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Reading

Look at the list of cities below. Which do you think has the largest population? Share your ideas
with your partner.

London Jakarta
Tokyo Shanghai Manila

Example:

A: I think London is number one, isn’t it?
B: I don’t think so. I think Shanghai is Read the passage again and choose the best
answer A, B, or C.
the biggest.
1. The world’s population is ______.
Read the passage below and check your A. growing slowly B. staying the same
answer.
C. growing quickly
Read the passage again. Choose the correct 2. Tokyo has ______ people.
heading for each paragraph. A. below 15 million
B. around 15 million
A. Issues for everyone C. Problems for the poor C. much more than 15 million
3. Problems in big cities aff ect ______.
B. Population explosion D. Which are the biggest?
A. poor people B. people who live in slums
The rise of megacities! C. everyone
4. Some problem that poor people face in cities
1. ____________________________
include ______.
Chances are, you are reading this article in a big
A. traffi c and air pollution
city. Population growth is far faster than ever
B. healthy problems and stress
before and that is especially true in cities like
Tokyo and Shanghai. C. having no home or living in slums
2. ____________________________ 5. When air pollution is bad, people ______.
People from the countryside move to cities to fi nd A. only go out at night
work and a better standard of living. These cities B. don’t go out
are so large they have been named megacities. C. move to smaller cities
The largest is Tokyo, followed by Shanghai, Jakarta,
and Manila. Some way behind is London, with a Speaking
relatively small 15 million people.
Work in groups. Look at the places below and
3. ____________________________
discuss some possible disadvantages that
However, life in cities is not always better. people using them may have. e.
Homelessness is a big problem. When people 1. an overcrowded school
do have homes, they are often in slums where
2. an overcrowded bus
disease and poor healthcare are problems.
3. an overcrowded block of fl ats
4. ____________________________
Share your ideas with the class.
Problems aff ect richer people too. Traffi c blocks
help
These verbs and expressions can help.
roads for hours in cities like Bangkok and Mexico
City. Air pollution is so bad in some cities that One disadvantage of ... is …
It’s diffi cult to …
people do not want to go out.
It will be …
64 Unit 12/An Overcrowded World