综合英语4The-Idiocy-of-Urban-Life解析.pptVIP

The Idiocy of Urban Life Henry Fairlie Pre-reading questions: 1. Have you ever lived in the country ? If yes, how do you feel about the differences between country life and city life? If no, do you wish to live in the country for some time? 2. How do you understand the new word “urbanization”? What might be the result of this trend? Talk about the above two questions… City Life Future City Life 1. Traffic in the future Future City Life 2. Buildings in the future Country Life Country Life A brief comparison External world Internal world cities Bustling,noisy, competitive, far from nature; caged, limited living room, air pollution, enjoy lots of conveniences of modern life Quiet, Indifference, lack of contact, more psychological problems countryside Quiet, leisurely,a part of nature, much living room, fresh and clean air, not able to enjoy much modern convenience, Warm relationship, frequent contact with eath other Urbanization VS Suburbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation) is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of rural migration and even suburban concentration into cities, particularly the very large ones.Urbanization is closely linked to modernization, industrialization, and the sociological process of rationalization Suburbanization is the growth of areas on the fringes of cities. Many residents of metropolitan regions work within the central urban area, and choose to live in satellite communities called suburbs and commute to work via automobile or mass transit. Others have taken advantage of technological advances to work from their homes. Suburbanization Sprawling Freeway in Ontario with a suburbanized industry area in the background. Note the far distances from office buildings compared to a downtown. Many office buildings in suburban industry areas are set up on large irrigated campus. It encourages low-density in the city and auto-dependent development. Suburbanization View of housing development near farm in Ric