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upgrade v.（使）升级
congestion n.拥挤；堵车
overcrowding n.过度拥挤
Masdar马斯达城
Abu Dhabi阿布扎比（酋长国）（组成阿拉伯联合酋长国的酋长国之一）
United Arab Emirates阿拉伯联合酋长国
solar a.太阳能的
plumber n.管子工
podcar n.豆荚车（一种形似豆荚的新型城市交通工具，以电力为能源）
Passage 2
Listen to a short passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear. When the passage is read for the third time, check what you have written.
Around the world smart cities are being built while those we have lived in for centuries are being upgraded for the future. A smart city may mean one that uses data on traffic to ease congestion or one that aims to 1) services to provide better information for citizens. For many it is about making cities greener and more efficient. It is partly a 2) to overcrowding and pollution and partly because in an ever-connected world it 3) to hook entire cities up to the network.
Masdar is a city that stands in the middle of the desert of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It is designed to be one of the most 4) cities on the planet. With a solar power station at its heart and wind farms providing energy for it, it 5) to be carbon free. Everything in the city, from water to rubbish, is measured and 6) , becoming a source of information. The city is built on a raised platform to allow its “digital plumbers” easy 7) ________ the system of advanced technologies that run it. It is pedestrian-friendly and entirely car free. The city is 8) a network of electric driverless podcars. The PRT – personal rapid transit – will run six meters under street level across the city. The buildings in the city have been designed by Norman Foster’s architecture firm, which designed a number of 9) buildings including The City Hall in London.
It is hoped that 40,000 people will eventually live in the city, with up to 50,000 10) ________ there each day.
