Cities

Richard Northcott
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Cities
Richard Northcott

Introduction 3
1 What Is a City? 4
2 BuiLdings 6
3 Water 8
4 Tourists 10
5 Homes · 12
6 Work 14
7 Transportation 16
8 Fun 18
Activities 20
Projects 36
Pictu re Dictiona ry 38
About Read and Discover 40

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 =-----ity?

Now it's eleven o'clock. There are

lots of people in the streets. People
It's seven 0' clock in the morning. are going shopping. People are
People are going to work. It's a taking buses and taxis.
new day in the city.
Some of the people are tourists. Every
What is a city? A city is streets day, new people come to the city.
and buildings. A city is cars,
buses, and taxis. A city is people -
lots of people.

In some very big cities,

there 0 re more tho n
15 million people!

In a city, you can see lots of
buildings. There are museums,
schools, and stores.
In some cities there are very tall
buildings. Sometimes you can go
to the top and look at the city.
The streets are for everyone. You
can walk with your family or
friends. You can look in store
windows. You can watch people,
cars, and buses.
A mall is a street with no cars. It's in
a building, and you can find stores
and restaurants there. There's a big,
old mall in Milan in Italy. Tourists
go to this mall and they take photos.
~ + + + + + • - .
 Ships can come to a citlJ blJ river,
too. ManlJ cities are on big rivers.
In these cities lJou can find great
bridges. There are bridges for
people, cars, and trains.

Pittsburgh is a city in the USA.

It has more than 400 bridges!

ManlJ big cities are blJ an ocean.

ThelJ have a harbor for ships. Ships
bring materials for new buildings.
Ships bring tourists, too.

There's a big harbor in SlJdnelJ in

Australia. There are nice
apartments and restaurants blJ the
harbor. SlJdnelJ is a big citlJ, but it
has lots of parks and trees.
.. Go to pages 24-25 for activities.
 In some cities there are lakes. You
can swim there and have fun. In
Udaipur in India, there's a big lake.
You can ride in a boat on the lake.

In Hanoi in Vietnam, !:]ou can ride

in a rickshaw and see the cit!:].
It's fun to be a tourist in a cit!:].
There are lots of things to do. You
can go to a park, a museum, or a
zoo. You can ride on a bus and listen
to a guide.

It's good to walk around a cit!:], too.

You can take photos of the streets
and building s.
 Homes
In cities, manlJ homes are small.
Some people live in houses, but
manlJ people live in apartments.

These apartments are in Berlin

in GermanlJ. ThelJ are nice
apartments. EverlJ apartment has
a balconlJ. There's a plalJground
for children, too.

These houses are in San Francisco

in the USA. ThelJ have stairs and
a balconlJ. There are trees and
flowers in the street. These houses
are 100 lJears old. Behind the
houses there are big, new offices.
San Francisco is an old citlJ, but
it has lots of new buildings .
.. Go to pages 28-29 for activities.
 Work
In the morning, people come to
cities and go to work. Lots of people
work in offices. ThelJ use telephones
and computers, but thelJ don't meet
manlJ people at work.

Salesclerks meet lots of people

at work. Salesclerks work in stores.
ThelJ help us when we want to
bUlJ things.

In a Store Police officers meet lots of people,

too. ThelJ help people in the citlJ.
ThelJ work in the dalJ and at night.

There are doctors and nurses,

teachers and students, bus drivers
and taxi drivers. Thousands of
people work together in a citlJ .

.. Go to pages 30-31 for activities.

 Transportatjon
It's great to walk in a citlJ, but lJou
can't walk everlJwhere. ManlJ
people in cities use transportation.

Lots of people come to cities blJ car,

so there are traffic jams. Cars make
pollution. Cars are not a good tlJpe
of transportation in big cities.

Trams are a good tlJpe of

transportation. ThelJ run on tracks,
and thelJ don't make pollution.
Lots of cities have underground
trains. Underground trains are fast.
Thousands of people use them everlJ
dalJ. Some underground stations are
verlJ deep.

One station in Kiev in r

605 meTers)
Ukraine is 105 meters
under the ground. -! .
. . -
.. Go to pages 32-33 for activities. •
 At seven o'clock in the evening,
man!] people are at the theater or
watching a movie. Maybe the!] are
with their friends in a restaurant. In
a cit!], there are lots of things to do
in the evening.

It's twelve o'clock at night. Some

people are in cafes and restaurants.
Some people are working. Taxi
drivers and police officers work at
night. Man!] people are at home.

This is the end of our da!] in the cit!].

It's three o'clock in the afternoon.

People are having fun in the park.
The!] are riding in boats on the lake
or talking to friends.
m What Is a City? . 3 Complete the sentences.
buses eleven going
.. Read pages 4-5. cities ~meti taking

1 Write the words. 1 There are streets and buildings in a city.

2 There are cars and
buildings bus people effg taxi street - - --

3 In _ _ _ _ there are lots of people.

4 At o'clock, there are lots of
people in the streets.
5 People are shopping.
1 _ --=c-it+-y_
-,- " 2 ----
3 _ __ _
6 People are _ _ _ _ taxis and buses.

4 Order the words.

1 o'clock / It's / seven / in / morning. / the
4 _ _ __ 5 ----
6 _ __ _ It's seven 0
1

clock in the morning.

2 Circle the correct words. 2 are / going / work. / People / to

1 People go to work / tourists in the morning.

3 It's / in / the / city. / a / new / day
2 In some big / small cities, there are more
than 15 million people.
4 day / Every / people / come / the / city. / to
3 There are lots of tourists in cities / people.
4 Every day new people / day come to the city.
 3 CircLe the correct words.
Buildings 1 A maLL / house is a street with no cars.
+ Read pages 6-7. 2 There are buses / stores in a malL.
3 There are restaurants / cars in a maLL, too.
1 Write the words. Then match.
4 There's a maLL / big in Milan.
5 The maLL in Milan is big and new / old.
6 Milan is a countryside / city in Italy.

4 Com pLete the sentences.

1 In cities there are lots of buildings
(buildings / lots / of)
2 There are museums, _ _ _ _ _ __
(schools, / and / stores)
4 lma l
3 In some cities there are _ _ _ _ _ __
(buildings / taLL / very)
4 You can walk in the streets _ _ _ _ __
2 Find and write the words. (with / family / your)
~_ ~\,hotorest 5 youcanlook _ _ _ __ ___
~r;endsw\noo aLJrantpeo~\.e (windows / in / store)
6 You can watch people, _ _ _ _ _ __
1 family 3 _ _ _ _ 5 _ __ _
(and / cars, / buses)
2 _ _ __ 4 - -- -
6 _ __ _
 3 CompLete the sentences.
Water
big buildings come ocean
+ Read pages 8-9.
1 Many cities are by an _ _ __
1 CompLete the puzzLe. 2 Ships bring materials for new _ _ __
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3 Many cities are on rivers.
d"tZf'!W
It o 4 Ships can to a city by river.

s 4 Answer the questions.

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I 1 Where is Sydney?
p If s in Australia.
2 Is Sydney by the ocean?
5+-

3 What is by the harbor in Sydney?

2 Write true or false.
1 Sydney is in Italy. false 4 Where is Pittsburgh?
2 There's a harbor in Sydney.
3 Sydney is a small city. 5 Is there a river in Pittsburgh?
4 There are parks in Sydney.
5 Pittsburgh is in the USA. 6 How many bridges does Pittsburgh have?
6 There aren't any bridges in Pittsburgh. _ _
 3 Match.
Tourists
1 There are lots of in a boat.
.. Read pages 10-11. boat guide 2 You can a big lake.
lake park 3 In Udaipur there's in India.
1 Write the words.
rickshaw tourists 4 You can ride on go to a museum.
the lake things to do in
5 Udaipur is a city a city.

4 Order the words.

1

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2 ---- 3 ----
1 be I to I tourist. I a I It's I fun

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~-~ - -.' 2 can Ito IYou I park. I go I a

4 _ _ __ 5 _ _ __ 6 _ _ __
3 bus. I can I a IYou I ride I on
2 CircLe the correct words.
1 It's fun to be a tourist I building in a city. 4 a I good I to I city. I It's I around I walk
2 There are lots I parks and museums.
3 You can listen to a photo I guide. 5 of I buildings. I take I photos I can I You
4 It's good to walk I take around a city.
5 In Udaipur you can walk I ride in a boat.
6 In Hanoi you can ride in a rickshaw I family.
 3 Com pLete the sentences.
Homes
offices old stairs USA
.. Read pages 12-13. apartment children
1 San Francisco is in the - - - -
flowers playground
1 Write the words. house tree 2 There are some - - - - houses in
San Francisco.
3 Some houses in San Francisco have
_ _ _ _ and a balcony.
4 Behind some houses in San Francisco
1 2 _ _ __ 3 ---- there are - - - -

4 Match. Then write the sentences.

Many homes in an old city.

4 _ __ _ 5 _ __ _ 6 _ _ __ People live in houses or apartments.
San Francisco is Germany.
2 CircLe the correct words. Berlin is in cities are small.

1 Many homes in cities are big / small.

2 Many buildings / people in cities live
1 Many homes in cities are small.
in apartments. 2 _________ __ _ _ _ _ _ ___
3 Some apartments have balconies / houses. 3

4 There are nice / street apartments in Berlin. 4 ___________________

5 San Francisco / Berlin is in the USA.
 3 CircLe the correct words.
Work
1 Lots of people in cities make / work in offices.
+ Read pages 14-15. 2 People in offices use / meet telephones
a nd com puters.
1 Write the words. Then match.
3 People in offices don't meet lots of stores /
1 axit redvi r people at work.
4 Salesclerks meet lots of people / computers.
5 Sa lesclerks help people in offices / stores.
2 pheelnOte
6 Police officers help people / telephones in
the city.
3 elciPo rfofeci
4 Com pLete the sentences.
1 In the morning,
4 mectroup (go / work / people / to)
2 Lots of people _ _ _ _ _ __
(in / offices / work)
2 Find and write the words. 3 Salesclerks _ _ _ _ _ __
(work / in / stores)
:toten ursete ~
tnorn ;ngsa lesclet\<"s acherthouso(\\) 4 When we are in a store, _ _ _ _ _ __
(help / us / salesclerks)
1 3 _ _ __ 5 _ _ __ 5 Thousands of people _ _ _ _ _ __
2 _ _ __ 4 _ _ __ 6 _ _ __ (a / city / work / in)
 3 CompLete the sentences.
Tro nsportotion
can't cities don't car station Thousands
.. Read pages 16-17.
1 You walk everywhere in the city.
1 CompLete the puzzLe. 2 Lots of people come to cities by _ _ __
2t so there a re traffic ja ms.
1~
3 In some - -- - there are trams.
4 Trams make pollution.
5t S of people use underground
trains everyday .
6~

6 One underground _ _ _ _ in Kiev

is very deep.

4 Order the words.

2 Write true or false.
1 to / walk / It's / great / city. / a / in
1 In a city, you can walk everywhere.
2 Cars can be a problem in big cities. 2 transportation. / Many / people / use
3 Trams run on tracks.
4 Trams make lots of pollution. 3 make / Cars / pollution.
S Underground trains are fast.
6 There aren't any underground 4 tracks. / on / ru n / Tra ms
trains in Kiev.
 3 Match.
Fun
1 It's fun to go to
.. Read pages 18-19. pa rk resta u ra nt the park to do in the evening.
evening theater 2 Some parks friends in
1 Write the words. afternoon movie resta u ra nts.
3 There are lots
of things many people are
at home.
4 People meet their
have a lake.
5 Some people
work at night.
6 At twelve o'clock
1 2 _ _ __ 3 _ _ __ at night, in the afternoon.

4 _ __ _ 5 _ _ __
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6 _ _ __
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4 Answer the questions.
1 Where do people go in the afternoon?

2 Write the times. 2 What can you do in the park?

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3 Where do people go in the evening.
1

1 It's three 0 clock.

4 Who works at night?
2
3
4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
 A City Fact File A Cities Poster
1 Think about your city or a city near you. 1 CompLete the charts about cities.

2 Write a fact fiLe for the city. Cities on Big Rivers

Sydney in Australia
What is the name
of the city?

Is it by an ocean?

Is it on a river?

What buildings are there?

What transportation is there?

What do people do to have fu n?

2 Find or draw pictures of the cities.

Ma ke a poster.
3 DispLay your poster.
3 Make more city fact fiLes.
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Jam tra nsportation
 Metric measurement Customary measurement

Page 17 105 meters 344 feet

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