THE BIGGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE
(04:30) PRE-LISTENING 1. What is a bridge? 2. Why do people build bridges? 3. What types of bridges do you know? 4. Study the following words and phrases: “to span/spanning”, “to block”, “a rope”, “a deck”, “a chain”, “to suspend”, “to level”, “anchor”, “to blast”, “frame”. WHILE-LISTENING Watch the video-track a part by part and answer the following questions: 00:00 – 00:19 5. When did people begin thinking of travelling from Wales to Ireland? 6. What task was Tomas Telford given? 7. How old was Tomas Telford? 00:20 – 00:34 8. Fill in the gaps in the following text with the words you hear:
00:35 – 01:00 9. What type of bridge was originally planned to be built? 10. Why did Telford give up the idea of an arch bridge? 01:01 – 02:09 11. What was used to travel across river in ancient times? 12. What are the people shown in the track? 13. What do they want to do? 02:10 – 02:56 14. What process is shown in this part? 15. What is the aim of towers? 16. What should the bridge towers be made of? 03:05 – 03:48 17. How long is the tunnel that was blasted in order to anchor chains of the bridge? 18. What is found at the end of the tunnel? 19. How long are the bolts that join the chains with the frame? 03:49 - end 20. What did the new bridge help to do? 21. How long is the deck of the bridge? 22. How old is the bridge? 23. What is the capacity of the bridge? POST-LISTENING 24. Summarize the information of the track and be ready to tell about the bridge to your partner. 25. Make a small text about the process of construction of a suspension bridge.
6. THE CLIFFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE 1 (05:00) THE CLIFFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE 2 (05:00) PRE-LISTENING 1. What is a ‘suspension’ bridge? 2. Do you know where the Clifton Suspension Bridge is situated? WHILE-LISTENING 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)?
4. Which text (1 or 2 or both) …?
5. Complete the following table: the Clifton Suspension 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)
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 … ©2015 arhivinfo.ru Все права принадлежат авторам размещенных материалов.
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