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By: Gerti.7. 2018. okt 25.

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What is a GHOST TOWN?

 

Watch the video and try to make notes.

- What is the definition for GHOST TOWN according to this video?

- What are the reasons for a town to become ghost - like?

- Where can you find ghost towns?

 

Read the text below to check your answers and to summarize your ideas.

 

Source- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an0jCtRkLJY

A ghost town is an abandoned village, town, or city, usually one that contains substantial visible remains.

A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters.

The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighborhoods that are still populated, but significantly less so than in years past; for example those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction.

Some ghost towns, especially those that preserve period-specific architecture, have become tourist attractions. Some examples are Bannack, Montana; Calico, California; Centralia, Pennsylvania; Oatman, Arizona; and South Pass City, Wyoming in the United States; Barkerville, British Columbia in Canada; Craco in Italy; Elizabeth Bay and Kolmanskop in Namibia; Pripyat in Ukraine; and Danushkodi in India. Visiting, writing about, and photographing ghost towns is a minor industry.

The town of Plymouth on the Caribbean island of Montserrat is a ghost town that is the de jure capital of Montserrat. The definition of a ghost town varies between individuals, and between cultures. Some writers discount settlements that were abandoned as a result of a natural or human-made disaster or other causes using the term only to describe settlements that were deserted because they were no longer economically viable; T. Lindsey Baker, author of Ghost Towns of Texas, defines a ghost town as "a town for which the reason for being no longer exists". Some believe that any settlement with visible tangible remains should not be called a ghost town; others say, conversely, that a ghost town should contain the tangible remains of buildings.

Whether or not the settlement must be completely deserted, or may contain a small population, is also a matter for debate. Generally, though, the term is used in a looser sense, encompassing any and all of these definitions.

The American author Lambert Florin's preferred definition of a ghost town was simply "a shadowy semblance of a former self". Factors leading to abandonment of towns include depleted natural resources, economic activity shifting elsewhere, railroads and roads bypassing or no longer accessing the town, human intervention, disasters, massacres, wars, and the shifting of politics or fall of empires.

A town can also be abandoned when it is part of an exclusion zone due to natural or man-made causes.

 

-- Ask questions about the text.

-- Imagine a ghost town in your living area. What is it like?

 

Listen to Adam Lambert's song GHOST TOWN.

  • Is it about physical or mental ghost-like references?

  • Does this song have any connections to real ghost towns?

  •  Now search for its lyrics and compare it with your own views.

 

How does Adam Lambert describe the meaning of his song?

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 COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE PHOTOS above. Which is better? Why? What do they tell you?

Write a short note about your feelings towards ghost towns. Are these positive or negative emotions? Why are ghost towns look spooky? Should we change them? How and why?

 Now check this pinterest.com website and choose at least 5 photos of ADAM LAMBERT. Make them in order according to your taste. Which is the best and which one is the strangest? Then explain your ranking.

 

Why does a singer change his outlook so often?

How about you? Do you prefer changing your appearance or you stick to one style?

 

 

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