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Look at the pictures. Do you know what they show? Where is this place?
Why is this place important? Read the text quickly to check your answers.
In the Palm of Dubai
(1)
It's incredible, burning, often over 40
degrees Celsius in the summer months. Part of the United
Arab Emirates (UAE), Dubai is a city in the middle of the
desert. Where the pavement ends, sand begins and it
stretches for kilometres and kilometres into the distance.
Despite this harsh climate, the people of Dubai have
turned their city into one of the world's most popular
tourist resorts
(2)
There are five star hotels that you need
special permission to visit. If you want to buy souvenirs,
you can buy gold jewellery from a vending machine. The
shopping malls are enormous palaces with every luxury
product you could think of.
(3)
One of the most famous is the Palm
Island. This is an artificial island built in the sea right
next to the city. It is the site of luxury homes and hotels,
although it's not actually the best place to go sightseeing.
It's only possible to see the palm shape from the air.
(4)
To build the Palm Island, the developers destroyed both a place where
turtles lay their eggs as well as the only coral reef along the coast. The coral was an
essential habitat for marine life and although there are plans to replace it with an artificial
reef, the damage has already been done.
(5)
Large numbers of people are moving to live in Dubai and they all need
water, something which is not easily available in the desert. The solution is to use
desalination plants, factories which turn sea water into fresh water. These use enormous
amounts of electricity and produce large amounts of CO2,
(6)
On the one hand, we want to make pleasant places for people to live and
exciting locations for tourists to enjoy. This creates jobs for people where there is no other
work. On the other hand, development often equals destruction and the environment
suffers as a result.
10. Complete the opening sentence of each paragraph 1-6 with a-g.
There is one extra sentence.
a. Make notes about your experience. Can you use the past simple and past perfect to describe it?
a. In Dubai, wealth is everywhere.
b. The question is whether this development has had too great a​

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