PROJECT LECTURES | Semester 2 /Year 1

THEME 2. CITIES
LECTURE 1
OUR CHANGING CITIES

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NOTE TAKING: USING HANDOUTS TO HELP YOU TAKE NOTES

A lecturers handouts will help you understand the lecture and give you material that you can
study later. However, lecturers rarely give you exactly the same information in the lecture as
they do in handouts. Therefore, you must still listen carefully to understand what the speaker
says.
Here are some ways that you can take notes on handouts as you listen to a lecture:

highlight or circle parts of the handout that the lecturer discusses

mark information that you do not understand and want to ask questions about
write comments

Remember to take notes in your usual way in addition to marking the handouts. Be sure to
organize all your notes in a clear format (e.g., columns, an outline, or a map) after the lecture.

LECTURE
PART ONE: Reasons People Move to Cities
GUESSING VOCABULARY FROM CONTEXT
1. The following items contain some important vocabulary from Part one of the lecture. Using
the context and your knowledge of related words, trying to guess the meanings of the words
in bold.
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we are going to discuss the mass urbanization of the worlds population.

which is an unprecedented trend worldwide.
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The town has social opportunity but isolation.

Until the twentieth century, the major source of employment was farming.
Jobs are being created in manufacturing.
Jobs are being created in financing.
There are transportation networks.

2. Match the vocabulary terms with their definitions by writing the letter of each definition
below in the blank next to the sentence containing the correct term in step 1. Check your
answers in a dictionary if necessary.
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raising animals or growing fruits and vegetables to sell

making products in factories
movement to the cities
something that has never happened before
systems of roads, buses, and trains that cross and connect with
each other
separation from other people; loneliness
management of money

PART TWO: Changes in the City

GUESSING VOCABULARY FROM CONTEXT
1. The following items contain important vocabulary from Part One of the lecture. Use the
context and your knowledge of related words, take turns trying to guess the meanings
of the words in bold.
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Tokyo, Mexico, Bombay, and Sao Paulo are just a few examples of todays
megacities.
They show the urban sprawl that is occurring in contemporary cities.
Our cities are breaking up into smaller communities, often by ethnic group
or income level.
Many cities do have a kind of identity or personality, but a city is not
homogeneous.
Many cities have slum areas or ghettos where people live in destitute
conditions.
The beautiful architecture and vibrant nightlife are one face of the city.

2. Match the vocabulary terms with their definitions by writing the letter of each definition
below in the blank next to the sentence containing the correct term in step 1. Check
your answers in a dictionary if necessary.
a
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exciting
uncontrolled growth of cities
all the same
very poor and hopeless
the amount of money that people make
huge cities

Lecture Summary 2: Write a paragraph (no more than 250 words) to summarize the key
points in both parts of the lecture about Changing Cities.