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a. A period of one hundred years that elapses from one date to the same date in the next century. [blank_start]century[blank_end] b. Population inhabited by a group of people who are mainly engaged in industrial and commercial activities. [blank_start]city[blank_end] c. A large piece of land that is far from a city or town or to the land that can be worked. [blank_start]countryside[blank_end] d. It covers all countries, in this way, global is broader than local, national, regional or continental. [blank_start]worldwide[blank_end] e. It refers to all living things of the same group or species, living in a particular geographic area. [blank_start]popullation[blank_end]

Fill in the blanks. Options: *emigrating *are *megacity * moved *years *the The 21st century is the era of [blank_start]the[blank_end] megacity. A [blank_start]megacity[blank_end] is defined as an urban area with a population of ten million or more. as the world´s population increased, so have the size of the cities. In recent [blank_start]years[blank_end] more and more people have [blank_start]moved[blank_end] to the cities from the countryside in search of work. There [blank_start]are[blank_end] four megacities in India alone (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai) and 35 worldwide. It is get harder and harder for these cities to bear the growing numbers of people who are [blank_start]emigrating[blank_end] there.

Read the next text and select the right word for each blank (Lea el texto y elija la palabra correcta para cada espacio. Colombian singer Shakira is famous for her beauty, hip shaking and her voice, but she also [blank_start]works[blank_end] tirelessly for good causes. When she [blank_start]was[blank_end] just eighteen and starting to make money as a singer, she [blank_start]decided[blank_end] to use that money to create the Barefoot Foundation, named after the children [blank_start]who[blank_end] on the streets in her local community. The organization [blank_start]aims[blank_end] to provide an education for poor and disadvantaged children, with the hope of lifting them out of poverty. [blank_start]when[blank_end] she was seven, her father´s jewelry business went bankrupt. Her family had to sell a lot of their belongings, including her air conditioner and her television. When she complained to her father about the heat with no air conditioner, [blank_start]her[blank_end] father took her to see the “barefoot” children, who [blank_start]lived[blank_end] in the dirt, with tattered clothes and bare feet, and she realized that [blank_start]many[blank_end] families had less than they did. This made a lasting impression on her. In April 2004, she was appointed the [blank_start]youngest[blank_end] ever UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.