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The grand designer
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When asked to select his favourite building. Sir Norman Foster (0) A a Jumbo jet. His own buildings frequently (1)______materials and technology developed by the aerospace industry. Perhaps his most (2)______buildings is the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, a massive construction of three linked towers 41 (3)_______high. His most ambitious European (4) _______has been the reconstruction of the Reichstag as the new German parliament building. he has also built a metro (5)______in Bilbao, and two space-age communications towers in Barcelona and Santiago de Compostela.
Foster (6) _____in the vertical city, an architect’s dream that began a hundred years ago and is still (7)_____ to be fully realized. He says that the city is in a continuous process of renewal; If buildings cannot (8)____to social or technological change, Then unless they are outstanding, they should be replaced. It’s all about (9)____the past and the future.
One of Foster’s recent (10)_____has been to re-design part of a famous London Landmark, Trafalgar Square. Aiming to (11)______pollution and improve safety by re-routing traffic away from the north side of the square, he has created an impressive pedestrian (12)_____in front of the National Gallery and transformed Trafalgar Square into a truly grand urban space.
| A | lend | B | fetch | C | borrow | D | bring | |
| A | famous | B | known | C | understood | D | common | |
| A | flights | B | levels | C | storeys | D | stages | |
| A | activity | B | project | C | occupation | D | post | |
| A | method | B | plan | C | routine | D | system | |
| A | believes | B | hopes | C | relies | D | depends | |
| A | standing | B | expecting | C | waiting | D | resting | |
| A | alter | B | adapt | C | fit | D | match | |
| A | steadying | B | settling | C | estimating | D | balancing | |
| A | trials | B | challenges | C | questions | D | attempts | |
| A | reduce | B | shorten | C | dilute | D | lower | |
| A | site | B | district | C | region | D | area |
Exercise 6. Get into groups of four to discuss the following statements. For each statement, one person in the group should stay silent and time how long each of the others speaks for.
· There are both good and bad examples of modern architecture
· Living conditions in our cities have got worse
· City centres should be traffic- free
· Urban sprawl is a serious threat to nature
GRAMMAR COMMENT [1.p147]
| Use first conditional (If+present tense, will/won’t or going to, or imperative)to talk about a future possibility and its consequence | If I see her, I’ll tell her If you’ve finished, let’s go |
| Use zero conditional (a present tense in both parts)to talk about something which always happens Use second conditional sentences to talk about hypothetical or improbable situations in the present\future We use third conditional sentences to talk about hypothetical past situation and its consequence | If I’ve got a headache, I always take an aspirin If you heat water to 100°C, it boils If there was a fire in this hotel, it would be very difficult to escape. If you had studied more, you would have done better in the exams. |