. Lack of resources in rural areas is one of the factors leading to urbanisation in less developed countries.
4. The standard of living in cities and rural areas is more or less the same.
5. By 2050, more than two thirds of the world’s population are expected to live in urban areas.
ACTIVITY 1. Predict whether the sentences are true or false.
ACTIVITY 2.
Check your predictions in 1.
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. T
ACTIVITY 3. Find the words in the text that have the following meanings.
1. expanding
2. counter-urbanization
3. doubled
4. increase
5. migrate
ACTIVITY 4. Answer the questions.
1. It’s a process by which urban areas grow bigger as more and more people leave the countryside to live in towns and cities.
2. MEDCs stands for more economically developed countries. LEDCs stands for less economically developed countries.
ACTIVITY 4. Answer the questions.
3. Before the 1950s, rapid urbanization took place in Europe and North America because it was the period of industrialization in these areas.
4. After 1950 the urbanization started to grow rapidly in LEDCs.
ACTIVITY 4. Answer the questions.
5. Some of the ‘push’ factors of urbanization are lack of resources in rural areas, bad weather conditions, and competition from large agricultural companies.
6. Because they have to suffer bad weather conditions , and competition from large agricultural companies.
ACTIVITY 4. Answer the questions.
7. Some of the ‘pull’ factors of urbanization are the centralization of resources such as money, services, wealth and opportunities as well as the higher living standards of these areas.
ACTIVITY 5. Discuss with a partner.
How has your area been affected
by urbanization?
Homework
- Read the passage fluently and learn the new words from the reading by heart
- Prepare the new lesson: SPEAKING
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