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URBAN REGENERATION
Many inner-city areas are run down because of unemployment,
poor housing and an ever-changing world. So what is being done
to regenerate them?
Urban regeneration is becoming ever more important, with
many areas of large cities being abandoned due to a lack of
opportunities. With the decline of manufacturing and industry
in inner-city areas, the levels of unemployment have risen,
and only low-paid manual jobs and poor housing remain.
Urban regeneration aims to improve an area physically and
economically, through help from both local councils and
the local community itself. For governments, this means
investing public money into housing or social programmes
and focusing on the four key areas: unemployment, lack of
quality healthcare, crime and education. For locals, it means
BEFORE YOU WATCH
1 a Work in pairs. Look at the photo above and discuss
the questions.
1 What do you think are the main issues in areas
like this?
2 How can these issues be addressed?
3 Do you know any areas similar to this? Where?
b Scan the article and check your answers.
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1C A new lifestyle
Corresponds with Lesson 4B
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cleaning up their area to encourage people to move back
and providing something interesting to make people want to
visit and work there.
Birmingham is one such place, known in the twentieth
century as the hub of the UK’s manufacturing and
automotive industries. Now, it is slowly being regenerated
by the council and locals alike, with more than a billion
pounds of recent investment in affordable housing, office
space and leisure areas in its city centre. Now, you’ll find
street tours and re-enactments set in the city, water bus
trips on its many canals and even rooftop yoga lessons.
2 Read the article again. Are the sentences true (T) or
false (F)?
1 Job prospects are often limited in urban areas.
2 Some areas used to rely heavily on industries that
have since moved elsewhere.
3 The government focuses on local businesses.
4 Accommodation and schools are the two central
issues that governments are paying attention to.
5 Birmingham’s regeneration includes offering activities
specific to the city.
 Roadmap
The Roadmap
Video
Report
B2 Unit 4:
1: The
Job skills
Personal Trainer 1C A new lifestyle
Corresponds with Lesson 4B

A B C D

Canoe instructor Reporter Architect Litter picker

3 Work in pairs. Look at photos A–D and discuss the 6 Watch the video again from 01:20–02:48.
questions. Choose the skills Katie says she needs .
1 What skills do you think you would need for each job? Why? patience
2 Which of these jobs would require you to take a course? enthusiasm
3 Which of these jobs would you do? Why? good communication
4 How are these jobs related to regeneration? confidence
a university degree
WHILE YOU WATCH get on well with people
make people feel safe
4 Watch the video and answer the questions. take some courses
1 Why were the canals abandoned? a team player

7 a Work in pairs. Read the extract. What do you

2 How has the area changed recently?
think transferable skills are?
‘Some people grasp it straight away or have
3 What does Katie like and dislike about her job?
transferable skills and other people need a little
more support.’
4 How does Katie market her business?
b Work in groups. What transferable skills do
5 What types of people are moving back to the area? you have?

6 When is Katie busiest? AFTER YOU WATCH

7 How does Katie help keep the canal clean?
8 Why did Katie choose the name Moo Canoes?
5 Watch the video again from the start to 01:20. Complete the
sentences with no more than three words or a number.
1 The canals used to be a for
the UK.
2 Canals stopped being used to transport goods because of
. needs improvement. Make notes about:
3 When canals became redundant,
were abandoned.
4 In the area Hannah is visiting,
are being built in the old factories and warehouses.
5 As a result of people returning to the area,
have been created along the canals.
8 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1 Would you like to do this job? Why/Why not?
2 Are there any other skills you think a canoe
instructor might need?
3 Are there any areas like this in your country
that are being regenerated?
4 If you had to think of another idea to
regenerate this area, what would you do? Why?
9 a Work in groups. Think of an area near you that
• what the area needs
• what skills you have that could help
• how you can make it a more attractive place to
live and work
b Present your plan to the class.

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