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acts about the increasing population and talk about the other problems of pollution, traffic and Betty returns, she tells them that New Standard has won a prize which Becky Wang will present next week at the school prizegiving. Great changes ? There are more and more people in our city. ? There are more and more high buildings and new flats. ? There are more and more shops and markets. ? The city is being more beautiful. ? The city is busier than before. ? People in Jiaxing are getting richer. ? The street is…. Problems Too many people adds to the traffic and pollution. Traffic problems create air pollution. There is too much rubbish in the streets. There aren’t enough police in the city. It’s difficult to provide clean water. …… Visions of the city ? Jo is 15 and lives in Parkville. When Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville 50 years ago, it was a quiet country village in the centre of the country. At that time they had a small house on the edge of town, with some fields and the hills in the distance. ? But Parkville was close to a big city, Arnwick, with about 200,000 people. People from the countryside began to arrive in Arnwick to find jobs and have a better life. And of course they needed somewhere to live. However, it was expensive to live in the centre of Arnwick, so the city government decided to build flats around the edg