Lesson 2 Great Buildings. Objectives: To practise using vocabulary of buildings. To listen and make notes To describe your dream buildings Objectives:

Lesson 2 Great BuildingsLesson 2 Great Buildings

Objectives:

To practise using vocabulary of b

uildings.

To listen and make notes

To describe your dream buildings

Objectives:

To practise using vocabulary of b

uildings.

To listen and make notes

To describe your dream buildings

Taj Mahal, India (泰姬陵） Taj Mahal, India (泰姬陵）

Roman Colosseum 罗马大斗兽场Roman Colosseum 罗马大斗兽场

pyramid 埃及金字塔pyramid 埃及金字塔

the Great Wallthe Great Wall

London Bridge 伦敦桥London Bridge 伦敦桥

Sydney Opera 悉尼歌剧院Sydney Opera 悉尼歌剧院

Notre Dame

de Paris

巴黎圣母院

Notre Dame

de Paris

巴黎圣母院

Eiffel Tower 巴黎埃菲尔塔

Eiffel Tower 巴黎埃菲尔塔

Sagrada FamiliaSagrada Familia

巴塞隆纳圣家教堂巴塞隆纳圣家教堂

Petronas Towers

吉隆坡双子塔

Petronas Towers

吉隆坡双子塔

Built in 1998

What is it made of?

In the late 20th century

What is it made of? （materials)

concrete metal

wood bamboo

glass

stone

concrete

metal

wood

bamboo

stone

glass

Materials

Modern materials

Traditional materials

steel

marble

Petronas Towers

吉隆坡双子塔

Petronas Towers

吉隆坡双子塔

What kind of building is it?a skyscraper

What kind of building is it?

skyscrapers

What kind of building is it?

A library

What kind of building is it?

A bank A castle

A palace A hotel

What kind of building is it?

Petronas Towers

吉隆坡双子塔

Petronas Towers

吉隆坡双子塔

What is built between the towers?

A sky bridge

Features: balconies

roof

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1Palace of the Doges威尼斯的道奇宫

Eilean Donan Castle苏格兰的艾琳道南城堡

Chrysler Building纽约的克莱斯勒大楼

Post Office Savings Bank

布达佩斯的邮政储蓄银行

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Listen to the radio programme section by section and finish the tasks

Palace of the Doges

in Venice,Italy

威尼斯的道奇宫

1. What kind of building does the man mention? A. palace B. bank C. skyscraper D. castle2. In which period was the building built? A. modern B. ancient C. 1930s D. early twentieth century3. What kind of material(s) was the building made of? A. concrete, metal and glass B. stone C. not mentioned D. marble 4. What features does the building have? A. balcony and statues B. tower and thick walls C. metal roof D. fantastic decorations on the roof

Listening Task 1 Choose the right answer

Post Office Savings Bank

In Budapest, Hungary

布达佩斯的邮政储蓄银行

roof

1. What kind of building does the man mention?

A. palace B. bank C. skyscraper D. castle2. In which period was the building built?

A. modern B. ancient C. 1930s D. early twentieth century3. The most beautiful part of the building is___. A. the wall B. the roof C. the balcony D. the statue 4. The fantastic decorations represent the

following except_______. A. angels B. waves C. fish D. flowers

Listening Task 1 Choose the right answer

Eiliean Donan Castle

In Scotland, Britain

苏格兰的艾琳道南城堡

Listening Task 2 Fill in the form below:

Events was built

was in ruins

Time in 1719

Features It’s one of the ____________________ in the world.It has a _________________ and ___________________

large stone tower

in the 13th century

for 200 years

thick stone walls

in 1932

was destroyed

was rebuilt

most fantastic buildings

Chrysler Building

In New York, USA

纽约的克莱斯勒大楼

The Chrysler Building in ____ ___is not the _______skyscraper there, but it is one of the most ________. This skyscraper was made of new ________: metal, ________and glass. It was built in the _____ and has a beautiful metal ________.

Listening Task 3 Fill in the missing words:

highest

materials concrete1930s

roof

New York

beautiful

kinds of kinds of buildingsbuildings

Style/ periodStyle/ period materialsmaterials featuresfeatures

1. palace1. palace ancientancient marblemarble balcony, balcony, statuesstatues

2. Post office 2. Post office savings banksavings bank

in the early in the early 20th century20th century //

fantastic fantastic decorations on decorations on the roofthe roof

3. 3.

castlecastlein the in the 1313ththcenturycentury stonestone tower and thick tower and thick

wallswalls

4.4.

skyscraperskyscraperin the 1930sin the 1930s

metal, metal, glass glass concrete concrete

metal roofmetal roof

Answers of Ex3

Speaking Activities

Name: ________________

Location:______________

Period(Date):____________

Type: ______________

Materials: ______________

Features: _______________

Petronas TowersKuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Late 20th century

Skyscraper

Glass, metal, concrete

A sky bridge

Activity1 Describe the building:

Name: _______________

Location:______________

Period(Date):___________

Type: ____________

Materials: _____________

Features: _____________

2008 Olympic stadium

Beijing, China

2007

stadium

Concrete, steel

Look like a bird’s nest

Activity1 Describe the building:

Activity1 Describe the building:

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It is/was located…

/ It is one of the… / it was built… / It has…

What kind of building would you like

to build? ( A castle? Your own house?...)

Where would it be built?

(On the earth? On the moon?...)

What materials would you use?

(concrete? paper?...)

What would be so special about it?

( It would look like…)

What kind of building would you like

to build? ( A castle? Your own house?...)

Where would it be built?

(On the earth? On the moon?...)

What materials would you use?

(concrete? paper?...)

What would be so special about it?

( It would look like…)

Activity2 If you were the architect:

You are free to have even crazy ideas!

Homework:

Write a description of your dream building with the key words.

Thank you