68 Unit 10 This is home Watch the beginning of the BBC documentary on living in Hong Kong again (see coursebook, p. 143), then complete the sentences below. LiSTENiNG + ViEWiNG 1 04 74r8kk It’s no wonder Hong Kong claims to be the world’s tallest (1) residential city. So many people and not enough space. Building homes higher into the sky was this city’s only option. Hong Kong truly is a city without ground. It’s a fact. Having been built on very (2) slopes, on land that’s been reclaimed from the sea, and incredible density, which makes it very hard to get around your (3) , your bus terminals and your other types of infrastructure. Built on the side of a mountain, Hong Kong is effectively Manhattan on a 45-degree (4) . So you can enter on the (5) floor down at Queens Road, get in an elevator, ride it up to the 17th floor and exit on the ground floor again at Kennedy Road. It’s the only city in the world where you can live most of your life without setting foot on what used to be called the (6) . In place of a ground, Hong Kong has a dense threedimensional (7) connectivity. It’s a network. Escalators, lifts and raised walkways weave through the (8) of high-rise buildings. You can walk through shopping malls to hotel lobbies, corporate towers, to (9) parks, several (10) without ever stepping onto what you could legitimately call a ground. It may be unusual, but it doesn’t stop more and more (11) from moving here. Every year the (12) for living space in Hong Kong (13) . … UNiT 10 | This is home 1 atvice active 2 aoiuxns 3 oiysulbvo 4 ralexgni 5 decvei 6 cupmorte 7 rlseuft 8 acftef 9 neatyegilv 10 terpameeurt Boost your vocabulary with ‘Relax in the ideal bedroom’ Unscramble the words below. They come from the text on p. 138 in your coursebook. The first letter is always correct. LANGUAGE 2 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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