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Passage 21 and 24 in Speed Reading Week 7 Location of Jakarta Jakarta Beijing and Jakarta Size 16800 ?square kilometers Population 19,720,000 Density of population 11500 per km2 Size 662?square kilometers Population 9,580,000 15,700,000 in satellite cities Density of population 10500 per km2 Similar problems of megacities What are they? Do you have any suggestions on solving these problems? Words and expressions Acute extremely great or serious; crucial; critical; severe; intense An acute shortage of 严重缺乏；acute pain 剧痛；acute disease 急性病 Sector Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle 扇形 a part or subdivision, esp. of a society or an economy 部门，领域 E.g. the public sector; the educational sector, government sector Cont. Initiative an introductory act or step; leading action 发端，首创 one‘s personal, responsible decision 主动性 E.g. peace initiative; subjective initiative 主观能动性 Expertise special skill, knowledge, or judgment; expertness 专门知识、技能 E.g. technical expertise 技术专长 Cont. Outskirts the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area; suburbs 外围地区, 郊区, 郊外 Infrastructure the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools 基础设施 Cont. Sewage the waste matter that passes through sewers 污水，垃圾 Bleak without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary 无望的，令人沮丧的 bare, desolate, and often windswept 荒凉的, 萧瑟的; 寒冷的 E.g. bleak plain; bleak wind Translation The Indonesian capital Jakarta is now one of the world’s megacities, and its population of 15 million people continues to expand at a dramatic rate—750,000 new inhabitants arrive each year. The housing shortage is acute, even though a new law requires private sector developers to provide houses for poor people when they build homes for the rich. High speed railway (TGV) Questions to discuss What are the advantages and disadvantages of taking trains? What do you think of TGV? Words and exp