
- •Unit 3. Metallic structures
- •Text I. Metallic structures
- •1. Give the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations.
- •2. Match the words to make word combinations.
- •3. Make sentences using the parts from columns a and b.
- •4. Are the statements true or false?
- •4. Insert the scheme of different types of metallic constructions. Then use it as a plan to retell the text.
- •5 . The role game. Imagine that you are an architect; you have won the tender for the school construction design. Discuss with your colleagues the types of metallic constructions to be used for:
- •6. Match the words with their translations.
- •Installation
- •7. Match the words to make word combinations.
- •Which statements are true?
- •Put the questions using the answers. Present them in the form of a dialogue with your partner.
- •10. Match the photos and the key words describing the objects presented in them. Use them to make short monologues about these objects.
- •11. Watch the video about Eiffel Tower and fill in the gaps in the statements.
- •Discussion
- •12. Discuss the pros and cons of metallic structures in construction.
- •Project work
- •Make reports on the topics.
- •Unit 4. Frameworks
- •Match the terms and their Russian equivalents.
- •W hat types of frameworks do you know? What types of frameworks (by number of spans) are given in the pictures?
- •4.Name the advantages of frameworks.
- •Text 1. Frameworks
- •1.Find in the text English equivalents for the following words and word combinations.
- •2. Choose the word to finish each row.
- •3. Arrange the words and word combinations from the box and write them down into four groups.
- •4. Give all the types of frameworks by different criterion in the chart.
- •Frameworks
- •5. Сan you translate the sentences without a dictionary?
- •6. Discuss in pairs what kind of a framework (by the structure, material, by the kind of production and so on) possible to apply for:
- •1.A multi-storeyed dwelling 2. A country house
- •3. A sport stadium 4. A vegetable pavilion
- •5. A bakery text 2 unusual frameworks and architecture
- •Match the word combinations describing impressions with their translations.
- •Find the opposites.
- •Are the sentences true or false?
- •10. Arrange the words and word combinations from the box describing the Pompidou Centre into three groups.
- •11. Arrange the words and word combinations from the box describing the Dynamic Tower into three groups.
- •12. Retell text 2 using the following plan and the words from tasks 10, 11.
- •13.Watch an episode of “bbc World News Today”. What are the three questions Tony Bakers answers about the Dynamic Tower during the interview?
Put the questions using the answers. Present them in the form of a dialogue with your partner.

- The major advantages of such systems are the combination of load-bearing and enclosing functions and fabrication.
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Metallic systems are the key element of
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100-storey skyscraper framework.
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One of the greatest examples of metallic constructions is the
Eiffel Tower.
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The road bed is mounted both over the arch and under it.
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The metallic constructions of arch type bridges are arches and
semi-arches.
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Metallic systems in service can be seen in the constructions of
bridges, skyscrapers, metallic membranes and other systems.
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The Olympic stadiums in Moscow and in Sochi can serve the
examples of such metallic coverings.
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Pontoon bridges are seasonal or temporary crossings.
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10. Match the photos and the key words describing the objects presented in them. Use them to make short monologues about these objects.
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C. Entrance gates, temporary construction, shape of a pyramid, concrete foundation, the whole metallic installation |
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11. Watch the video about Eiffel Tower and fill in the gaps in the statements.
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Since its construction over _________ million
people has seen the Eiffel Tower.
2. Gustave Eiffel designed many other famous structures except the Eiffel Tower, for example ______.
3. Originally the Eiffel Tower was planned to be constructed in ________.
4. The Eiffel Tower was built in _______.
5. The the Eiffel Tower has 18 000 metal parts built separately in ________ and then assembled on ______.
6. Even though the assembling was extremely dangerous only ________ man was killed during its construction.
7. The Eiffel Tower was nicknamed as ________.
8. The Eiffel Tower was highly controversial amongst the ________.