TE1 Chapter 7

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English Chapter 7

How tall is the tallest building in the world?

1. 180 metres
2. 828 metres
3. 270 metres
4. 643 metres

Burj Khalifa in Dubai has been the tallest building since 2010.

Today:

Unit 7: Specifications, buildings and bridges

Goals: By the end of this lesson you will:

*Be able to name and recognize the dimensions, qualities and materials​ of buildings.

*Be able to name and recognize the parts of a bridge.

30 St Mary Axe in London aka ''The Gherkin''

This is a building in London called ''30 St Mary Axe'' but carries the nickname ''The Gherkin''

What is meant by ''the footprint of the building''?

Researching a building

*Form pairs, each partner will pick one of the buildings from the list.

*Then, individually, do online research about the building and fill out the form.

*After you have looked up all the information, explain your findings to your partner. 

*Afterwards, you will be asked to share what your partner told you about their building.

The buildings

*Taipei 101

*Empire State building 

*Turning Torso

*The Shard

*Space Needle

*Burj Al Arab

*Willis Tower

*Shanghai Tower

 

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What do you call: concrete in which metal bars or wire is embedded to increase its strength

This building is 30....tall

1. apartments
2. piers
3. stories
4. pylons

how high are the...on that bridge?

1. decks
2. pylons
3. width
4. tunnels

Write down a sentence or word that you remember from this lesson, I will use this word in next week's quiz!

What did we do today?

*You learned new vocabulary relating to buildings and bridges.

*You learned how to describe and how to give your opinion on a building.

Next week:

 quiz

listening

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