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UnitOne
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A.JayandElisearetalkingaboutanaccident.Listenandcheckthecorrectpicture.Jay:Comeinhere,Elise.Youshouldseethisshow!
Elise:Whatisit?
Jay:It'scalled"TheTitanicoftheSky."It'sabouttheHindenburg,agreatengineeringfeat.
Elise:TheHindenburg...
Jay:Youknow,thatgiantzeppelinthatcrashedin1934.Thirty-fivepeopledied.
Elise:Ohyeah,Iremembernow.ItwasflyingfromGermanytotheUnitedStates.Itcrashedasitwaslanding.
Jay:Right.It'ssofunnylooking,don'tyouthink?Itdoesn'tlookanythingliketheairplanesashavetoday.Elise:That'strue.Whywouldpeoplerideinazeppelinanyway?Itseemssodangerous.
Jay:Well,somepeoplecalledtheHindenburg"man'sgreatestachievementinflight."Theythoughtitwassafe,I
guess.
Elise:Whorodeinitanyway?
Jay:Mostlywealthypeople.Itaccommodatedbetween30and40passengersandcrew.Onepersonsaiditwaslikea
"flyinghotel."
Eise:Itsoundsprettygreat.
Jay:Yeah,anditwasfast.That'swhypeoplerodeit.Theywantedtogettotheirdestinationfaster.
Elise:Whydidn'ttheyjusttakeajetplane?
Jay:Elise!Youknowtheydidn'thavejetsbackthen.Look,in1934ittookfivedaystotravelfromGermanytotheU.S.by
ship.Thezeppelincoulddoitinhalfthattime.Itwasspeedy.
Elise:Well,maybeI'llsitdownandwatchalittlebit.MaybeI'lllearnsomething...
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B.Listenagain.Howwasthezeppelindescribed?Checkyouranswers.
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A.Listentotheconversationandcheckthecorrectpicture.
Jack:Ithinkweshouldbuyabiggercar.Bigcarsaresafer.
Kayla:Yes,butontheotherhand,theyconsumemoreoil.
Jack:Theyalsolookreallycool.
Kayla:That'strue,buttherearesomeSUVswhicharenotbigbutalsoverybeautiful.
Jack:And1thinkbigcarsaremorefuntodrive.
Kayla:Butthenagain,it'sveryexpensive.
Jack:Well,let'sgetmoreinformationaboutseveralkindsofcars,okay?
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Listentoanotherpersontalkingaboutfamousbuildingsinhiscountryandfillintheblankswithinformationyou
hear.
MycountryhastwoveryfamousbuildingscalledthePetronasTowers.Thebuildingsaremadeofglass,steel,
andconcrete.TheyweredesignedbyanAmericanarchitect,butheusedaMalaysianstyle.Theywerefinishedin
1998,andtheywerethetallestbuildingsintheworldatthattime.Eachtowerhas88floors,andis452meters
high.IreallylikethePetronasTowers.Theyshowboththemodernandthetraditionalsideofmycountry.
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A.Listentoatalkoncontroversiesaboutmodernbuildings.Thenfillintheblankstocompletethesentences.
Modernbuildings:Welovethem,Wehatethem
Theworld-famousLouvreMuseuminParisisalmost500yearsold,anditfacedaverymodernproblem:
Theresimplywasn'tenoughspaceforsixmillionvisitorseachyear.In1989,AmericanarchitectI.M.Peidesigned
astrikingglasspyramidinthebuilding'scentertobeavisitorentranceandshoppingarcade.Buthealsostartedan
angrydebate.Somepeoplefelthisglassbuildingwasapieceofart,liketheonesinsidethemuseum.Otherssaidit
wasjustanugly,modernmistake.
Kyoto,Japan,isthecountry'sancientcapital,andtheheartofitsculture.Itsrailroadstationwastoosmallfor
themillionsofvisitors.In1997,thecitycompletedanewstationinahugeshoppingcenter,rightintheoldestpart
ofthecity.DesignedbyHiroshiHara,thebuildingalsocontainsahotelanddepartmentstore.Beforeitwasbuilt,
criticssaidthatthehigh,wide,modernbuildingwoulddestroythecity'straditionallook.Ontheotherhand,
supporterssaiditwouldbringnewlifeintothecitycenter.
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B.Nowlistenagainandcompletethechartwiththeinformationyouhear.
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B.ListentotheinterviewwithErikaVanBeek,anengineer.AccordingtoErika,whatshouldbedoneabout
overcrowdingincities?
Thefuturebuildingboom?
Interviewer:Whatdoyouthinkisthebiggestproblemfacingourcities?
Erika:Ithinkit'sovercrowding.Talktoanyonelivinginamajormetropolitanareaandtheywillsaythe
samething:There'snospace.Eventhesuburbsaregettingcrowded.
Interviewer:Well,insomeplacestheresimplyisn'tanylandleftforbuilding,right?
Erika:Yes,that'strue,butyouhavetothinkcreatively.Youcan'tgiveupsoeasily.Interviewer:Thinkcreatively?Whatdoyousuggest?
Erika:WhatI'msayingisthatwecanbuildmorestructuresunderground.Wecanaddparkinglots,malls,
hotels,andevenapartmentbuildings.There'splentyofspace.
Interviewer:Isn'titexpensive?
Erika:Yes,itcanbe.Inthepastbuildingundergroundhasbeenveryexpensive.However,wehavenew
technologythatwillbringthecostdown.Itinvolvesusingrobots.Youdon'thavetopayrobotsasalary!
Interviewer:Isn't"buildingdown"moredangerousthanotherkindofconstruction?
Erika:Actually,Ithinkit'ssaferthanbuildingskyscrapers,forexample.Remember,wealreadydoit.Wehave
subwaysandundergroundshoppingmalls.I'mjustsuggestingweinvestinavarietyofbiggerprojectsandthatwedig
deeper.
Interviewer:Whatwouldyousaytopeoplewhodoubtyouridea?
Erika:Icanunderstandtheirfeelings.Wheneverthere'sanewidea,itcancausecontroversy.But"buildingdown"
isnotsomekindofimpracticalidea.Itmakessense.Thereissomuchspaceunderground:Itcanaccommodatealotof
traffic,storage,andpeople.Withthenewtechnologywehave,we'dbecrazynottoconsidertheidea—it'sthewaveof