SO Unit 17 - Health Consequences - Online Class

SO Unit 17

Health Consequences

Multiple Select

What does urbanization mean?

• the process by which more and more people leave the countryside to live in cities

• the process of becoming more like a city

Multiple Choice

Only 43% of the Earth's total surface is habitable.

How many percent of the Earth's surface is urban?

• 3%

• 13%

• 30%

Multiple Choice

In 2020, it is estimated that .... people live in urban areas.

• 7.8 billion

• 5.2 billion

• 1.2 billion

• 4.4 billion

Multiple Choice

Which country has the highest percentage of its population living in urban areas?

• Singapore

• Kuwait

• Belgium

• Qatar

• Wakanda

Multiple Choice

How many percent of the Vietnamese population live in urban areas in 2019?

• 12.21

• 36.63%

• 54.45%

• 79.97%

Poll

Do you see urbanization as a positive or negative phenomenon?

• Positive

• Negative

Reading Practice - Completion

Choose no more than TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer

Health consequences

How urbanization affect our health

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Reading Practice - Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

1. According to the reading, what is air pollution?

• A. The condition in which people cannot breathe without an air filtering machine.

• B. The condition in which harmful substances force people to leave their cities.

• C. The condition in which the air is polluted only by CO2.

• D. The condition in which health-damaging substances such as CO2 and Methane exist in the air.

Multiple Choice

2. Which was not mentioned as a result of air pollution in the reading?

• A. breathing problems

• B. heart-related diseases

• C. lung cancer

• D. autism

Multiple Choice

3. What does the word 'detrimental' in the reading mean?

• A. harmful

• B. positive

• C. scare

• D. complex

Multiple Choice

4. Which is correct?

• A. The breathing problem of the brother is thought to happen due a higher level of air pollution.

• B. The asthma disease had strong impacts on the writer's brother.

• C. Due to the asthma, he could hardly look after himself for a period of time.

• D. None of the answers above are correct.

Reading Practice - YES / NO / NOT GIVEN

Discussion

1. Do you think big cities in Vietnam have the problems mentioned in the article?

2. Which solutions have been implemented in Vietnam?

Were they effective?

Listening Practice - Completion

Listen and fill in the blanks with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS

Discussion

1. What solutions do people in the recording mention to improve the life quality of people living in cities?

2. Do you have any other solutions?