9b  knock it down New

SCENARIO
You are on a committee drawing up plans for a new park in your home town. To make way for the park, one of two
important local buildings will have to be demolished (knocked down).
You have been asked to give a presentation to other members of the committee to present facts about one of the two
buildings. Use the information and the verbs on the card your teacher gives you to prepare your presentation.
After you have given your presentation and heard the other members’ talk about their building, discuss which of the two
buildings should be demolished.

Information card 1: Foxley House

Designer: Harold Fitzgerald (famous and important architect)
Builder: Unknown
Date: 1835
Changes to building: Another (3rd) floor (1906), swimming pool (1933), new stairs (1990)
Past uses: Davies’ family home (bought 1835, sold 1955, empty 1955–1964), Young People’s Centre
(bought 1965)
Present uses: Young People’s Centre (sports facilities, café, meeting rooms)
Future uses: Possibly a nursing home for old people
Condition: Bad (storm damage 1997)
Report on demolition: Ready end of this year
Use passive forms and the following verbs in your presentation:
• Design • Build
• Buy • Sell
• Add • Replace (stairs)
• Live in • Use
• Leave empty • Damage
• Need (repair) • Produce (report)

Information card 2: Channing Theatre

Designer: Susan Smith (important, modern architect)
Builder: James Townsend (famous local builder)
Date: 1967
Changes to building: New windows (1989), air-conditioning (1992), two meeting rooms (1993)
Past uses: Theatre (internationally famous), conferences, meetings
Present uses: Conferences, meetings, private parties
Future uses: Possibly a cinema or a theatre, maybe a Young People’s Centre (café, meeting rooms, TV room)
Bad (fire damage to part of building 2005)
Condition Ready end of this year
Report on demolition:
Use passive forms and the following verbs in your presentation:
• Design • Build
• Buy • Sell
• Add • Replace (stairs)
• Live in • Use
• Leave empty • Damage
• Need (repair) • Produce (report)

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