WATCH AND LISTEN

PREPARING TO WATCH
1 You are going to watch a video about a place in Mumbai, India. Before
UNDERSTANDING
you watch, read the phrases below. Then write the words in bold next to
KEY VOCABULARY
the correct deinitions.
1 : a large group of people who come together (n)
2 : a place where people make bread, cakes, baklava, etc. (n)
3 : putting colour on something, e.g. a house, a wall, a door (v)
4 : a poor part of a city where a lot of people live (n)
5 : when there is a small space between two sides (adj)
6 : when there are a lot of people in a place (adj)

a men working in a bakery

b an important man with a crowd of people

c a crowded train station

d men painting walls

e children running in narrow streets

f a big city at night

g people living in a slum

2 Watch the video without sound. Put the images from the video (a–g)
in the order you see them.

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3 Work with a partner. What do you think the video is about? Circle the
best answer.
I think the main topic of the video is
a information about how to build a slum house.
b information about life in a slum.
c information about schools in a slum.
d the story of one important man in the slum.
e the story of one family in the slum.

WHILE WATCHING
UNDERSTANDING
4 Watch again with sound. Check your answer to Exercise 3. MAIN IDEAS
5 Watch again. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?
UNDERSTANDING
1 A lot of people live in slums in Mumbai. DETAIL
2 There are only houses in the Dharavi slum.
3 Businesses make a lot of money in the Dharavi slum.
4 Krishna is a TV presenter.
5 Sushila and her family need a new home.
6 Sushila pays Krishna to build a new home for her family.
7 Sushila has no children.
8 Sushila’s family don’t like their new home.

DIÈCUSSION
6 Read the text in the box. What do you think? Should the people leave
the Dharavi slum?

The government wants people to leave the Dharavi slum and live in
modern apartments. Krishna and other people do not want to leave
the slum.

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