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59 City life 05 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Read the rest of the article. In which paragraph (1–4) does Professor Rhodes talk about these topics? Read the article again. What reasons does Professor Rhodes give for these predictions? Make notes. In groups, ask and answer the questions. 1 How do you feel about the changes Professor Rhodes describes? Which are good and which are bad? 2 Do you disagree with anything Professor Rhodes says? If so, why? Cover the article and use the words and expressions from the box to complete the sentences. Then check in the article. 3 4 clean, green climate flooding gas oil polluted sea levels traffic transport a cities and the countryside b cities near the sea c energy, money and politics d working and living in cities 1 Cities will have many centres. 2 Big cities will stop growing. 3 Buildings will use local materials. 4 There might be political problems. 5 Some cities near the sea will need help. VoCabULaRY 6 The environment SPEakING 5 WRITING 7 1 Energy, especially , will be very expensive. 2 There’ll be less on the roads. 3 It will be difficult to provide enough water, and electricity for really big cities. 4 over long distances will be a lot more expensive. 5 We might have two groups of people: a rich group which lives in areas … 6 … and a poorer group which has to live in the more parts of the city. 7 As temperatures around the world go up, will rise and many places will have problems with . 8 Some cities may find that the change in is good for them, but others will need help. Do you think the climate is changing around the world? What about Austria / Central Europe? Write a blog entry in which you: express your opinion on these questions. explain why you think so, giving examples. discuss why climate change is an important topic. Write 120–150 words. Don’t forget to organise your text into paragraphs. The following expressions might be useful: I think 10 years ago … had less traffic … Areas in … sometimes have problems with flooding … … is the most polluted … … will have problems if there’s less and less snow … Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv