一、热点话题：城市发展﹑住房问题﹑垃圾处理﹑伪劣商品、下岗就业、城市移民、人口、 老龄化、打工
二、热门词汇：
apartment/flat公寓 cafeteria咖啡厅
capital首都 district区
junk shop旧货店 metropolis大都市
monument纪念碑 city planning城市规划
municipal市的，市政的 municipality市政当局
city centre市中心 city hall市政厅，市政府
museum博物馆 newsstand报摊
skyscraper摩天大楼 traffic light交通灯
residential area住宅区 slums贫民区
to pay by installments分期付款 densely populated人口分布稠密
stadium体育场 art gallery 美术馆
botanical garden 植物园 stock exchange股票交易所
shopping center购物中心 employment agency职业介绍
support赡养 foster养育、抚养
aging of population人口老龄化 family care家庭照料
community services社区服务 overpopulation人口过剩
unemployment失业 public services公益服务
overcrowding拥挤 population explosion人口爆炸
undeveloped countries不发达国家 social welfare system社会福利事业
solid economic foundation稳固的经济基础 migrant worker农民工
take different attitudes采取不同的态度 economic development经济发展
rush into the city冲进城市 city residents / urban dweller城市居民
underpaid低工资 traffic congestion交通拥挤
indispensable不可或缺的 pose a threat to构成威胁
sanitation problem卫生问题
三、经典句式：
1.It is desirable to build more hospitals, shopping centers, recreation centers, cinemas and other public facilities to meet the growing needs of people.
人们希望建立更多的医院、购物中心、娱乐中心、电影院和其他公用设施来满足人们日益增长的需求。
2.It is indisputable that there are millions of people who still have a miserable life and have to face the dangers of starvation and exposure.
无可争辩，现在有成千上万的人仍过着挨饿受冻的痛苦生活。
3.No one can deny the basic fact that it is impossible for average workers to master those high-technology skills easily.
没有人能否认这一基本事实：对于一般工人来讲，轻松掌握这些技术是不可能的。
4.In the second place, there seem to be too many people without job and not enough job position.第二方面，失业的人似乎太多而又没有足够的工作岗位。
5.From what has been discussed above, I am fully convinced that the leisure life-style is undergoing a decline with the progress of modern society, it is not necessary a bad thing.
通过以上讨论，我完全相信，随着现代社会的进步，悠闲的生活方式正在消失并不是件坏事。
6.There is a growing tendency for parent these days to stay at home to look after their children instead of returning to work earlier.
现在，越来越多的家长倾向于留在家里照顾他们的孩子而不愿过早返回工作岗位。
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