The Places We LiveDiscussing Social Issues

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Where do you live? What’s it like?

Is your house/flat big or small?How happy are you where you live from 1 – 10? Why?

Which of these words would you connect with your partner’s house? And what about yours?

city, habitat, crowded, un-crowded, over-crowded, rural, urban, slum

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Are there more urban or rural people living in slums?

How many people live in slums worldwide?

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How many kids does Mrs Shilpirl

have?How many

people live in her house?

Where are her brothers?

Do you know any of these words? Talk together with your partner.

marriage gutter sewage

hungry lie garbage

give away believe bull

break (broken) attack

When was Mrs Shilpirl given away for marriage?10, 20, or 30 years ago.Mrs Shilpirl talked about gutter s, sewage and garbage.

What was the connection?1. The government put new sewers in to stop the

garbage.2. The sewage and garbage in the gutter was horrible.3. The sewage and garbage came in from the gutter into

their house.Sometimes Mrs Shilpirl and her children go to bed:4. with a bull5. hungry, 6. with a lie,

Where do you live? What’s it

like?Is your house/flat big or small?

How happy are you where you

live from 1 – 10?Why?

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