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6METING ENGLISH From bbclearningenglish.com Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Alice.
And I'm Neil.
Have you ever played Sim City, Neil, the city building computer game?
Yes, but I wasn't very good at it.
I didn't build enough houses which created a lot of homeless Sims.
Those are characters in the game.
And then I didn't deal effectively with a flood.
Really?
Well, I suppose managing a city is quite a challenge.
Which is the subject of today's show, Cities of the Future.
An important subject, as so many of us now live in urban areas.
I want to start with our quiz question.
What is the percentage of the world's population that will be living in cities in 2050?
We are dealing with approximates here.
Is it A, 10%?
B, 50% or C, 70%.
I think that it's A, 10%.
Well, we'll find out if you're right or wrong later on in the show.