Bài giảng English 12 - Unit 2: Urbanisation. Lesson 7: Communication and Culture

UNIT 2. URBANISATION 
Communication and Culture 
Communication 
The urban world in 2050 
Task 1. Listen to a talk about predictions for life in cities in 2050 and choose the correct option in each of the following sentences. 
 By 2050, 70 per cent of the world's people will live in cities. 
1. By 2050, 50/70 per cent of the world's people will live in cities. 
2. Energy, especially electricity/oil, will be very expensive. 
3. Human resources/Natural resources are running out due to the excessive exploitation. 
4. Many people will probably have their workplaces close to/far from where they live. 
5. It will be difficult to provide enough water, gas and electricity for really big cities/the countryside. 
6. Many people from the countryside will move to smaller cities/big cities. 
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Energy, especially oil, will be very expensiv e because natural resources are running out due to the excessive exploitation. 
As a result, many people will probably work at home, or have their workplaces close to where they live 
It will be difficult to provide enough water, gas and electricity for really big cities 
Many people from the countryside will move to smaller cities rather than to big cities .. . 
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oil 
Natural resources 
close to 
big cities 
smaller cities 
Task 2. Work in groups. Which of the predictions in 1 are likely to come true to the city you live in, or a city in Viet Nam that you know most about? Make some more predictions about that city in 2050. 
Infractructure 
Environment 
Population 
Transportation 
Culture 
Urbanised Bangkok 
Task 1. Look at the two photos of Bangkok, Thailand. What aspects of city life do they show? 
modern Bangkok with its improved infrastructure and high-rise buildings 
the other side of urbanization: the growth of slums and urban poverty 
Task 2. Read the text about urbanisation in Bangkok. Answer the questions that follow. 
1. What is the role of Bangkok in Thailand? 
2. What benefits has urbanisation brought about? 
3. What problems has urbanisation caused? 
1. Bangkok plays an important role inThailand. It has been a capital city for over 200 years. The growth of Bangkok is the world's window on the growth of Thailand. 
2. It has brought about economic, social and cultural benefits. 
3. The drawbacks include the growth of slums, social issues such as drugs and crime, traffic congestion, and environmental pollution. 
As the capital city of Thailand for over 200 years, Bangkok has an important role to play. Its growth is the world's window on the growth of Thailand. 
These include economic, social and cultural ones. 
However, urbanisation has also resulted in massive problems. For example, thousands of migrants live in the modern slums surrounded by poverty, crime and drugs, and with no hope of getting a job The problems of traffic congestion, pollution and urban slums will continue to grow worse 
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Ha Noi, Viet Nam 
Bangkok, Thailand 
What are the similarities and differences between the urbanisation in Bangkok and that in Ha Noi?