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Pre-reading

Some Vocabulary

Some vocabulary

Some Vocabulary Some vocabulary

Megalopolis

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Megalopolis Post-reading

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Some Vocabulary

Megalopolis (n): a very large city where anumber of people live.

Incredible (a): impossible or verydifficult to believe.

Ex: an incredible story.

extremely good or large.Ex :The hotel was

incredible.


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Some Vocabulary

Capitalism(n): an economic system which is

controlled and run for profit by privateowners rather than by the government.

Skyscraper (n): a very tall building in a city.

Dramatic (a): sudden, very great and oftensurprising.Ex: a dramatic change / a dramatic fall


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MegalopolisThe town of Shenzhen, just forty kilometres north of Hong Kong,is the worlds biggest building site. In 1982 it was a fishing village

with two main roads, fields, and a population of 30000. Now it has apopulation a population of 3 million. It is growing at an incrediblespeed. It is spreading north towards Guangzhou (also known asCanton) and west towards Macau. The Chinese government hopes thatin less than ten years this area will be biggest city on earth, with a

population of 40 million people.China is changing. It is no longer a country where absolutely

everything is owned and controlled by the state. Developers arewelcome. As Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese leader, said in 1992, To getrich is glorious. The old China of bicycles and Little Red Books isdisappearing. A world of mobile phones and capitalism is arriving.

The Chinese people seem to welcome dramatic change. Theydont worry about losing traditional ways of life. They want the new.As the posters on the sides of the highways shout, Development is theonly way.


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MegalopolisShenzhen is a shocking place, like nowhere else on

earth that I have ever seen. It is a city with no boundariesand no centre. There are new concrete office blocks,factories, and housing blocks as far as the eye can see. Not

just dozens of new buildings, nor even hundreds, butthousands. And it is all happening so fast. It takes just six

months to design, build, and finish a 60-storey, air-conditioned skyscraper. As one architect said to me, Ifyou move too slowly here, someone will walk over you.

The new Hopewell Highway runs from Shenzen toGuangzhou, and it takes just two hours to do the 123

kilometres. This superhighway will become the main streetof a huge new city, as it gets bigger and bigger until theeast meets the west, and the countryside in the middledisappears under concrete.


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Megalopolis

There will of course be more and more cars on the

road. People dont want bicycles. If you have a car, it

means you have made money. So the traffic will be like in

Bangkok, where people spend four hours commuting every

day. People eat and work in their car.

Pearl River City very nearly exists. It will probably be

the worlds First City, the greatest city on earth. It wont

be beautiful, but its power, energy, and wealth will be felt

in all corners of the world.


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Post-reading

Answer these questions

What are some of the statistics about Shenzhen that makeit a remarkable place?

In what ways in China changing? Why were DengXiaopings words significant?

How are the people changing?

Why do they want to own a car?

What does Shenzhen look like?

What does Shenzhen look like?

Why will this city be important in the 21stcentury?

What do these numbers refer to?


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Post-reading

What do these numbers refer to?

1982

3 million

Less than ten years

40 million

Thousands

Six months

Two hours Four hours


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