Reading-Unit 3c- The end of the road

You are going to read an article about a city in India. Write one thing you know about India. Then tell the class.

Match

Read the article. Which paragraph (1–3) talks about:

• why people like rickshaws in Kolkata?

• modern transportation in Kolkata?

• the end of the old rickshaws in Kolkata?

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1

3

• 2

• 1

• 3

Read the article again and answer these questions.

1. What is the population of Kolkata?

2. What are streets like in Kolkata?

3. Where is it safer for pedestrians to walk? Why?

4. Why do local housewives and tourists like taking rickshaws?

5. Some politicians want a new type of rickshaw. How is it different?

6. How many people pull the old rickshaws in Kolkata?

7. Why don’t these drivers use the new rickshaws?

​Work in pairs

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Categorize

Options (5)

children and parents

shoppers

tourists

rickshaw drivers

politicians

Work in pairs. There are five different groups of people mentioned in the article: shoppers, tourists, politicians, children (and parents), and rickshaw drivers. Which groups are:

for hand-pulled rickshaws in Kolkata?

against the hand-pulled rickshaws?

Do you think the writer gives a balanced view of the opinions on both sides? Why or why not?

​Work in pairs

Make groups of four. Two will be politicians and the other two can be shoppers, tourists, parents, or rickshaw drivers. Prepare your arguments. Debate. Make a decision to keep or ban the rickshaws.

Work in groups