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1、SterlingCommunitiesLivinginUrbanCommunitiesLivinginRuralCommunitiesLivinginSuburbanCommunitiesLivinginUrbanCommunitiesLernerbyKristinSterlingTHISPAGEINTENTIONALLYLEFTBLANKbyKristinSterlingaLernerPublicationsCompany·MinneapolisWelcometomycommunity.2Acommun
2、ityisaplacewherepeoplefeeIathome.3Iliveinanurbancommunity.4Urbancommunitiesarecalledcities.5Therearemanythingstoseeinacity.6Let’stakealookaround!7Iseemanytallbuildings.8Iseepeoplefromaroundtheworld.9Iseebusesandcarsinthestreets.10Iseesidewalksandstreetlig
3、hts.11Iseepeoplegoingtoworkinthebuildings.12Iseepeopleeatingatrestaurantsandshopping.13Iseemyneighbor.14Shelivesintheapartmentnextdoor.15Citiesarebusyandfun.16Doyouliveinacity?17Waystohelpinyourcommunity:Pickuplitter.Plantflowersorvegetablesinacommunityga
4、rden.Berespectfulandfriendlytoyourneighbors.Sweepthesidewalks.Donatethingsyoudon’tusetopeoplewhocanusethem.1819UrbanFactsTallbuildingsincitiesarecalledskyscrapers.Citiesareoftensurroundedbysmallercommunitiescalledsuburbs.Urbancommunitiescoveronlyasmallamo
5、untofthelandintheUnitedStates.TherearemorepeoplelivinginNewYorkCitythaninanyothercityintheUnitedStates.20Urbanplannersarepeoplewhodesigncities.Tokyo,Japan,isoneofthebiggestcitiesintheworld.Verysmallcitiesarecalledtowns.Thesetownshavefunnynames:•Bigfoot,Te
6、xas•BumbleBee,Arizona•Dinosaur,Colorado•HappyCamp,California•Sandwich,Massachusetts21Glossaryapartment–oneormoreroomsinabuildingusedasaplacetolivecommunity–aplacewherepeoplelivetogetherandfeelathomeneighbor–apersonwholivesnearyourhomeurban–acommunitythath
7、aslittleopenlandandmanypeople22Indexapartment–15buildings–8,12,20buses–10cities–5,6,16,17,20,21neighbor–14,18restaurants–1323Copyright©2008byLernerPublishingGroup,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Internationalcopyrightsecured.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproduced,storedin
8、aretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans—electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise—withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofLernerPublishingGroup,Inc.,exceptfortheinclusionofbriefquotationsinanack