Complete each sentence with one of the words or phrases given. Explain them.

•commute•high-flyers • fringe • status • tough

• to benefit • subsistence • squats • violence • battering

• shanty towns • slum • suburbs • ghetto • bonus

• enhance • unemployment

1. In Britain today many young graduates want to get a job with high ………………………… .

2. The image of high earners is ……………. by the purchase of aluxury car such as a Porsche.

3. The financial centre of London, the City, is full of highly-motivated young ………………… who are eager to make a lot of money as quickly as they can.

4. All successful business people know how ………………… life at the top is.

5. When the economy is booming, everyone seems ………………….. .

6. For those living at ……………….. level, even buying essentials is a struggle.

7. Penniless students in large cities try to save money by living in ………….. , that is, houses which they find to be empty.

8. Financial problems can lead to stress within the family and …………….. between family members.

9. Wife- ……………………. is a particularly unpleasant form of violence.

10. A poor, densely populated area of a town or city lived in mainly by one racial group is called a(n) ………….. .

11. In Third World countries ………………… have grown up on the outskirts of major cities to house poor workers who have migrated from the countryside.

12. In the developed world run-down and derelict housing in the inner city where people still live is called a(n) ………………. .

13. Managers enjoy many …………… benefits including a company car and an expense account.

14. People working in large cities often like to live away from the centre in pleasant ………………………. .

15. People who work in the city centre but live outside have to ……………….. to work everyday.

16. Mark was given a $ 1,000 …………… when he beat his deadline by a month.

17. In some countries, you don't qualify for …………………… benefit if you own your house.

Discuss the following questions:

a. What difficulties may ethnic minorities face both at home and at work?

b. Why is the life of successful businessmen at the top rough? What does it involve?

c. What essentials can you buy if you live at subsistence level?

d. In what way can the situation in economy affect families? What can it lead to?

A. Complete the text using the words and phrases given.

• emulate • allure • doorstep • metropolis • pace

• veneer • social life • self-image • stuck • provinces

• made • the break • rush hour • metropolis

• landmarks • keep your wits • accommodation

A View of the City

If you grow up in the …………… (1) then capital cities have a very special ……….. (2). They represent sophistication, choice and freedom. When you've settled in the city, you can think of the people back home as 'country cousins' who 'live in the sticks'. They haven't experienced life as it should be, in the city.

And what have you gained by moving to the ………………3)? First, a major change in …………………(4). You're one of the special ones, you've ……………… (5). All those famous places that were previously just names read in the paper or seen on TV become familiar personal ……………. (6) glimpsed as you go to work or explore the capital developing your ………………. (7). You're never ………………. (8) for something to do - everything's there, on your new …………………. (9): discos, night-clubs, pubs. If you're culturally minded, there are museums, cinemas, theatres, concerts. And then the people! You never know who you will meet and where. Their status and lifestyle are something you want to …………………… (10).

Of course, there are shocks. The cost, for one thing, of things like ………….. (11), transport and entertainment. The crowds, especially during the ……………. (12). The fast ………….. (13) at which everyone lives. But you soon learn to …………… (14) about you and develop the special …………………. (15) that city living requires.

b. Explain the meaning of the following word combinations, find Russian equivalents to them:

• to make the break • to explore the capital • to be stuck for smth to do • to be culturally minded • to live at the fast pace

c. Answer the following questions:

1. What makes city so alluring to people coming from the provinces?

2. What changes does a person undergo after moving to town?

3. What advantages and disadvantages may be found in city life?

4. In what way does the pace of the metropolis life differ from that in the country?

5. Do you think citizens have a special veneer? Why (not)?

THEME ONEFamily Life

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