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Watch the two video-tracks (video 1 and video 2) and do the following tasks:
3. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)?
| a | The idea of the bridge appeared over 150 years ago. | T | F |
| b | The designer of the bridge was young. | T | F |
| c | The idea and the design of the bridge belonged to one and the same person. | T | F |
| d | The bridge was constructed in 1843. | T | F |
| e | The designer of the bridge liked it after the completion. | T | F |
| f | The tower of the bridge is the memorial to Brunel. | T | F |
| g | Over 30 years passed after the construction was finished. | T | F |
| h | Nobody was injured during the construction. | T | F |
| i | The capacity of the bridge is more than ten thousand vehicles a year. | T | F |
| j | Only one text gives information about the age of Brunel. | T | F |
| k | The bridge is still in use. | T | F |
| l | The construction of the bridge was stopped because of the Brunel’s death. | T | F |
| m | Brunel’s original design of the bridge was a little bit modified after his death. | T | F |
4. Which text (1 or 2 or both) …?
| a | gives information about the person who introduced the idea of construction? | |
| b | mentions the river that the bridge spans? | |
| c | mentions the place the bridge is located? | |
| d | gives information about the age of Brunel? | |
| e | gives the date of the beginning of the construction? | |
| f | mentions the organization which decided to make a memorial to Brunel? | |
| g | mentions animals? | |
| h | gives information about tragedies during the construction? | |
| i | gives information about capacity of the bridge. |
5. Complete the following table:
the Clifton Suspension Bridge
| a | Name of a person who introduced the idea of the bridge construction. | |
| b | The year of introduction of the idea of the bridge construction. | |
| c | Name of the designer of the bridge. | |
| d | Type of the bridge. | |
| e | Place of construction. | |
| f | River that the bridge spans. | |
| g | Year of the beginning of the construction. | |
| h | Year of the end of the construction. | |
| i | Capacity of the bridge. |
POST-LISTENING
6. Make a small text about the process of construction of a suspension bridge.
7. Summarize the information and be ready to speak about the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
ANCIENT STRUCTURES
Part I
1. Do you know the word ‘ancient’? What does it mean? What ancient structures built all over the world do you know? Read the following text and choose the best title (A, B, C)
| A | Good jobs and good pay |
| B | Ancient engineering |
| C | The rulers of China and Egypt |
| THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA was built across northern China to protect the population. Before the third century BC there were lots of smaller walls and these were joined together to make one long, defensive wall. The work was done by enormous gangs of forced labourers and many of them died doing the work. The wall is over 2000km long, 3.5m high, and 4.5m wide at the top. It is made of earth covered with stone. THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS are a famous symbol of ancient Egypt. The stone structures were usually tombs for pharaohs. The pyramids have square bases with sloping sides which meet at an apex. The first pyramid was built in about 2600 BC and is over 140m high. One of the biggest pyramids is made of enormous stone blocks which weigh up to 200 tonnes each. It is estimated that 20-25,000 people worked for 20 years to build each pyramid. * (the text is from: “Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 21, pg.24, ex.2) |
2. Read the text again and find the English equivalents to the following expressions:
- … для защиты населения …
- … были соединены вместе …
- … защитная стена …
- … длиной более … километров …
- … высотой … метров …
- … шириной … метров …
- … это сделано из …
- … знаменитый символ …
- … каменные сооружения …
- … квадратная основа …
- … сходящиеся в вершине стороны …
- … каменные блоки …
