2. Agenda Learn more words and expressions Listen to a conversation Talk about the best city in your mind Have more discussions

3. Good SideBad Side city planning, pubic transportation, free from the noise, facilities, living standards, subway lines, entertainment, joyful, energetic, robust air pollution, noise pollution, rush hour, traffic jam, crowded, densely-populated, vacancies, out of job, unemployed,

4. Topic 1: What makes a good city to live?

5. Topic 2: Where do you want to live, a big city, a small town or even rural areas? Why?

6. Topic 3: If you are invited to give some suggestions to the city you are living in, what would that be?

7. give you a hand 帮助你 stress 压力 air 空气 environment 环境 good planning 好好计划 economy 经济 earn money 挣钱 energetic 精力充沛的 safe 安全的 age 年龄 have fun 娱乐 choice 选择 strict 严格的 limit 限制 public transportation 公共交 通 subway lines 地铁线

8. Circle T for truTrue or false statement e, F for false, N for not given. 1. In the student’s hometown it is easy to find a job. 2. The student thinks police are energetic. 3. The student thinks that younger people should live in a small city. 4. The student thinks the environment hasn’t been improving. 5. The student thinks cars should be limited.

9. safeI think my hometown is quite safe. secureA good city should be secure for people to live. earn moneyIt is not easy to earn money back home. public transport The public transport system has improved. stressMany people these days are under stress. planningCity planning will improve in a few years.

10. subway/ bus line There are many bus lines in Beijing. living conditions The living conditions are very bad in some places. environmentI hope the environment will get better. facilityWe are seeing more facilities in the parks. quality of lifeThe quality of life is better in big cities.

11. Choose the proper statements for large cities and small cities respectively. a. You will have more choices there. b. It is very safe and quiet, and free from noise. c. It has many historic places, and beautiful parks. d. Many people drive their private cars so it always causes traffic jam in the rush hour. Large citiesSmall towns

12. e. People are so close to the nature and they have too much pressure in the competitive world. f. There are lots of buses and subway lines, convenient to take you anywhere. g. The environment to learn a foreign language is very good.

13. Write a letter to the mayor of your hometown, to show your anxieties about the biggest problem that cities will have in the future and put forward possible suggestions to solve the problem.