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IELTS LISTENING ARCHITECTURE - DAY 15

⮚ Listening skills : Summary

completion
FOCUS
⮚ Building & Cities

VOCABULARY: ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBLE BULIDINGS

(1) Work in pairs. Describle the buildings. Use the words below.
old huge stone glass ugly
unusual mordern fantastic concrete tall
small brick wonderful
(2) Put the adjectives in activity 1 in four groups: sizes, age, material and
opinion.
(3) Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
1. What do you think of the buildings in the pictures ?
2. Which buildings do you like ? Which do you dislike ? Why ?
(4) Listen to the conversations and tick the buildings they talk about.(Track
27)

1. a the Fraser building □

b the library □

c the Gilbert Scott building □

2. a the Fraser building □

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b the library □

c the Gilbert Scott building □

3. a the Fraser building □

b the library □

c the Gilbert Scott building □

(5) Listen to a person leaving a message on an answers.

Conversation 1
1. The person is looking for …
a. the School of Engineering.
b. the Business School.
c. the English as a Foreign Language department.
Conversation 2
2. The person wants to find a place to …
a. rest b. read c. eat
Conversation 3
3. The library is made of …
a. glass b. brick c. concrete
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LISTENING
(1) Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and say what you think the object is.

(2) Match the words with the definitions.

1 rod a a place for keeping money or
other things sale
2 seed b a long thin shape
3 bank c how we can use in the daytime
4 sunlight d what a plant grows from
(3) Choose Y (yes) or N (no).
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1. Was the Shanghai World Fair in 2011 ? Y/N
2. Were there many visitors to the building ? Y/N
3. Were the lights inside each rod very small ? Y/N
4. Was there a lot of technology in the building ? Y/N
5. Was there a lot of noise inside the building ? Y/N
6. Was the building popular with visitors ? Y/N
(4) Underline the correct information.
1. The Seed Cathedral was in Shanghai for six months / a year.
2. The rods were clear / black in colour.
3. There were six thousand / sixty thousand rods in total.
4. Professor Gu was at the building a few / many times.
(5) Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
1. Are there any special buildings in your country? If so, where are they ?
2. What do people think about them ?
3. Do you think it is important to protect special buildings ? Why ?/
Why not ?
(6) Listen to Kinga talking about the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
Number the pictures in the order she talks about them. There is one picture
she doesn’t mention.(Track 31)
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(7) Listen again and choose the correct answer.(Track 31)

1. The designer was from Denmark/ Australia.
2. The plans for the building changed once/ several times.
3. The building attracts very few/ many visitors.
4. Kinga particularly likes the shape/ size of it.
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Answer Key
Track 1.27
Тао: Sorry саn уоu help me?
Каrеn: Sure,
Тао: l'm trying to find the Business School,
Каrеn: Oh, yes, the Business School, Тhаt’s easy. Yоu see that big, old
building?
Тао: Yеs, it’s amazing.
Karen: Тhаt’s the Gilbert Scott buiIding, The Business School is in there.
Тао: Thanks.
Аnn: Excuse mе, l'm looking for the restaurant. Сап you tell mе where it
is?
Nikki: Surе, it’s opposite the library. Саn you see the modern building
made of glass and stone?
Аnn: l think so. The оnе with green and blue glass?
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Nikki: Yes, thаt’s it. Тhаt’s the Frаsеr building - you сап get sandwiches
and hot food there,
Pilar: Ехсusе me. Саn you help mе? l'm looking for the librаry.
Lee: The main librаry?
Pilar: Yes.
Lee: Оk, Look over there at that huge, tall, concrete building. Тhаt’s the
library. lt’s next to the art gallery.
Pilar: Yes, l саn see it,
Lee: The information desk is at the frоnt door,
Pilar: Thanks.
Track 1.31
Kinga: A special building? Well, Sydney Opera House is very special for
me. It’s in Sydney, of course, in the east of Australia. What do I know about
it ? Well, it’s a really spectacular building. The designer was from
Denmark. I think his name was Jorn Utzon. He changed his plans for the
building many times and the construction work took a long time – fifteen
years I think! Why is it special for me? I love the shape of the roof. It’s
completely unique. It’s amazing in daylight and it looks very dramatic at
night too. People from all over the world see it as a landmark of Australia.
It represents my country and I’m very proud of it
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