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Listening Comprehension: The Beijing Water Cube




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The Beijing Water Cube

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The following facts and figures are all about the Beijing Water Cube. Choose from the list and write in what they refer to.

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Ground breaking

Floor area

Sports

Completion

Location

Seats

Official name

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: National Aquatics Center;
: Olympic Green;
(sq.m.): 65,000-80,000;
: 6,000 permanent, 11,000 temporary;
: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water-polo;
: Dec. 24, 2003;
: End of 2007

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Watch the video about the construction of the Water Cube and do the exercises.

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Choose the correct answers.

How does the speaker describe Beijing?��

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How much steel is used for the construction?�

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How many running tracks could be made out of it?

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How many rugby pitches could be made out of the plastic?

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What is the diameter of the plastic cushions?

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Which is thicker: a penny or the plastic?

�A penny

The plastic

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Write in the missing words in the following part.

Officially it�s called the National Centre but in the world of -architecture it is known as the Water Cube. It�s a fantastic honeycomb that looks as and fragile as a tinker . But in reality it weighs six and a thousand tons, that�s almost as heavy as all the in the Eiffel Tower.

And inside these walls and ceiling � nothing but . There is nothing else like it. Who up with this amazing building?

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Tick the jobs which�are NOT mentioned?

architect���� engineering team leader�� bricklayer�����structure engineer�����fire fighter����

� fire engineer���� rigger���� builder���� building modeller����� environmentalist���
� environmental engineer��������project manager��

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Which adjective doesn�t the speaker use for describing the visions of the engineering team?

extraordinary

�astonishing

�original

�apparently impossible

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