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Exercise 5. Read the article about the architect Sir Norman Foster. Translate the 1^st paragraph.

The grand designer

When asked to select his favourite building. Sir Norman Foster (0) A a Jumbo jet. His own buildings frequently (1)______materials and technology developed by the aerospace industry. Perhaps his most (2)______buildings is the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, a massive construction of three linked towers 41 (3)_______high. His most ambitious European (4) _______has been the reconstruction of the Reichstag as the new German parliament building. he has also built a metro (5)______in Bilbao, and two space-age communications towers in Barcelona and Santiago de Compostela.

Foster (6) _____in the vertical city, an architect’s dream that began a hundred years ago and is still (7)_____ to be fully realized. He says that the city is in a continuous process of renewal; If buildings cannot (8)____to social or technological change, Then unless they are outstanding, they should be replaced. It’s all about (9)____the past and the future.

One of Foster’s recent (10)_____has been to re-design part of a famous London Landmark, Trafalgar Square. Aiming to (11)______pollution and improve safety by re-routing traffic away from the north side of the square, he has created an impressive pedestrian (12)_____in front of the National Gallery and transformed Trafalgar Square into a truly grand urban space.

1	A	lend	B	fetch	C	borrow	D	bring
2	A	famous	B	known	C	understood	D	common
3	A	flights	B	levels	C	storeys	D	stages
4	A	activity	B	project	C	occupation	D	post
5	A	method	B	plan	C	routine	D	system
6	A	believes	B	hopes	C	relies	D	depends
7	A	standing	B	expecting	C	waiting	D	resting
8	A	alter	B	adapt	C	fit	D	match
9	A	steadying	B	settling	C	estimating	D	balancing
10	A	trials	B	challenges	C	questions	D	attempts
11	A	reduce	B	shorten	C	dilute	D	lower
12	A	site	B	district	C	region	D	area

E xercise 6. Get into groups of four to discuss the following statements. For each statement, one person in the group should stay silent and time how long each of the others speaks for.

• There are both good and bad examples of modern architecture

• Living conditions in our cities have got worse

• City centres should be traffic- free

• Urban sprawl is a serious threat to nature

G RAMMAR COMMENT [1.p147]

Use first conditional (If+present tense, will/won’t or going to, or imperative)to talk about a future possibility and its consequence	If I see her, I’ll tell her If you’ve finished, let’s go
Use zero conditional (a present tense in both parts)to talk about something which always happens Use second conditional sentences to talk about hypothetical or improbable situations in the present\future We use third conditional sentences to talk about hypothetical past situation and its consequence	If I’ve got a headache, I always take an aspirin If you heat water to 100°C, it boils If there was a fire in this hotel, it would be very difficult to escape. If you had studied more, you would have done better in the exams.

Complete with a verb in the correct tense

to phone, to be (not), to call, to have, have to

If my boss _______, tell her I’m ill

I’m going to have a day off if my back _______better

I____ only _____ the doctor if I’m still feeling awful tomorrow

I’m going to the gym this evening if I _____ time

If you want to be fit, you ________do some exercise every day

Match sentence halves

if I came later	if you learned to drive a car
it would be better	I would be late for the classes
if I had met you yesterday	I would have helped you
if I were you	I would have told you about it
if I had known that you needed help	I wouldn’t buy the tickets beforehand

Exercise 7. The sentences describe some of the advantages and disadvantages of being rich and famous. In each sentence, underline a word or phrase that is used to link the ideas together.

1. Rich people may not have to worry about paying their bills every month. However, wealth brings other worries of its own.

2. The rich have different financial problems from the rest of us: whereas most of us worry about not having enough money, rich people may worry about what to do with all their money.

3. Although being famous means you often get special treatment, you lose a lor of your privacy.

4. It is much more difficult to know who to trust if you are very rich or very famous. What is more, other people may not know how to react towards you. For this reason, many famous people find it difficult to make true friends.

5. Despite all their achievements, many successful people still feel very insecure.

Exercise 8. Match the linking words above with the explanations:

1. To link arguments for and against HOWEVER

2. To give more reasons for your argument…

3. To explain the consequences of something…

4. To compare two different situations…

1. Choose the right variant. If I knew his address ,________________ .

a) I wrote to him

b) I would write to him

c) I will be written to him

d) I will wrote to him

2. Choose the right variant. I __________ late, if I hadn’t overslept.

a) wouldn’t has been

b) would had been

c) would haves been

d) wouldn’t have been

3. Choose the right variant. When asked to select his favourite building Sir Norman Foster ____a Jumbo jet.

a) fixed

b) chose

c) dealt

d) wished

4. Choose the right variant. Foster _____in the vertical city, an architect’s dream that began a hundred years ago and is still resting to be fully realized.

a) hopes

b) believes

c) relies

d) depends