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Cities—Ant Tribe Agenda Encyclopaedia Phonogram Rupture Disrupt Appendix Dispense resent Consent Sentiment Discredit Credo Monarch Patriarch Matriarchy Cosmopolis The term ant tribe was coined by Lian Si, a professor who wrote a book with that title about the post-1980 generation. The term “ants” – referring to the graduates’ industriousness as well as their crowded, modest living. They follow farmers, migrant workers, laid-off workers as the fourth-largest vulnerable groups. highly educated, primarily engaged in the insurance marketing, advertising, temporary work, and some even unemployed underemployed; average age : 22-29 years old live in urban fringe or peri-urban rural areas近郊农村 /城乡结合部 Unlike slums in South America or Southeast Asia, these villages are populated with educated young people as opposed to laborers or street peddlers. Beijing ants, Shanghai ants, Jiang ants (Wuhan), Qin ants (Xian), Hui ants (Guangzhou), etc.京蚁（北京）、沪蚁（上海）、江蚁（武汉）、秦蚁（西安）、穗蚁（广州） Chinas ant tribe struggles with the daily ritual of squeezing themselves onto the few buses bound for downtown Beijing.  The bunk beds for ant tribe Reading and thinking What are the difficulties confronted with the ant young graduates? What factors have contributed to the emergence of the ant tribe? What efforts are urgently needed to alleviate the harshness of ant tribe? How about YOUR future? Section B 1 Boston—cobble 鹅卵石, mania 狂热 2 Atlanta----immortalize不朽， bombard轰炸， skyscraper 摩天大楼 3 Toronto多伦多----reader 读物，Ontario 安大 略湖 4 Dublin都柏林---Yeats 济慈， brawl 吵架 5 Washington----memorial 纪念馆，revel 陶醉 * *