tailieunhanh - The ills of modern cities

Tham khảo tài liệu 'the ills of modern cities', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | The ills of modern cities The most glaring ill of modern cities is that the people in it are always in a hurry. Businesspeople wage-earners laborers pedlars crooks and assorted characters all rush about in their activities. It is rush rush and more rush. City folks rush to work rush to get their work done rush to have lunch and rush home. Then perhaps they rush to have dinner or rush to a party. Finally in the early hours of the morning it is a rush to as they say grab some sleep before the rush next morning. I was in Sydney Australia for a visit once. As I took a leisurely stroll along the city streets I was amazed at how everyone seemed to be walking very quickly past me. Even old ladies of seventy simply overtook me without any difficulty. Some younger ones were actually running towards God knows where. To cross the busy roads everyone crowded near the traffic lights. The moment the lights changed to green for the pedestrians they took off not unlike sprinters off the blocks. That was a rush indeed. I was forced to walk quickly too otherwise I was likely to be trampled on by the crowd. NO wonder modern city-dwellers suffer from all sorts of stress-related diseases. Some of these stressed people are probably rushing towards an early grave too. In a city like Kuala Lumpur after the workers have gone home the uglier side of the city emerges. The night-sports open up attracting all sorts of people. Prostitutes drug addicts drug pushers con-men thugs and .