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year. And the population of China is about one billion, three hundred million. At that time Betty was ing toward them. She says the school prize giving is ing up next week, with the usual form prizes, the basketball and the photo petition. New Standard gets a special prize. And the famous singer Becky Wang will present the prizes. How happy they are! Recite the summary. While Betty is seeing the head teacher, the others plan a new “Homework Help” for New Standard on population. They check some facts 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 edge of the city. And soon, Parkville became a suburb of Arnwick. It now has over a million people. Jo’s family live in one of those new flatsthere’s no room for small houses any more. ? The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago. Jo goes to a school close to the centre of Arnwick, with 2,000 pupils. No one knows all their names. ? It takes Jo an hour to get to school, and this adds to the traffic and pollution. But it’s not her fault. She liked her old school. ? Arnwick needs larger hospitals and more doctors, better public transport and fewer private cars. There need to be more shops and offices. It also needs clean water and no rubbish in the streets. It’s difficult to run a big city, and to protect people from crime. So it also needs mo