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AnalyticalListening1

ALecture

0K，everyone,whatIwanttodotodayiscontinueourdiscussionabout

Venice,inItaly,whichisanextraordinaryexample.

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Rememberthat,forcenturies,thecityhasbeenstrugglingwiththe

problemofflooding.Asyouknow,theregularfloodwaters-calledthe

acquaalta-areabigprobleminthecity.Youmayalsorecallthatthe

governmenthasstartedtheinnovativeMOSEprojecttobuildwater

barriersandstopfloodingfromtheocean.

Now,floodingisanimportantissue,butmanyVenetianssaythatthecity

hasmoreseriousproblemsthantheacquaaltaortheMOSEproject.And

mostoftheseproblemshavetodowithtourism.

Ofcourse,tourismhasboththepositiveandnegativeside.Tourismis

extremelyprofitable.ButtheprobleminVeniceistoomanytourists.

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Forexample,in2007thenumberofVenetianresidentswas60,000.And

whatdoyouthinkthenumberofvisitorstoVenicewasinthatyear?

Twenty-onemillion!Recently,onasingleholidayweekendinMay,

80,000touristsvisitedthecity.Publicparkinglotsfilledupandwere

closed.

lotoftrashbehind.

Thecityhastopaymoreandmoremoneyforgarbagecollectiontoclean

upallofthetrash.

crowdedthatVenetianresidentscanbarelyfindroomtogeton.

softdrink!IntheRialtoMaketareawithmanyshopsandstores,some

ofthegrocerystoreshavebeenreplacedbysouvenirshops,which

meansthatVenetianshavefewerplacestobuytheirgroceries.

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Inpopulartouristareas,renthasalmosttripled,andmanysmalllocal

businesses-forexample,toystoresandhardwarestorescan’taffordto

pay.

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LetmeaddthatthereisaserioushousingprobleminVenice.Atone

time,therewereregulationsmakingitillegaltoconvertresidential

thehousingproblemgotevenworse.Sincethen,thenumberofhotels

andguesshouseshasincreasedby600percent,andthenumberof

housesthatareavailableforlocalresidentshasgonedown.

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alreadyownhousesbecausethey’vebeen