Urban tales READING Put the sentences (A-E) in the correct order ‘to form a paragraph. What do the words in bold refer to? By Covered shopping straets around Europe date back many centuries. BD However, one thing limited the widespread “development of malls elsewhere. © They aiso required high car ownership to allow large numbers of wealthy shoppers to travel in. D Electricity and elevators were needed to make larger, taller buildings more accessible. B The best known of these is the Grand ‘Bazaar in Istanbul, which was builtin the Bi reac the article quicty. Number the des (A-G) in the order they are mentioned. ‘A long-term solutions needed B malls as centres for crime © weather destroyed a schoo! alternative entertainment in malls E malls and the community F homes for students G the history of malls ead the article again and choose from the paragraphs (AG) the eich fits each gap (1-6). There is one extra paragraph which yous need to use. thers are finding more radical solutions though, and ‘occupy the vast buildings with tenants not normally: retail or entertainment in any way. Butts not ust that where we shop and spend our leisure teas ‘Americans want other things the mall simply cannot provide, more on technology and vacations or days out these days than} ‘and items for the home, These are markets malls just cannot D tttatis an uncomentonl use fr ama they alsa bythe neal National League Hockey Tear Tey have a [ccatd there, which doubles Up asa gneral recreation local community [Fast orwara ity yar ors and thse same al hel 9 ach a ital olin people's es ae now ether dead ord trove they ae leaving behind them @ mor derma. Go rod to vepurpose the spaces that once housed the mals Gtera shopping|malls) ee i cultural universe. Friendships started at wen ended up getting Doce cee et tay is divided as to how we should respond to this challenge. buildings appear destined to end up ‘neglected {disrepair Almost as soon as internet shopping hecame and viable alternative, big shops started closing their high ent retail spaces. With less rental income, malls longer afford to pay adequate security to make families Criminals slowly started to move in, with cars regularly into and vandalised in the car park. Mt was a spiral that took decades to run its course. this cannot have been an easy decision to take. The thiskind of daciina is always felt in the wider community have traditionally contributed a vast sum of money in {and provided meeting places. As wel as retail outlets, also provided cinema facilities and restaurants, all of stugging to compete with internet delivered services. fare addressing these new consumer trends by Jan experiential shopping experience’ for customers. jonce stood, you can now find trampoline parks, {eentros. The Mall of America even hae an aquarium and The food courts can stil stay open and the few that are prepared to tough it out and keep their inthe mail t least get more people walking past their ona historical period ffecord of something about to disappear pt well maintained frequently visited Boltion that is popular oltion that might work Sometimes, circumstances have intervened and made such ‘ramatic change necessary. When a tomado tore through the town of Joplin in May 2011, it flattened the high school. The sschool had served over 2,000 pupils, but after the tornado the whole building was destroyed and they needed to "build, anew school from scratch. However, the length of time required for this was not an option. EI Unfortunately for the mall, this was just a temporary fix and when the new schoo! building was completed, the shopping ‘complex returned to being another empty, neglected structure. But this tomporary change in use did begin to raise the possibilty that mall buildings could be utilised for completely different purposes. For example, the Nashville State Community College has a satelite campus in the Global Mall 6] ‘These are just some ways malls can diversity their use and still serve the young community, who were always thelr audience, (One such project saw the beautiful Arcade in Providence, which was the first covered mall to open up in the USA in 1928, transformed into a mix of shopping and accommodation {or students. Stylish flats are located above small independent stores in what is now considered “a desirable residential area. It seems that despite the problems, the USA is stil reluctant to surrender these buildings entirely. the correct definition (A or B) for the phrases in bold in the article (iv. 4A the building started falling down, B an increase in criminal behavio 5A start from nothing B start with a clear plan 6 A anarea of cheap housing Ba place where people want to live 7 a Sorbo