unit 2 : urbanization

unit 2 : urbanization

Vocabulary

- industrialization /ɪnˌdʌstriələˈzeɪʃən/ (n.): sự công nghiệp hóa

- urbanization /ˌɜːbənaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (n.): sự đô thị hóa

- result in (v) = bring about, cause: gây ra, dẫn đến

- sanitation /ˌsænɪˈteɪʃn/ (n.): điều kiện vệ sinh

- irrigation /ˌɪrɪˈgeɪʃən (n): sự tưới tiêu

- slum /slʌm/ (n): khu nhà ổ chuột

- insufficient /ˈɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/ (adj): không đủ, thiếu

- wastewater /weɪstˌwɔ:tə/ (n): nước bẩn

- Confront with something = face, come up against something: đối mặt, chạm trán với cái gì

- take advantage of something /əd'væn.t̬ɪdʒ/= make use of something: tận dụng, lấy ưu thế từ cái  

- migrate /maɪˈɡreɪt/ (v): di trú, di cư

- deeply-rooted /ˈdi:pli- ˈru:tɪd/ (adj): ăn sâu, bám rễ

- thinly sparsely polluted: ô nhiễm nhẹ

- long-term /'lɒŋtɜ:m/ (adj): dài hạn

- short-term /ʃɔ:t-tɜ:m/ (adj): ngắn hạn

- foreign direct investment (FDI) /'fɒrɪn dɪ'rɛkt ɪn'vɛstmənt/ (n): đầu tư trực tiếp nước ngoài

- adverse /'ædvɜ:s/ (adj): tiêu cực

- amenity /ə'mi:nəti/ (n): đầy đủ tiện nghi 

- overpopulated /ˌəʊvə'pɒpjuleɪtɪd/ (adj.): quá đông dân

- population density /'densəti/ (n.): mật độ dân số

Multiple Choice

Many people move to urban areas seeking for job opportunity as well as stable employment. ( opposite)

• temporary

• steady

• substantial

• firm

Multiple Choice

Urbanization has many adverse effects on the structure of society as gigantic concentrations of people compete for limited resources. ( opposite)

• favorable

• disadvantageous

• unlucky

• unpropitious

Multiple Choice

The foreign investors want to take full ____ of the available facilities that our country offers them.

• use

• measures

• actions

• advantage

Multiple Choice

The foreign investors want to take full ____ of the available facilities that our country offers them.

• out-skirts

• suburb

• rural

• foreign

Multiple Choice

Slums are urban areas that are ____ populated with substandard housing and very poor living conditions.

• steadily

• heavily

• strongly

• generally

Multiple Choice

There are several factors at play that have led to the urbanization in India ____ population growth and migration as one of the 2 major factors.

• led to

• came to

• went to

• stop

GAPFILLING

adverse           anticipation               congestion          outbreaks         domestic       ineffective 

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Urbanization is happening at such a brisk rate that the government t is planning entire new cities in _____ _____ of large new urban populations.

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Due to dumping of sewage from factories in water bodies, water pollution often results in ___ ____ of epidemics.

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The support policies for social housing development in Vietnam remained ____ ___ as only a few people were lucky enough to be able to get access to preferential loans.

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There is a heavy reliance on private transport that has led to the ____ ____ of roads and increasing commuting time and pollution

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Urbanization has many _____ _____ effects on the structure of society as outbreaks concentrations of people compete for limited resources.

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The quality of urban water bodies is increasingly worsened by a huge volume of untreated industrial and ____ ______ wastewater.

GAPFILLING

adverse           anticipation               congestion          outbreaks         domestic       ineffective