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The focus of our third special feature
Around the world is on buildings of the future.
MEGA

CITIES

Our cities are getting bigger. This is a
problem, because there is not enough space.
One solution is to build bigger, taller buildings
for people to live in. In the future, maybe we
will almost live in the clouds!

One of the biggest buildings in the world is the Mecca
Royal Hotel Clock Tower in Saudi Arabia. At 601 metres,
it is not the tallest building in the world, but it does take
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up the most space. This huge building covers 1.5 km .
It contains a 20-storey shopping mall — the world’s
tallest — and parking for more than 1000 cars. 100,000
people could live inside the building. Is this the future?

Some people think it is. In Dubai, there are plans to
build a city-building called the Ziggurat. It will look like
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a giant pyramid and cover an amazing 2.3 km . More
than one million people will be able to live inside. It will
be totally environmentally friendly and there will be a
public transport system inside. People will not need cars
to get around.

Of course, this pyramid mega-city is only a plan. It hasn’t been built yet. Enormous cities like this may create new
problems. What will it be like to live with a million people inside one building? What do you think?

Over to you! MORE! Online Action Box

Work in pairs. Would you like to live inside Listening and Quiz online.
Write a text for the MORE! Online
a mega-building? What do you think are the
journal. Put it online for students
advantages and disadvantages of living in a
from other countries to read.
city-building?

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