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CITY LIFE. UNIT 4 5. LESSON $1. ——— READING: SPECTACULAR CITIES A. Read about 2 famous and spectacular cities. BARCELONA is a city in Spain. It DUBAL ¡is the biggest and most popular city in the Middle is the capital and largest city East. Sometimes many people think Dubaiis a country, but of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous city of itactually is a city, it is the capital of the United Arab Spain. It is home to around 4.8 million people, making it Emirates. Dubai is a place to make business, butitisalsoa | | the sixth most populous urban area in the European Union | major touristestinatian and more and more people want . | | after Paris, London, Madrid and Milan. Barcelona has a rich | to spend vacations there. Oil revenue helped accelerate the cultural heritage and is today an important cultural centre | early development of the city, but its reserves are limited and a major tourist destination. The city is known for and production levels are low: today, less than 5% of the hosting the 1992 Summer Olympies as well as world- emirate's revenue comes from oil. Dubai's economy now class conferences and expositions and also relies on revenues from tourism, aviation, real estate, and many international sport tournaments. In 2008 it was voted financial services. Dubai has attracted world attention as the fourth most economically powerful city in the through large construction projects and sports events, in European Union and 35th in the world amounting to €177 | particular the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. billion. However, Barcelona is facing many political issues | nowadays because many people want Catalonia to become an independent country. | B. Read one more time. Write on the space Dubai or Barcelona. a Bac culona is located in Europe. 4. Bactolonz has a population of 4.8 million people. 2 Du bai is located in Asia. 5. BirCelona has hosted Olympic Games. 3. Du bai _ is famous for construction projects. 6. Dubal has the world's tallest building 33