Metropolises(庄子)

Unit7Metropolises ByZhuangYan Whatisametropolis Ametropolisisachiefcityofaregionoracountry metropolis Internationalfinancialandculturalcenter Excellentpublictransportationsystem Acertainnumberofskyscrapers Comfortableenvironment Well cultivatedcitizens Largepopulationwithacertainnumberofforeigners Whatarethefeaturesofmetropolises Listsomemetropolisesintheworld Toronto Johannesburg Cairo Moscow Paris CityShow Destination1 NewYork WelcometoBigApple Followme Ourjourneyisstarting Enjoyavideoclip Task1 ScanPara 1Q whatkindofcityisNewYork oneofthefinancialandculturalcapitalsofthewesternworld Task2 ScanthePara 1 2 Q WhatexamplesdoesthewritergivetosupporttheideathatNewYorkisoneofthefinancialandculturalcapitalsoftheWesternWorld TheheadquartersoftheUN TwintowersoftheWorldTradeCenter TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt N Y CentralPark Task3 ProblemsofNewYork NoiseAirpollutionCrimesTrafficjamsSlums Task4 Conclusion Despiteitsproblems NewYorkisstillafascinatingcitywhich RockefellerCenter Manhattan canalwayscatchtheattentionofpeople NewYork Features Oneofthe and capitalsofthe Locationof Withmanyplacesofinterest parks andcinemas Conclusion Anexcitingcitythatcanalwayscatchtheattentionofpeople cultural financial WesternWorld TheUNheadquarters greatmuseums artgalleries grandtheatres Noise airpollution crimes trafficjams Problems andslums Outline pairwork London Destination2 London LondonBridge BigBen WestminsterAbbey Task5 Scanthetextanddecidewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalse HeavyfogisnowoftenseeninLondon Londonisacitywithalonghistory Nowadayshorse drawnareacommonsightinthestreet NowLondonisfamousforitsexcellentundergroundservice Trolley buseshavebecomeasymbolofthecity Londonhassuchconcernsasheavytraffic airpollutionanddirtystreets LondonerscanenjoythemselveswithacupofteaalongtheThames Task6 Finishtheoutlineofthetext Features AninterestingandwonderfulcityAcitywhichhasgonethroughmanychanges acommonsightatthebeginningofthe20thcentury Commonsightsinthesecondhalfofthe20thcentury doubledeckersand Acitywhichhaskeptitsheart Peoplerelaxingin London horse drawncarriages undergroundtrains ConventGarden Shanghai Destination3 Destination3 Thebund ShanghaiStadium OrientalPearlTVTower ShanghaiMuseum JinmaoBuilding YuGarden ShanghaiGrandTheater Groupwork DescribeShanghaiinyourownwords andthepresentationofyourgroupmayincludesomeofthepointslistedbelow history size location population traffic weather highlights problems etc Somehelpfulexpressions apopulationofmorethan16million area 6340squarekilometers greatchanges development publictransportationsystem placesofinterest problems financialcentre etc sample LocatedintheeastofChina Shanghaiisalargeharbourcitywithalonghistory Ithasapopulationof16millionandatotalareaof6340squarekilometers GreatchangeshavetakenplaceinShanghaiinthepastfewyears Inthelong termdevelopment Shanghaihasformeditsuniquecityscene variedculturesandarts Manyinternationaleventsareheldhere Skyscrapershavesprunguphereandthere TheOrientalPearlTVTower JinmaoBuildingandtheShanghaiStadiumperfectlyfeaturethecity Itdrawstheattentionoftheworldwithalotofopportunitiesandchallengesaswell Butlikemanyothermetropolisesintheworld Shanghaihasitsownproblems suchasover crowding airpollution pressureandfiercecompetition However asChina sfinancialcentre Shanghaiwillcontinuetobeanexcitingandwonderfulcityformanypeopletochoosetolivein Homework Writeanessayto