A building project

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1. Which place used to be an old railway line, but it’s now a city park?
2. Which place appeared in the recent film Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince?
3. Which place allows you to see under your feet?
4. Where can't you forget about your final destination?
5. Which place was ordered by a president who wanted an ultra-contemporary artistic hub?
6. Where would you prefer to get stuck while travelling?

Now match the names of places to the pictures:

The High Line, NY - Centre Pompidou, Paris - the Gherkin, London - the Lianjiang River Bridge, China - Paris - Versailles train - Vancouver International Airport

🤔Which was the most difficult to build? Why?

Which was the easiest to build? Why?

Which one is likely / unlikely to stand the test of time?

👁👁Watch the video and do the test:

What made the Sydney Opera House an icon of Australia?

it's profile              it's history                it's location

What helped engineers build the Sydney Opera House?

• ancient works on architecture
• a toy
• astronomy

What in the design of the opera house was a problem?

• vertical lines
• curved shapes
• proximity to water

The technique that was used in building of the Sydney Opera House is also used in building of

• bridges
• roads
• skyscapers

👓Interesting facts

• People in India can apply for either a male or female passport, depending on which gender they identify with.
• Neither karate nor football is the official sport of Japan. (It's baseball!)
• Only 1% of the UK population can use both their right hand and left hand equally. These people are 'ambidextrous'!

🤔When we use 'both' / 'either' / 'neither' we talk about:

2/2 things

1/2 things

0/2 things

What do B, C and D say?

A. Which would you like – tea or coffee?

B. ... ! I’m very thirsty.

C. ... . Do you have anything else?

D. ... . I don’t mind.

👉What words are missing?

I like ... Prague ... Athens. I don't have a preference.

One day, I'd like to visit ... Prague ... Athens. I don't mind which city it is, but I'd like to visit only one of them.

So far, I have been to ... Prague ... Athens. I haven't seen these cities yet.

🤔Compare two famous buildings, for example, the Parthenon and the White House.

Both of them have the features ...

Either of them could be ...

Neither of them is ...

📑💭What's the word?

a bridge - a collision - a lane - a pavement - pedestrians - a road sign - road markings - traffic lights

1. If you walk on it, it can be shaky. You use it to get from one river bank to the other. 
2. Motorways have them. Be careful to stay in yours to avoid an accident! 
3. You can see them on the road. They show what the road is for. For example, they can show a cyclist lane. 
4. They hang over the road or stand by the side of the road. They let us know when we can go or when we must stop. 
5. They hang over the road or stand by the side of the road. They are about road rules. 
6. It is the place near the road or in the park that people can walk along. 
7. They are people who walk. 
8. An accident on the road.