Lesson B The man-made world

Lesson B The man-made world

Contents Contents

AALead-inLead-in

BBVideo CourseVideo Course

CCDiscussionDiscussion

DDHomeworkHomework

Lead-in

The Eiffel ToThe Eiffel Towerwer

Leshan Giant BuddhaLeshan Giant Buddha

• The Leaning The Leaning Tower of PisaTower of Pisa

I want to I want to eat…eat…

• oror

•Pizza Pizza ['pi:tsə] pisa pisa ['pi:zə]

the Sphinx the Sphinx and the and the pyramids at pyramids at GizaGiza

the Taj Mahalthe Taj Mahal

1. T1. The Sphinx and the pyramidhe Sphinx and the pyramid

2. 2. The Taj MahalThe Taj Mahal

3. 3. The Eiffel TowerThe Eiffel Tower

4. 4. The Leaning Tower of PisaThe Leaning Tower of Pisa

5. 5. Leshan Giant BuddhaLeshan Giant Buddha

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I love I love skyscrapers!skyscrapers!

Main characters

Lesson B The man-made world

Roberto Chavez Takeshi Mifune

Minor characterconstruction worker

In this episode, Takeshi and Roberto talk about In this episode, Takeshi and Roberto talk about a mysteriousa mysterious architecture in New York City. architecture in New York City.

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Lesson B The man-made world

First Watch

What’s the story? Let’s watch the video and do the comprehension check. What’s the story? Let’s watch the video and do the comprehension check.

Lesson A The natural world

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Lesson B The man-made worldLesson A The natural world

Keys

Can you tell us what this is going to be when it’s finished?

According to the construction worker,

the building is going to be a ___.

a. office building b. fancy hotel c. parking garage

Before watching, here are some useful expressions from the video.

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Lesson B The man-made world

Second Watch

Everyday English Offering another opinion

Talking about construction

True.That’s right!you are too muchmanI’ll betmaybeyou know what

Yeah, but on the other hand …

goes upsomething being builtbuilding downundergroundabove groundliving in a caveall these buildings

popped up

Lesson A The natural world

Watch the video again and fill in the blanks with the information you hear.

Keys

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Lesson B The man-made world

(1) ____, look at that! In New York there’s always (2) __________________.

And everything (3) ______ so quickly … you never know what’s

going to be around next week.

Yeah, (4) __________________ , sometimes I wonder about overcrowding.

Maybe they need to start (5) ____________ more.

Takeshi:

Roberto:

Takeshi:

Roberto:

Takeshi:

Roberto:

Man

Building down?

Yeah, it’s when you build (6) ___________

instead of (7) ____________.

Nah, that’s too much like (8) _____________. I

love the skyscrapers! They are the most incredible

feats of engineering!

(9) ____. And some of the first ones were built

right here in New York City.

something being built

goes up

but on the other hand building down

underground

above ground

living in a cave

True

Lesson A The natural world

Watch the video again and fill in the blanks with the information you hear.

Keys

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Lesson B The man-made world

Takeshi:

Takeshi:

Roberto:

Takeshi:

Roberto:

(10) __________! You know, I wonder what New York looked like

before (11) ________________________.

Yeah, (12) ______ it’ll be something fantastic!

(13) ______ … what do you think it’s going to look like?

I don’t know … but (14) _____________? I’m going to remember

what it looked like.

That’s right all these buildings popped up

Uh … (15) _______________. Hey, let’s ask this

guy what your “famous” building’s going to be …

I’ll bet May be

you know what

you are too much

Lesson A The natural world

Discussion

• How can design and architecture improve the How can design and architecture improve the quality of education? quality of education?

• Centre for Effective Learning EnvironmentsCentre for Effective Learning Environments

• Designing for Education: 2011 

shows how the design, use and

management of buildings and

grounds contribute to the quality

of education.

• Blending new shapes and structures alongside traditional buildings. The Lilley Centre, Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane, Australia.

• The Fuji kindergarten in Tachikawa, Japan, is based around the principles of learning through play. There are no fixed walls between classrooms.

Homework• After looking at the world’s best building

designs for learning, please consider this question and do a research:

• Is there any special architecture on your campus that brings difference to your university life?

• Website of CELE’s Designing for Education http://www.oecd.org/document/62/0,3746,en_2649_35961311_36264702_1_1_1_1,00.html