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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