Unit 2 Urbanisation Lesson 3 Reading

Some of the ‘push’ factors of urbanization are lack of resources in rural areas, bad weather conditions, and competition from large agricultural companies.. Because they have to suffer b[r]

In the countryside in Africa

Cairo city in Egypt, in Africa

Woman at work in Cairo

In the countryside in South America

In city in Argentina in South America

In the countryside in Vietnam

City in Vietnam

A woman at work in Hahoi, Vietnam

In city in Vietnam

What do you think about life

in the countryside and life in city?

ACTIVITY 1. Predict whether the

sentences are true or false.

1 Urbanisation happened first in more economically developed countries,

then in less economically developed countries.

2 Urbanisation has increased in rich countries since 1950s.

3 Lack of resources in rural areas is

one of the factors leading to

urbanisation in less developed

countries

4 The standard of living in cities and

rural areas is more or less the same

5 By 2050, more than two thirds of the world’s population are expected to live

in urban areas

ACTIVITY 1. Predict whether the

sentences are true or false.

ACTIVITY 3 Find the words in

the text that have the following meanings.

ACTIVITY 4 Answer the

questions.

1 It’s a process by which urban areas grow bigger as more and more people leave the countryside to live

in towns and cities.

2 MEDCs stands for more

2 MEDCs stands for more

economically developed countries LEDCs stands for less economically developed countries.

ACTIVITY 4 Answer the

questions.

3 Before the 1950s, rapid

urbanization took place in

Europe and North America

because it was the period of

industrialization in these areas.

4 After 1950 the urbanization started to grow rapidly in LEDCs

ACTIVITY 4 Answer the

questions.

5 Some of the ‘push’ factors of

urbanization are lack of

resources in rural areas, bad

weather conditions, and

competition from large

agricultural companies

6 Because they have to suffer bad

weather conditions , and

competition from large

agricultural companies

ACTIVITY 4 Answer the

questions.

7 Some of the ‘pull’ factors of

urbanization are the

centralization of resources such

as money, services, wealth and opportunities as well as the

higher living standards of these areas.

ACTIVITY 5 Discuss with a

partner

How has your area been affected

by urbanization?

- Read the passage fluently and learn the new words

from the reading by heart

- Prepare the new lesson:

SPEAKING

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION