China-in-Transition

ChinainTransitionOpenerWatchashortvideomadein2010onurbanmigrationinChina.Payparticularattentiontothetextsthatappearinit.Whenyouwatchitthesecondtime,fillintheblanksbelow.Wordsinthebracketsareaddedtohelpyourunderstanding.Thenworkwithyourpartnerandanswerthequestionsthatfollow.1、From1990to2010,morethan___peopleinChinamovedfromruralareasintocities.Average___yearlygrowth(ofurbanmigration)Annual(urban)populationincrease:___,470million;___,560million;___,675million;___,950million.___childrenborneachday(inurbanareas)Urbanpopulationwill___by2030.1、Ifyouareanurbanresident,whendidyourfamilymovetothecurrentcityortown?Whattriggeredthemove?2、Ifyouarearuralresident,doyouknowanyonewhohasmovedtothecity?Whattriggeredthemove?3、Ifyouarearuralresident,whataresomeofthechangesyouhaveseeninyourvillage?Shanghai•Shang,abustlinginternationalmetropolis,ischangingrapidly.Fromthepoorlittlevillagetothemodernmetropolis,allovertheworld,aninternationalmetropolis.ThefollowingisacomparisonmapofthechangesinShanghai.Shenzhen•Therewasnopollutionorindustrialization,justnaturalsmells.Bythe80sthesmellalsochanged,withallthesebuildingscomingup.Shenzhendidnotsmellgreenanymore.•Youstartedtosmellthecementandthedustassoonasyougotoffthetrain.Shenzhen,withfewerthan30,000inhabitantsscatteredinanumberofsmallvillageclusters.OfShenzhen’scurrent11millionresidents,onlyaquarterholdurbanidentitycards.Theotherninemillionaremigrants.